Re:The saddest “just ship it” story (2020)
by konschubert on Friday May 13, 2022 @10:23AM
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Hi s1mon, thanks for your feedback.
I'd say I have two customer groups in mind:
1. Technologically open-minded people who have a bit of money and want an e-paper calendar in their office or for their family. They can buy my e paper screen and set it up with the mobile app in 2 minutes.
2. Developers who want to build their own e-paper application and need a platform to build it on. They can buy my device and use the image-url feature to display their own designs.
1. Is this solving a pain point the user has already?
2. Do they currently have some less-than-great solution in place?
3. Are they willing to pay for something which will solve their problem?
Looking at your product, I see a possible market, but it might need to be tuned (UX and/or marketing) to be successful.
A relative of mine needs 24/7 in-home care. There are a number of people involved and a decent number of Dr appointments etc to coordinate. The people involved with elder care are super low tech, but in her case, a shared visible calendar could be useful.
In general, the products for seniors and/or people with dementia or other disabilities tend to have horrible design and still aren't really suited to physical/cognitive challenges of the users and their caregivers. It's a niche, but one that could use a lot of developments.