Have you ever heard of writers block? Thought so, but maybe if you’re a developer you’ve also come across something pretty similar: Programmers Block. I submit that, with the exception of spaghetti code, that there’s nothing worse than the little flashing cursor in your editor window showing a blank code window. Inspiration is something that programmers need just as much as writers and it’s often just as elusive to programmers as to writers when they have writers block. http://www.wpkube.com/wordpress-developers-what-should-i-make-a-plugin-about/ Would love to hear your thoughts on this!
Another thing I may add is to find most popular help questions and build the solution. Use Google Keyword Tool to see search numbers.