Archive for the ‘Ideas’ Category

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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

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Ideas: Turns site pages to printable e-book (PDF)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Have you found yourself running out of time to catch up the news? Would it be fun if we can save site for offline reading later in our free time? Would it be even more fun if we can read it as PDF or print it so we can read it in real touchable paper?

I’ve been dreaming about it recently. Lucky us, that “save it for later” service has been implemented by LaterLoop. Using laterloop we can save a page for later reading. We can even download the pages as ZIP file (consisting of text only pages) for offline reading as well. However there’s still some feature missing. We can’t choose which one we want to take offline. The only option available for offline reading is 30 recent entried, 30 random entries and 30 oldest entries.

While LaterLoop for sure will update their service to support nitpicking offline entries, why not taking it ourselves to the next level? We can create a simple site to convert our laterloop list to PDF, readily printable on paper. My wish getting stronger after reading copyblogger and Bokardo. Special for Bokardo, I found it hard to understand his writing in one shot. I can see his interesting point but to fully understand it I still need to read it a few more times. So it’d be trully a blesing for me if I can have it in paper so that I don;t have to open my browser to read it. For some occassion, paper is still suitable. Eg: bedtime reading (I don’t want my mac book air — if I have any — to be crush when I fell asleep).

So what do we need to augment laterloop? We’ll actually we don’t need to limit ourselves to laterloop only. The reading source can be obtained from anywhere. So what next would be building the converter of (rendered) HTML to PDFs. I can see konqueror can do this, and I’m sure there are many libs/apps to fill this job. So, technically it’s very feasible.

Monetizing plan? Well, ads is once again no-brainer. Printing service will be premium, and the ads here would be premium as well. Ads can be targetted and the best part it’s there forever printed onto paper. This would be magazine 2.0. Printing service itself can be varied; hardcover; monthly or weekly subs, auto create based on source (eg: RWW, Scobleizer, etc), auto-create content base on popularity (RSSMeme, TechMeme), or even based on alert from google alert. The best part is it’s on demand, no stocks, everyone any taste can be covered.

It’s a bit like Lulu, no? Yes, it’s like Lulu. No, we’re magazine, we are newspaper, we are books, we are the new media! No, we are printing agency 2.0 ;)

Photo by FelipeArte

Ideas: Wedding Invitation Card Designer

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Image by puja

Background
I get constant e-mail from flickr telling me that someone has favorited my wedding invitation card. The photo has 73 favorites and 15 thousands view (since Oct 2006). This is a quite clear signal that people are digging this keyword.

What’s our “user focus”?

  • User will be able to design card: change background, and text, spice up card
  • User will be able to print the card (printing will be sub-contracted, worldwide)
  • User will be given optional URL to share their card online


What designer (other type of user/ecosystem player) will get?

  • Vote, credibility
  • % of transaction (freemium, print service, packaging service)

Please note that designer (as ecosystem player) won’t be available in early phase. Initial card design will be supplied by subcontracting design job. Print job will likely supported for local area until we can engage with international partners.

UI Guidelines

  • Simple javascript
  • Keep it web 2.0 clean
  • Copy Apple! :p


Navigation

  • Under 5 steps
  • Lazy registration for editing purposes and sharing card online

Activity flow

  1. Start new card or clone card design
  2. Choose background
  3. Put text
  4. Spice up card: add badges, ribbons, bubbles, etc
  5. Repeat from #2 (preview will be realtime)
  6. Optionally share card design
  7. Optionally print card

Epilog
This may not the best idea ever. But looking at the niche, it may just work. This demand will always there except breeding/mating formally is no longer necessary for human race. The ultimate revenue won’t come from ads but instead it will be print and packaging service. There’re many exit options to choose as service progresses. It can turn out to be generic card designer, event organizer, designer community, printing agencies, you name it.

I already have some people names in my head, eg: web designer, card designer. So in case anyone willing to invest in this idea, I’m ready to go :D

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