GAP - Upsidedown Literally
Love shopping at the gap, especially for kids clothes. This make me like it even more, just wished they’d do something where I live.
Love the idea, definitely gets the attention.
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Is this a preview of press/magazine future ?? For me, it's what I'd like...!!
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Definitely, I'm working hard on making the same kind of application into a reality... I'll certainly spend much energy, in the forthcoming months and years, to commit my understanding of these new kind of applications to my clients and colleagues projects...
Coolify Your Photos
No need to run for political office to get an illustrated, poster style
custom work of art made from a headshot. At Coolify Your Photo you can
choose your color palette and submit a favorite picture of your kids or pet.
http://www.coolifyyourphoto.com/
Fundraising idea for OLPC
not sure whether it is sane or not, but i am writing it down as it comes to me when i am thinking of social fundraising
please feel free to steal the idea... or else i might end up doing :)
the idea is based on:
- social interaction (donor-beneficiary engagement)
- group push (multi-donors per laptop)
each olpc has 1,080,000 square pixels (1200 x 900) - a small but visible facebook/twitter user icon/avatar is 576 square pixels (24 x 24), a normal one is 5776 square pixels (76 x 76) - donors can buy up avatars to contribute to the cost of a laptop
donors who contributed would appear on the virtual wall in the laptop (easily accessible in navigation)
donors messages/comments are also included in the wall
assuming the rate is at $0.001 cent per pixel, a small avatar costs only ~$0.05 and a normal avatar costs only ~$0.50
the whole screen can accommodate about 186 normal sized avatars
why this is interesting:
- the child recipient and donors can interact when the child browses through the wall (via facebook, twitter)
- the donor walls are also accessible on the web
- donors would also be informed of "filtered" activities carried out in the laptop (olpc has activity log feature) which would be posted on to the wall (get donors involved)
- as it is micro-donation happening across social media platforms, i guess there is some viral element and the group push effect
related prior examples:
http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/
http://www.chapter.org/redevelopment/brick.html
http://www.myactionaid.org.uk/RebeccaHall/sponsor-a-brick-lego-house
similar idea:
Crazy Idea: Convert an Old Motel into an Office Park
I just saw a story about how an abandoned motel caught fire here in Mesa. It made me start thinking about what pathetic eyesores those become. They almost always end up burning down, probably most often due to arson. There was a small motel almost just like this one back in my hometown that also burned after sitting vacant for ages. Even after burning, they typically just sit there because nobody bothers to spend the money to properly demolish them.
It seems like an enterprising investor could purchase one of these small motels and do very minor renovations needed to convert them into startup-friendly "office parks" of a sort. Many startups are just a few people, and could benefit from things like:
- Dedicated, small, private space, complete with pre-wired phone and internet access
- A private full-featured bathroom
- A private kitchenette
- Easy, right-by-the-door parking
- Common "office area" similar to in an incubator, where there could be a shared copier, fax machine, vending, etc.
I have no idea how much money it would take to do such a thing, or if it's even economically feasible. It just seems like it would be a good way to re-use existing building space and would be a hell of a lot better than leaving a boarded-up fire hazard sitting around for years.
Just an idea.
Make a Gift Bow From a Magazine Page
If you have to wrap a gift for a birthday or any other occasion - Try
wrapping it in newspaper. My favorite is the comic pages. Then, finish it
off with bow made from a magazine page.
http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com
One possible way to keep the conversation going
With Bob's announcement yesterday that we would be reducing the number of phone-in segments, I can't help but wonder if this presents an opportunity for Total PTS to at least partially fill that void. I'm thinking that this site could act as a conduit for your opinion.
Here's how I envision this working: If you've got an opinion or a comment about some sports-related matter, write a few paragraphs about it. Or record some audio. Or make a video. Then e-mail it to me at neil@totalpts.com (or post it on your own website and send me the link). I'll pick the most intelligent, deserving ones and put them up here. And perhaps we can get a dialog going on your issue. What do you think?
Press & Hold - Triggering alternate button / link behavior
Traditionally web buttons have been designed to accept a single behavior from the user - Click. Click is for submit, click is for save, send, book, next, add etc. No matter where on the button you click, if you press that mouse button a second longer, if you perform a double click, reaction is always the same. Dead simple and in 99.99% instances this all there needs to be.
In some rare cases however, It would be useful to allow the user to adjust her pattern of click if she requires a different, non-typical reaction from the system, but still clicking on that same button. For example:
I'm an avid user of Nozbe.com, online todo manager / productivity platform. One thing that always irked me though, was the fact that submitting my actions puts them on the top of the list. With most todo items it's acceptable, but with some actions of low importance I'd want them to go straight to the bottom of my painstakingly ordered list. Normally for that to happen I need to add an action, it would go to the top, then drag & drop it to the bottom. If the list is long and extends below the fold, this is cumbersome.
So I figured, what if a regular click on the "add" button does what it does now, but a special click on that same button moves my new todo to the very bottom of the list.
This special click is nothing else then clicking and holding down onto the pressed button for say - over a second and releasing it, the button would respond by blinking fast 2 times as to inform you it accepted your special request and then toss my new todo on the far end of the list.
This pattern could be adopted on other web sites, preferably in those that are typical applications where users have time to acquaint themselves with the system, learn the tricks, not for online properties where users come and go. This is for low affordance of this pattern, but still, even google could adopt it for their "I'm feeling lucky" feature.
Similarly, this could be adopted for links. If you click and hold a link for 1 second it would blink, then open the target in a new tab, no need for your left hand to tap on the apple command key to do exactly the same.
Not sure if this is something new or it's already been adopted somewhere. I, at least, haven't seen it used anywhere. If you, dear readers, happen to have seen something along these lines, please drop me a line.
