Filter this into a prioritized list that you see cursory potential to solve a problem, ordered by size of the problem (in terms of market size or cost). Take #1, create some assumptions and subject it to a "validation towel off" by speaking to the consumer and the customer (can be one of the same, may be different). Lather, rinse and repeat.

Interesting post. Are you an ideas man or a developer? Incidentally I've been working on the "Spotify for $foo" concept for a while (not music btw) and are in the pre-launch stage.

My view is exactly like you said, the next stage of the internet is wealth redistribution, but you need the right business model to make that work.

Regarding the grocery stores... Layout changes from time to time, often in subtle ways such as (locally, this happened several months ago) the chilled juices being swapped with the chilled raw meats. They were back-to-back, in adjacent aisles. However, this would cause people to have to go searching for these relatively highly sought products.

This, in turn, would lead them past special offers and other 'impulse purchase' shelves. It keeps people in the store for longer, which may lead them to spend more money.

I don't believe it's in a grocery stores interests to get people in and out as soon as possible, so don't expect their cooperation ;)

Thanks for sharing, reading your ideas has spawned lots of inspiration for the projects I'm working on. I'm still considering which I'd vote for you to implement. Lots to choose from!

I am sort of doing the browser in the cloud idea. Except the value of mine is security, not tab management.

If you really wanted tab management, that seems like an easy job for a simple browser add-on.

One major issue I have: thinking that all of my ideas suck balls, and that I need to keep churning out ideas until I find something good. Hence why I'm posting here: you guys can help me see the value in the ideas that I do have.

There are several ideas that are not on this list, simply because someone else came up with them and implemented them (Verbling and LikeALittle come to mind as two startups whose basic ideas I thought of like 1 year ago yet didn't consider good enough).

most of your ideas seem to center around learning, especially accelerated learning. there's also a meta post on hacking chinese. Why not combine these 2, and go for an idea that helps accelerate foreign language learning? There's this dude that owns the blog alljapaneseallthetime.com. He learned to speak Japanese fluently after 1.5 years with some very smart and saavy techniques. They include things like listening to any Japanese 24/7, even while sleeping...

Some of it is specific only to Japanese, but a lot of it is just incredibly smart. AntiMoon.com is also another good resource. The core message is to concentrate on input and understanding first...

The big businesses in this field: Rosetta Stone, Pimsleur, etc... they own this field.. but in reality, they all suck (well Pimsleur is ok, I guess). Their techniques is NOT how you learn languages if you want to be fluent.

And so many startups focus on connecting language learners through Skype or a community. Sexy.. cool.. but NOT how you should learn languages if you want to be fluent.

The way to learn is to be like a baby... just listen, listen, listen. Get used to the flow. Get used to the accent. Get used to the nuances... it's ok if you just do this for a month, 2 months or even 3... No stress to start speaking.. no fear of mistakes.... listen, and your brain will start making those synapses and connections. People say babies learn languages faster than adults.. that's total nonsense. It's because babies are learning 24/7 for 5 straight years before they start speaking a single word. If adults had the time to do that, they'll freaking learn how to speak Japanese or Chinese as well. Babies are NOT special.

How does this translate to a startup idea? No clue... ChinesePod.com does this very well for Chinese, so you basically should start with a single language.

Link for the lazy: http://ideashower.posterous.com

There's about 2 pages worth of ideas in Swedish, somewhere in the middle. ('Cause I imported this straight from my email conversations with friends).

Just ask me if they sound interesting but you can't figure out the meaning.

itmag: FWIW I mostly skipped over the many, many dating related ideas but the one that resonated with me the most was the connect with a mentor idea. I'm not sure how you could make the process more of a value add for both parties that would be better then more traditional methods (find/contact via internet / telephone) but at a minimum aggregating people willing to mentor by topic would be helpful.

Btw, you can all subscribe to this. I'm adding new ideas as I think them up.