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Ask HN: Do you want what I built?
Paul Graham is notorious for saying, "Just build what people want!"
Well, do you want what I built?
Recently, I built something called ThinkSuite.
http://synaptitude.me/#ThinkSuite
It is an application that tracks mood and focus while you complete tasks, enabling users to view a log of what user were most interested, how tired they were, where they focused, etc.
After it tracks users, it can (though it has not been fully implemented) provide neurofeedback therapy to improve focus and mood, as well as identify users with mental illnesses. This is often used to treat ADHD, anxiety, depression, and epilepsy, it works similar to meditation or a workout trainer for your brain.
We even applied to YC with the idea:
http://synaptitude.me/blog/our-ycombinator-s15-application/
Regardless of our YC application, we plan to continue development, because... Hell, I want to use it. Plus, Paul told me not to give up (lol):
> So I’ll tell you now: bad shit is coming. It always is in a startup. The odds of getting from launch to liquidity without some kind of disaster happening are one in a thousand. So don’t get demoralized. When the disaster strikes, just say to yourself, ok, this was what Paul was talking about. What did he say to do? Oh, yeah. Don’t give up.
- Paul Graham, How Not to Die
So, would you use ThinkSuite?
If not, it's alright.
I'd really appreciate some feedback! Or if you'd like to try it out, join the mailing list, I plan to move to SF in a few months and we can meet up.
- caffeinewriter 12y agoI actually think I remember seeing this on IGG not too long ago. I think it's a great idea, and yes, I would want it.
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- kluck 12y agoGood idea, but what really bothers me is that it has to track/log a lot of my actions and puts it into a nice neat package for the NSA to download. Yeah... no thanks. I guess there is a real problem there... but then again there was this theory that a little distraction is just normal and healthy and nothing to remove.
- sjs382 12y ago> Paul Graham is notorious for saying, "Just build what people want!" > Well, do you want what I built? The key is to find this out, at any degree of certainty, before you start to build.
- lettergram 12y agoIndeed, the challenge is users often don't know exactly what they want. They just want a solution to a problem they have.