Friday, November 7, 2008

Scratch your own itch

Now that I caught your attention, let me share a very intersting article I read in Newleaders.com

Getting things right is very hard to do, but is even further complicated when you are trying to solve a problem for someone else. You have to be the customer and the creator at the same moment in order to create something that will truly solve a problem once and for all. When you try to solve problems that aren’t your own, your product ends up either being too complicated or simple, which isn’t the solution.

In a world where most medical records still exist on paper and we use paper voting ballots for the presidential elections, we don’t need another RSS blog syndication widget or another new way to embed music on your MySpace page. Instead, try investing your time into developing products that can help people save time, money, or increase awareness.

Start small, solve your own problems, and don’t quit your day job until you are absolutely certain that it will be a success.