As I haven’t posted for a while, I thought I would write briefly about three ideas in this post.

1. Suspend a Keyword in Google Reader: I would like to see a Google Reader plug-in that allows me to suspend keywords for a configurable number of days. So if I was sick of reading about the iPhone 3G around the time of its launch (which I was), I could have suspended the word iPhone for say five days during that period, such that any posts containing the word were hidden from me. I would then start to see them again after five days had elapsed.
2. Exchange Business Cards by Mobile Phone: I think the world is ready for a decent application, say on the iPhone, that enables users to send or swap digital business cards between their mobile phones. We’ve had VCards for a while but they don’t cut it. I would like a service that lets me either text or email a link to someone that then gives them access to a digitised version of my business card, which the service obtained by either scanning an existing card that I sent them or by allowing me to create one on their website. Corvida over on RRW covered a number of services that I hoped would do what I wanted but after reading her write up and trying out two of them, I found that they still fall short of the mark. Update: CloudContacts has recently launched what I think is the closest service to what I have described here. I wonder if they got the idea from here .
3. WhoIs on Facebook: This is a suggestion for Facebook. More and more I find that I am having to ask friends who someone that has requested to add me as a friend is. Basically, I get a friend request and I don’t recognise the name and/or photo but see that I have a mutual friend. I then send a message to the mutual friend asking who the new ‘friend’ is. I’m starting to get similar questions from friends also about other people. So my suggestion is for Facebook to make this easier, with a WhoIs link that enables people like me to ask the Who Is This Person question in one click.

Anyone else think any of the above would be useful?