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Magic browser plugin for retroactive logins across open tabs

This entry is part 18 of 18 in the series The Idea Liberation Project

App: Running late

This entry is part 17 of 18 in the series The Idea Liberation Project

Imagining an app that lets your friends or colleagues know when you’re running late.

Genius grants for inspired groups of collaborators

This entry is part 16 of 18 in the series The Idea Liberation Project

It would be fantastic if some creative foundation endowed a fellowship program that identified talent clusters: groups of tightly collaborative peers, likely in a single place,but possibly applicable to groups that have very tight, web-supported distance collaboration

Wouldn’t it be awesome if we had this site or hashtag?

This entry is part 15 of 18 in the series The Idea Liberation Project

Wouldn’t it be awesome if there were a site that invited people to complete the sentence, “Wouldn’t it be awesome if….” ?

Hanger card: How to have sex in the shower

This entry is part 14 of 18 in the series The Idea Liberation Project

Healthcare organizations distribute shower hanger cards that prompt women to do breast self-exams. The same approach could provide handy tips on how to have sex in the shower.

Talk back to Vancouver’s rain on Twitter

This entry is part 13 of 18 in the series The Idea Liberation Project

Tired of Vancouver’s eternal rain? Talk back to @YVRrain, a Twitter account for Vancouver’s rain clouds.

Unstoppable Timer: mobile app wanted

This entry is part 12 of 18 in the series The Idea Liberation Project

A timer/clock/stopwatch that disables sleep when active, so I don’t have to turn off my iphone’s auto-lock feature when using my iphone to keep track of time while giving a talk. [EOM]

ClickCentral: a web app for tracking clicks on all tweeted links

This entry is part 11 of 18 in the series The Idea Liberation Project

I want a single analytics dashboard that shows me click rates for any link I’ve tweeted. Right now I have to look at separate stats for bit.ly, ow.ly, Buffer and alex.loves. [EOM]

Multiplication table app round-up: Blog post wanted

Learning multiplication tables ought to be a lot easier — or at least a lot more fun — in the age of the iPad and iPhone. That’s why I’d love someone to write a blog post rounding up different multiplication table apps.

ShoeCamp: An (imaginary) unconference for the footwear-obsessed

This entry is part 10 of 18 in the series The Idea Liberation Project

Madeline Stanionis inspired this vision for ShoeCamp, an unconference for the footwear-obsessed.