My belief is you’re most motivated to solve problems you personally face. There are a few problems I’d like to give a good whack at in 2024.
1. Photo curation
I’ll take multiple photos of the same thing and manually choose the best, except more often than not I don’t get around to the latter. What if I have a way to easily:
- Find photos that are most similar to others to choose from
- Retain the one I choose and move the rest to S3 / Google Drive
- Eventually build a recommender, so I end up confirming the recommender’s choice instead of having to make the choice myself?
2. Text transcription
I started journaling my thoughts and find I do this best on paper, or in a pinch, through a recording. What if I have a way to easily convert my handwritten notes and voice recordings to text?
3. Personal finance
I’ve been meaning to look into IRAs and 529s. What if there’s a way for me to easily figure out which ones I should set up, how much and when?
4. Twitter bookmarks
I bookmark on Twitter a lot, but find it hard to search through them. What if I have a way to easily store and query the bookmarks (in fact this was the project I started with the first time at RC)?
5. ChatGPT conversations
I use ChatGPT a lot, but find it hard to search through them. What if I have a way to easily store and query the conversations?
The last item is perhaps a give-away to what I think will make solving these easier this time around - ChatGPT.
If these are problems you share, I’d love to hear from you!