Where is the alarm clock programmable by editing an ical calendar? Or talk directly to it with an API and do some fancy stuff with sensors. But for now ical alarm setting would be enough.
A printer which can be programmed with an API. Like Twilio, but for printing. It can be useful when printing and maintaining a system.Like:
1. first page on high quality glossy paper
2. the rest on the front and back of a sheet
3. put a blank red divider, so it's easier to keep the jobs apart
There are important situations, where I want a simple email address, which various applications can send emails to. Upon receiving an email, the application will then try to reach me through various channels in an not annoying way. Until I sign of the alarm.
You'll not beat the big software companies in number of features. One way to beat them is by being simpler. Cut all the unnecessary stuff and do the bare minimum really good. Doing so will be enough work, but it's manageable and a starting point for future improvements.
For a musician it may be interesting to take a yearly subscription (let's say the price for a new album). Your subscriber would get every song for "free" plus your are not bound to a few songs on each album. Further you could make special offers for concerts, merchandise etc. and you have a fan base/mailing list to promote yourself.
It's interesting that there are no well known books written by a group of people. It works in movies and series, if you want even with music. So why not with books? I think it can work out great.
