10 Thoughts | Day 4

Matt Blank
Jul 20, 2017 · 2 min read

King of my favorite apps for a day

1 | PC Support for Apple Messages
I know that Apple deliberately encrypts their messages so that they can only be accessed from their products, but I had to have a PC when I was a consultant and desperately wished I could have texted from my computer

2 | Untagged Picture Identification in Facebook
Facebook should put their facial recognition technology to good use and give me an album of all the pictures that exist with me in them- especially the ones random strangers took where I’m standing in the background

3 | Auto-Unfollow Accounts on Twitter
The biggest problem I’ve noticed with Twitter is that users follow too many accounts, which floods their feeds with useless info. If I never read someone’s tweets, unfollow that account for me!

4 | Story Notifications on Snapchat
I’d love to know when good friends post stories on Snapchat so I can check it even more regularly throughout the day

5 | Suggested Follows on Instagram
It took me WAY too long to find out about Pumpkin the Raccoon…

6 | Multiple Amount Requests on Venmo
Request different amounts of money from multiple people so that I don’t have to make 8 unique requests every time I eat dinner with friends

7 | New Podcast Suggestions on Overcast
I LOVE podcasts, but end up listening to the same ones every week and need suggestions for new ones to listen to

8 | Product Updates on Product Hunt
I’d love to see updates on products I upvoted on Product Hunt to see what they’re up to and how good of a predictor of success I am

9 | More Hockey Coverage on ESPN
Wishful thinking…especially considering that they laid off all their hockey writers

10 | Realistic Pool Times on Uber
I’d much rather Uber tell me that a pool driver will take 11 minutes to get to my house than tell me it will take 3 minutes and have me wait an extra 8

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