Ask HN: Startups: Tell me 3 problems you wish somebody would solve for you

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6422084

by ceekay • 13 years ago

11 20 13 years ago

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3 really painful problems you have NOW that you wish somebody built a solution for, right now!

a3voices2• 13 years ago

1) A replacement for http://stickam.com/

2) A really good text to speech app for news so I can listen to it in my car

I can't think of a third right now.

eurleif2• 13 years ago

A replacement for http://stickam.com/

TinyChat is the closest one-to-one replacement, but it's not quite the same, and its business model is a little annoying (crippling the product for a paid upgrade). But ChatRoulette and Omegle, while not the same, stole a lot of Stickam's audience, and a similar site is never going to get to be as big as Stickam once was.

a3voices2• 13 years ago

Stickam was a place where you could just kind of hang out. TinyChat annoys me for some reason, maybe it's just me though, although I haven't tried it in a while. ChatRoulette and Omegle require you to actively participate.

asenna• 13 years ago

A really good text to speech app for news so I can listen to it in my car

I use Umano (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sothree.um...) while travelling. It is actually news recorded by professionals.

thejteam• 13 years ago

Out of curiosity, how is this different from a radio station?

capkutay• 13 years ago

Transportation in the bay area..Perhaps private wifi busses as a paid service where you could crowdsource the destinations/routes?

wh-uws• 13 years ago

That is literally the startup I'm working on right now.

http://driveless.co

Originally was going to start working on the nightlife vertical of this market (i.e. we all live in an apartment complex or dorm together and want a shuttle to the bar district so we don't have to drive drunk) and the messaging on the site now is to that effect.

But as I've been around the country researching I'm seeing there is probably a bigger opportunity around commuters and other activities like shuttles around festivals.

If you have any feedback or suggestions feel free to contact me (info is in my profile) and also sign up on the site. I'm launching mvp in 2 - 3 weeks.

lgieron• 13 years ago

Seamless Scala - Eclipse - Maven integration

NovemberWest5• 13 years ago

I need a better Android app for filling out PDF paperwork. Does that count? (Suggestions welcome.)

sosagain3• 13 years ago

Could you be more specific on what the app is suppose to do?

NovemberWest5• 13 years ago

I have paperwork in PDF form. I need to fill it out. I am medically handicapped, limited to using my Android tablet for this task, basically. The PDF is not designed to be "fillable". I bought an app that lets me type stuff in anyway, but it is extremely tedious and I am having trouble getting things to line up neatly so that this important paperwork is both legible and professional looking. I can't seem to find a copy/paste function or similar. It is just tough to use for several reasons. I just want to type my freaking answers in and Done! but I am tearing my hair out.

Anything else you want to know?

timhargis• 13 years ago

Not sure if it's on Android but on IOS I use "sign easy" and it works very well. The other ones I tried like "Sign n Send" had the same problems you discussed.

NovemberWest5• 13 years ago

There is a Sign Easy for Android. Downloading it right now. Will see if it does the trick.

Thanks!

jf22• 13 years ago

This is a bad way to get ideas.

macowar• 13 years ago

I want a product that comes up with new product ideas.

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