A location smart index.html page - This attempt is to build geo intelligence into web pages that can benefit the user by giving them different content when they are at a specific location. There was a map counter at our local park that had a pin on it that said “You are here”. When we walked out the door and headed towards the trail, the paper map didn’t update. More of us are walking around with smartphones, so why not lower the burden on handouts, fliers and maps at the entrance and potentially just point people with these devices to the sites homepage and let technology handle the rest. I always used our Museum as a prime use case: When I am there, a map and current exhibitions are priority; but it also it gives the museum the opportunity to offer audio tours and links to additional content - More content, without all the paper. Print something out and it will be obsolete, be it an hour from now or 1 year.  So this was a challenge for me to experiment with opportunities to make our website work better in these contexts. Additionally, this is my first public Git repo and first JavaScript app… so be nice! 
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A location smart index.html page - This attempt is to build geo intelligence into web pages that can benefit the user by giving them different content when they are at a specific location.

There was a map counter at our local park that had a pin on it that said “You are here”. When we walked out the door and headed towards the trail, the paper map didn’t update. More of us are walking around with smartphones, so why not lower the burden on handouts, fliers and maps at the entrance and potentially just point people with these devices to the sites homepage and let technology handle the rest.

I always used our Museum as a prime use case: When I am there, a map and current exhibitions are priority; but it also it gives the museum the opportunity to offer audio tours and links to additional content - More content, without all the paper. Print something out and it will be obsolete, be it an hour from now or 1 year.  So this was a challenge for me to experiment with opportunities to make our website work better in these contexts.

Additionally, this is my first public Git repo and first JavaScript app… so be nice! 

As the second screen evolves into how we engage with big screen content, could pure HTML5 or JS be used to pair browsers between a TV and a mobile device? “Today 90% of our media consumption occurs in front of a screen.” - Think w/Google Of all the digital things that I interact with, they all share one common denominator = the web.  We can all think of plenty of situations for using a mobile device as a second screen to interact with content on a larger, TV screen sized, webpage - like Airplay - but I don’t know one that are supported over every platform.
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As the second screen evolves into how we engage with big screen content, could pure HTML5 or JS be used to pair browsers between a TV and a mobile device?


“Today 90% of our media consumption occurs in front of a screen.” - Think w/Google


Of all the digital things that I interact with, they all share one common denominator = the web.  We can all think of plenty of situations for using a mobile device as a second screen to interact with content on a larger, TV screen sized, webpage - like Airplay - but I don’t know one that are supported over every platform.

Google Now is awesome; merge them with the iGoogle team to bring it to the browser and make it amazing. Playing around with TV interface options, I wanted an app that I’ve nicknamed “Oatmeal” for a while for the iPad, but maybe it is better as a Web App on the TV.  When layering these iframes to a dashboard it started to look more and more like Google Now… and that’s a good thing - We can use more Environmental/Ambient Intelligence in our devices and ultimately it should permeate into all internet enabled devices. Merging the Google Now group with iGoogle will be an amazing combination to bring this to the web.
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Google Now is awesome; merge them with the iGoogle team to bring it to the browser and make it amazing.

Playing around with TV interface options, I wanted an app that I’ve nicknamed “Oatmeal” for a while for the iPad, but maybe it is better as a Web App on the TV. 

When layering these iframes to a dashboard it started to look more and more like Google Now… and that’s a good thing - We can use more Environmental/Ambient Intelligence in our devices and ultimately it should permeate into all internet enabled devices. Merging the Google Now group with iGoogle will be an amazing combination to bring this to the web.

Home is a place where social objects add value over novelty. After reading about Social Objects and how they have not quite come into focus, I couldn’t stop thinking about the potential for inanimate objects to talk, have a history, or contain data. It became pretty clear (especially as being a fairly new home owner) that there would be a huge advantage if your homes appliances and components could talk - and not in the conventional use-case of your refrigerator letting you know when the milk is bad. How about when your furnace needs maintenance, water heater needs scheduled service, air filter needs replacement? With a database handling details about the device, time stamping and alerts - You now can be notified of warranties, end of lifecycle, link to user manuals (could have come in handy when trying to find the oil holes on my furnace), repair history, etc. This can all be done quite easily with a Stickbits type barcode that links, not to a little web note, but a little more of a robust database (but not overly complex). This way emails can remind you that the air filter has been in for 2 months, roof should be inspected, etc. This would be very handy when purchasing a new house as well - scan the barcodes and now you know exactly what state all your appliances are in the house (e.g. the water heater has about 2 years left).
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Home is a place where social objects add value over novelty.

After reading about Social Objects and how they have not quite come into focus, I couldn’t stop thinking about the potential for inanimate objects to talk, have a history, or contain data. It became pretty clear (especially as being a fairly new home owner) that there would be a huge advantage if your homes appliances and components could talk - and not in the conventional use-case of your refrigerator letting you know when the milk is bad.

How about when your furnace needs maintenance, water heater needs scheduled service, air filter needs replacement? With a database handling details about the device, time stamping and alerts - You now can be notified of warranties, end of lifecycle, link to user manuals (could have come in handy when trying to find the oil holes on my furnace), repair history, etc.

This can all be done quite easily with a Stickbits type barcode that links, not to a little web note, but a little more of a robust database (but not overly complex). This way emails can remind you that the air filter has been in for 2 months, roof should be inspected, etc. This would be very handy when purchasing a new house as well - scan the barcodes and now you know exactly what state all your appliances are in the house (e.g. the water heater has about 2 years left).