• To empower users by providing free (libre), secure, user-friendly, personal servers.
• To create software that capitalizes on the personal server model; for example, personal e-mail servers, file serving and transfer.
• To provide intuitive and transparent web interfaces for configuration.
• To promote a culture of computer literacy in general and personal servers in particular by writing modular free applications with friendly interfaces, transparent configurability, and lucid documentation.

• Encrypted storage
• Domain registration
• Backup service
• Software bundles
• Hardware
• Pricing

• Server configuration
• Package management
• File management
• Web terminal

These could have user friendly locations as subdomains of the main domain that each person would already have (such as mail.example.com, video.example.com)

• user managament – to give other people access to files, etc.
• E-mail
• File sharing
• Social media (e.g. via RSS feeds)

• What about small busineses? They are also entities that need privacy and control over their own information. There's still no really good way to get up and going as a small business with little computer ability.
• Bitcoin — people could store their wallets on their own servers and always have access to money.
• Backups — this should be taught to people and made extremely easy.
• Legal issues – should encrypt the server's hard drive automatically.
• Identity – using openid or something, people can finally have an online presence on the web.
• Privacy – one peoblem with proxy sites or VPNs is that they are only as good as the company's word that they won't keep logs. If people could somehow use their own servers as a VPN or proxy, they they could ENSURE that no logs are kept.
• If people have servers running all the time, they could donate hard drive space and CPU power to worthy causes in addition to money. (for example, consider donating hosting power to a favorite comic).
• Back up your personal files to your server.