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We spent a weekend contemplating fun uses for the Uber API. Here are a couple ideas that we abandoned - feel free to use as you wish: * "Bar roulette" where yo
by philip1209 12y ago
We spent a weekend contemplating fun uses for the Uber API. Here are a couple ideas that we abandoned - feel free to use as you wish:
* "Bar roulette" where you would hit a button, an uber would show up, then take you to a random bar sourced from Yelp.
* Last-minute ticket sales to events (e.g. in the hour before they start) that include transportation
* Having bars or clubs offer to drive people there for free and bid based on demographics of the user like an ad - e.g. "We need more people in this age range, of this gender, etc." They would set a bid, and the app would ping people that matched the criteria and offer to drive them there for free if the estimated fare was less than the bid.
- nowarninglabel 12y agoThat third one reads like something out of a Gibson novel. Might work best with a pre-defined group of people (e.g., models in an agency) or something similar.
- philip1209 12y agoThere could be all kinds of uses. Imagine a product launch event - "We need to pack a room so the press is impressed. Want anybody and everybody - tell them we have free food."
- toomuchtodo 12y ago"like something out of a Gibson novel.", "models in an agency". While not politically correct, it would be interesting to run an outcall escort service with this. Throw in an AirBNB API... Disclaimer: The above is just a thought. I do not condone this use case.
- tomjen3 12y agoThis is what chatroulette should have turned into.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoOr Tinder even.
- NeutronBoy 12y agoAn app for blind dates. Combines Tinder, Yelp, Uber, and Airbnb, with a pretty workflow over the top. Call it 'Dial-a-date'.
- pm 12y agoAirbnb might be a bit presumptuous.
- aceperry 12y agoYou're giving Uber some ideas.