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February 2012

4 posts

Make: Blog's weekly Flickr Roundup

The wooden sunglasses frames that I designed are on this weekends Make:Magazine weekly Flickr roundup. Thingiverse has also been updated to the proper frame size. Check it out!

January 2012

2 posts

Could a global ad company open up streaming web...

If there was a streaming ad company that offered the ability to target ads by location, could we open up streaming blackout and location restrictions? Would sporting event broadcasters be more open to streaming globally? Currently the companies that are pushing ads on streaming networks are either the station themselves (Watch Hulu, while watching Hulu) or national brands that have less concerns...

December 2011

1 post

November 2011

2 posts

October 2011

4 posts

September 2011

1 post

July 2011

1 post

Beyond Facebook & Twitter, will Google+ impact...

I’ve heard a lot of input about how Google+ may, or may not, disrupt the likes of Facebook and Twitter. From my viewpoint, and looking at what I open more lately, what about Tumblr and Posterous? Tumblr is sometimes referred to as the more than 140 character Twitter with a rich user base as its strength. Alternatively Posterous has been referred to as a simplified Wordpress. I love Tumblr...

June 2011

1 post

May 2011

2 posts

foursquare + Location Lab's Mayor Maker = The... →

airrand: One thing that we’ve had to rely on with airrand is leveraging a check-in service in order to know where you are at. In a perfect world the app is most beneficial when it alerts you regardless if you have checked in or not. For about 2 weeks now I have been testing out the concept of…

April 2011

3 posts

airrand Blog: Release the Kraken (aka Press... →

I am mildly obsessed with allowing inanimate objects the ability to tell a story, or inform users of things. Thinking about the potential in not only every object - ex: snap the QR code on your furnace to see its maintenance schedule, last repair, user manual, etc - but also every location to provide you data that you are interested in - ex: walking into an art museum, and that location pinging...

March 2011

3 posts

1 place I would welcome more gamification: mobility apps to incentivized human & alternative transportation! -1 for car/cabs!

Love to see Philip Rosedale’s tech share coffee concept (jump to 36th minute) pop up all over the US. Combining meetups like Makery, Night Owls, & StdyHll with foursquare check-ins could be a great start; Check-in with your specialty/profession in shouts - maybe a great way to see who’s there/does what and be able to engage them in the things you are working on and share insight. Is there a...

February 2011

2 posts

January 2011

4 posts

Wishlist - foursquare downloadable To-Do bundles...

A great gift for travelers, and foodies, in the world, would be if foursquare and the Travel Channel could partner to allow viewers the ability download trip bundles to their foursquare To-Do list We just finished watching Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations episode in France, from last season via Netflix. We plan to be back to there within the next two years and although we can jot down the...

December 2010

2 posts

November 2010

4 posts

Square4Charity - Update

If switching profiles to take donations for a charity proves to be too difficult, could Square benefit from allowing you to categorize transactions on the phone app? This addition would make it more easy to identify transactions when tracking how much was donations versus personal use. Now I know, by category, how much to sign a check over to the bake sale, etc. In support to adding a category,...

Style Sheets verus the Native App

After having some time to play with Untappd’s new service it was greatly refreshing to see this service going completely free of the Apple approval process, app store, etc, and instead using HTML5 and Style Sheets for it to look like a full blown iPhone app, just via the web. I’ve struggled with these conversations in the office about when, and when it is not, appropriate to bake a...

October 2010

3 posts

The key to a connected media TV experience will be...

When it comes to a connected media experience on our TVs, full screen apps will have their place, but the benefit will really be in layering over other content -A customizable sidebar would be a key feature in a connected media experience on your TV. I’d love to have the ability to have an open bar on the side of the screen that would show when my friends are on Skype, emails in, plus a...

September 2010

5 posts

myCopei Blog: Press Release →

mycopei: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INTRODUCING myCOPEI - A Transparent Look at Healthcare Costs September 20, 2010 - Milwaukee, WI – myCopei Inc*., announces today the release of a new venture, myCopei (http://www.mycopei.com), a service that provides a transparent look at healthcare costs. myCopei is a…

August 2010

7 posts

VoIP for the Massies... or, Masses

Cisco should purchase Skype, if only just for a hardware component: SkypeTV - a small TV top unit w/vcamera, internet connection (Wi-Fi & CAT5) on top of a TV with video in/out. Mainly as a simple non-tech/elderly friendly set-up to connect families, but also to connect people where they socialize, not huddled around a laptop, but in the living room. For that matter, a camera peripheral for...