Long tail Feature Requests

Recently Chris Brogan wrote about LinkedIn features he needs. After reading his post and comments along with Highrise customer forum I came up with the following:

A LOT of people want features which are extremely valuable, but only for a small group.

And they are willing to pay for them. If it’s possible to create a sort of Features API for a particular App then a user can pay to a “features vendor” for developing and hosting features, which are relevant for the user.

“Feature vendor” here is a third-party developer or company not affiliated with the App vendor.

This is how everyone benefits. But we have a lot of problems here: conflicts, privacy…
usability!

I dunno…What do u think?

Thinking different

guy kawasaki, usbcell, webapps devs don’t need to add useless features.

I wish I know what is it mean to think completely different! Look at these guys!

Simon Daniel from Moixa Energy Ltd. invented usbcell, it combines an ordinary AA size battery with USB connector so you can recharge it anywhere with USB port. Brilliant.

Guy Kawasaki. Definitely he is a great speaker. And his idea with Truemors is an example of thinking different. Check it out.

Webapps vs. desktop apps.

If I’m a webapp’s owner, I don’t forced to add new features constantly to keep up the cashflow. I already have customers. All I need is to keep them happy and to attract new customers, but attracting new customers is not about adding new useless features. It’s about marketing, it’s about creating a new apps, it’s about branding. Definitely.