Here’s the scenario… I’m driving along in my car, and a great song comes on the radio. I want it. Why can’t I say “Siri, get me this song!”, or tell Google’s Android to get it, whichever applies to you. Then my mobile would “listen” to what I’m listening to, ask me if I want [...]
When somebody builds this, please let me know. I thought it up in 2009, and figured I’d have done it by now. I’m too busy, so you can have it. The Nutshell I fire up the mobile app, hit the Start button, and my mobile starts shooting video. Then, based on the settings I have [...]
Remember the old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercials that always had two people bumping into each other, where one had a chocolate bar and the other had a random jar of peanut butter? “Hey, you got your chocolate in my peanut butter!”, then “No, you got your peanut butter on my chocolate!” So an Occupy [...]
Before humans knew how to create smog; volcanoes and cows had the job. Earth’s climate has always been in a state of flux, and the environmental systems on the planet always had a way to keep it in balance. I believe it is called homeostasis, which is Latin for “Al Gore hates sunny weather”. Problem [...]
I love baseball. I could watch it all day, in its present form, no changes required. But that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be better. Firstly, and perhaps most obviously, I would embrace the use of technology in the sport. The “purists” are probably shuddering at the mention of this, but believe it or not, I [...]
I like CraigsList, but let’s face it, it hasn’t changed much in the last decade or so. But still, nobody can seem to supplant it. Somebody will eventually, but in the meantime, here’s how Craigslist could do it themselves. Use the Social Graph to increase trust If an individual person is going to peddle their [...]
If a freak nation-wide thunderstorm dropped gumdrops and gold doubloons from the skies today, which 9/11 would be remembered next year? If a person breaks their spine in an accident, do we memorialize the day of the accident, or celebrate the day they learned to walk again? I know, “Never Forget”. And I don’t think [...]
Today a report was released by NASA that essentially reminded me of Jim Mora’s infamous “Playoffs?” speech: “Playoffs? Don’t talk about playoffs! Are you kidding me!? Playoffs!? I’m just hoping we can win a game, another game!” Mars? Don’t talk about Mars! Are you kidding me!? Mars!? We’re just hoping we can make it to [...]
Fellow Windows users… this one’s a no-brainer. The more computers get used for media in addition to productivity, the wider the screens have gotten. But unless you overpaid for a DVD player so you could have one that sent email, it was shipped wrong. The taskbar is out of place. Most of what we do [...]