I believe there are cycles in computing, one of them is between centralized and distributed, another little bit different one is between local and remote computing. For example stuff is moving into cloud, but then we have mobile apps. Etc.
Thus, on a longer term, you might want to identify the cycles and look into opportunities beyond the current phase in these cycles, and whether there are under-utilized ideas there.
For instance, for unix-style command line operation, we have the idea of piping data between applications and combining multiple applications to perform a job.
These applications communicate through very simple protocol, the text file format, where one line means one thing. Thus, if we want to combine more complex applications, such as operations on image files, each needs to implement their own processing for various file formats etc.
My idea would be to try to increase the abstraction level of operating system from files to something more generic.
For example, what kind of things I could script more easily if the operating system would allow me to read source code tokens/statements/packages in any language? Or images as an abstraction regardless of their file type?
Thus, on a longer term, you might want to identify the cycles and look into opportunities beyond the current phase in these cycles, and whether there are under-utilized ideas there.
For instance, for unix-style command line operation, we have the idea of piping data between applications and combining multiple applications to perform a job.
These applications communicate through very simple protocol, the text file format, where one line means one thing. Thus, if we want to combine more complex applications, such as operations on image files, each needs to implement their own processing for various file formats etc.
My idea would be to try to increase the abstraction level of operating system from files to something more generic.
For example, what kind of things I could script more easily if the operating system would allow me to read source code tokens/statements/packages in any language? Or images as an abstraction regardless of their file type?