2007AUG161358

What's the hard problem you're currently working on?

 

'... I was going to title it 'what's the hard problem you're currently working on?' but this title from pg's article 'good & bad procrastination ...'

 

I added this question [0], [1] after reading the 'How do you come up with your ideas for startups?' [2] and 'What is your idea filter? How can you tell if one of your ideas is worth pursuing?' [3] posts. So you now have some suggestions on how to get your ideas and how to filter them, so what is your hard, best problem?

 

 

Example

A previous problem I was working on was to reduce the cognitive overload of everyday tasks on desktop users [4] by capturing user input and only displaying information that is important now or in the immediate future. Using combinations of NLP, integration with desktop tools and novel user interaction taking cues from Adventure games. [5]

 

Reference

[0] I was going to title it 'what's the hard problem you're currently working on?' but this title from pg's article 'good & bad procrastination' is better.

 

[1] pg, 'Good and bad procrastination'

http://www.paulgraham.com/procrastination.html

 

[2] arasakik, 'How do you come up with your ideas for startups?'

http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=12995

 

[3] amichail, 'What is your idea filter? How can you tell if one of your ideas is

worth pursuing?'

http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=13035

 

[4] Using word processor, email, hand written notes, calendar, phone. It's based on the idea that if you capture lots of small bits of important information, work out what they contain, phone numbers, peoples names, you can get the machine to do the hardwork & spit out the necessary information just in time as it's needed.

 

[5] But things have changed since then and I've moved on to some different hard problems after the bloke I was working with decided to take the safe route and do his PhD on the same topic.

 

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