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Email is where new software features get invented.
Jason Fried ideas:
1) The "Scratch-off Ad" app idea
• Full-screen ad you scratch off with your finger
• Blow into mic to clear "dust"
• Chance to win prizes/coupons
• Global, once-a-day experience
• Can build with a small team
• Would print if you nail virality
2) "Shower Door Sketch" app concept
• Simulates drawing on steamy shower glass
• Ephemeral
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Email is actually a tremendous, decentralized, open platform on which new, innovative things can and have been built. In that way, email represents a different model from the closed ecosystems we see proliferating across our computers and devices.