Steve Spalding has 31 many, many days to come up with 93 ideas. If we are all lucky, some of them might even be good. Find Me On How To Split An Atom Twitter Friendfeed History of Blogging Cold Storage (personal tumblr)Tumblr (3.0; @ninetythreeideas)http://ninetythreeideas.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYfk5qo8xrhNYFbvFo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #13 -</p> <p>This one is a little more pie in the sky than standard, but work with me. What if we developed experts systems that were not based around the knowledge of any particular professional, but were instead based around our knowledge. This would be programmatic instances of ourselves, that contained expert knowledge in being … us. </p> <p>For anyone who wants to try this out, here are a few <a href="http://www.cs.cofc.edu/~manaris/ai-education-repository/expert-systems-tools.html">tools for developing expert systems</a>. </p> <p>(<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/vernhart/">credit</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/56514024http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/56514024Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:31:41 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYfk5im0wNXUOW5ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #12 -</p> <p>Wouldn’t be interesting if parking lots could be used as solar collectors? There is a huge amount of ambient heat generated in our nations parking lots, there should be a way of using this waste heat to generate electricity. Even if it was only a nominal amount of power, it could if wide-spread enough substantially reduce energy costs for large buildings.</p> <p><br/> (<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum_photography/">credit</a>) (<a href="http://howtosplitanatom.com/the-news/solar-powered-hospital/">Inspiration</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/56513077http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/56513077Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:25:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYeev9s2d3YT2cTC0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #11 -</p> <p>Random Diner - at a preset interval this application sends you an email or SMS message about a new restaurant it thinks you should eat at based on past patterns and location. </p> <p>If this isn’t already an iPhone App, it should be. We do similar sorts of data-crunching/statistical modeling for everything from shopping to music already, it would be interesting to see this for food.</p> <p>(<a href="http://friendfeed.com/e/f10a61c0-6598-43b7-81a7-afbba2f17733/Idea-10-Random-Diner-at-a-preset-interval-this/">credit</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/52102409http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/52102409Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:00:03 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYeeu8v3aJrO1n5tDo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #10 -</p> <p>I want a virtual trainer. Enter the particulars about my nutrition/exercise goals and my vitals and it spits back an appropriate program. It could also match me with others in the area with similar profiles for encouragement.</p> <p>Combined with a sensor like <a href="http://www.fitbit.com/">FitBit</a>, this could be some serious firepower in our personal fitness arsenal.</p> <p>Some applications that are almost there: <a href="https://www.gyminee.com/">Gyminee</a>, <a href="http://www.isfonline.com/">ISFOnline</a>, <a href="http://www.traineo.com/">Traineo</a></p> <p>(<a href="http://www.fitbit.com/">credit</a>) (<a href="http://howtosplitanatom.com/">More Ideas</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/52100183http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/52100183Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:31:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYechpuvohWD1gj7Ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #9 </p> <p>Why don’t we do more “time-based” web design. An example would be Woot, where it’s most valuable if people check the site on schedule. We use archival models a lot when designing web products but we ignore that people love immediacy as well.</p> <p>An example would be a site that only exists (404’s otherwise) every other Thursday but when it does, if you see it you can win fabulous (OK decent) prizes.</p> <p>(<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jokinbcn/">credit</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51875230http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51875230Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:05:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYe8lzqscvP19vx8Xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #8</p> <p>I want a hype filter. It would likely be a plugin/greasemonkey script that works in two ways. The first lets me completely remove mentions of an “overhyped” topic from my information feed. The second gives me a de-duped digest of that topic. Topics determined by keyword or something.</p> <p>(<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/phunk/">credit</a>) (<a href="http://howtosplitanatom.com/">Ideas Reborn</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51452078http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51452078Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:53:41 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYe8jjt80eaWN4bgxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #7 </p> <p>I want a cheap document reader (Kindlesque) that wirelessly syncs my email, pdfs, docs and feeds to read on the go. I don’t need/want any fancy bells and whistles — it just needs to be fast, cheap and sturdy enough to take a few knocks and bumps.</p> <p>As it stands there are a few options: The Kindle (which is focused too heavily on books), the <a href="http://www.getpeek.com/">Peek</a> which uses a really expensive subscription model and doesn’t support enough formats and the <a href="http://www.readius.com/">Readius</a> (shown above) that doesn’t pass the “cheap” test.</p> <p>(<a href="http://www.readius.com/content-ebooks">credit</a>) (<a href="http://howtosplitanatom.com/">Ideas Reborn</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51444462http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51444462Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:45:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYe6ddiscvPxtFSWwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #6</p> <p>Shouldn’t there be a common import/export format for Social Network friends. It should be as easy to “transport” my friends from network to network as it is to move my contact list around. </p> <p>As it stands, FOAF, <a href="http://portablecontacts.net/">Portable Contacts</a> and <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph/">XFN</a> exist but the implementation that will win will be the one that plugs into your network without as much overhead. </p> <p>(<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/cindy47452/">credit</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51204094http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51204094Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:16:55 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYe6cld7afblfCDddo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #5</p> <p>Wouldn’t it be interesting if we had a rumor filter? It would let you see if news has been flagged as incorrect or incomplete. There would also be a plugin that would let you see if you’re on a page with “bad information”</p> <p>It would work a lot like plugins that now exist for services like StumbleUpon that allow you to see how others have “rated” a particular piece of information but instead of generic appeal the ratings would be in terms of truthfulness/completeness. </p> <p>(<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/redvers/">credit</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51202277http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51202277Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:55:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYe4m2hmwQqfxvcsao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #4 </p> <p>I want a tool that let’s me take pictures and geotag them. From now on if anyone else takes a similar picture they’d be able to get a map to/from the location. Think of it like a “Make your own Google Streetview.</p> <p>As it stands there are a <a href="http://www.eye.fi/products/explore/">Eye.fi</a> and a <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/downloads/tools.aspx">tool by Microsoft</a> have one half of the equation taken care of. </p> <p>(<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/tom1231/">credit</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51050091http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51050091Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:44:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYe4lnn4uBoEG14EKo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #3 - </p> <p>Wouldn’t it be interesting of their was an analytics package that aggregates your Social Media profiles. It would give you the same information as website analytics but spread across your socnets.</p> <p>You can find out how many people visit all your social pages, how long they stay and what they are actually looking at. It’s an interesting first step to more “influence” based advertising opportunities.</p> <p>(<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/">credit</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51048895http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51048895Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:33:12 -0400<iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FMJwURqpFWs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Idea #2</p> <p>I want to see practical applications of Augmented Reality. After seeing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgTwSXK_5dg">Tonchidot</a> I’d say there is a lot of room for simplified concepts.</p> <p>An example would be a <a href="http://www.i-glassesstore.com/hmds.html">HUD style</a> “tour guide,” that could help you, say, find the nearest Best Buy in a strange city.</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51046536http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51046536Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:14:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/YRMoNmWLYe4g89lug2j58fb3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Idea #1 </p> <p>Wouldn’t it be nice to have a program that does “rote web tasks” (common searches etc …) for you and presents a summary to you at the end of the day. As a kicker, it would learn from how you interact with the summary.</p> <p>An example could be to setup an agent that would check your email and add any “events” or time sensitive items it found to a todo list. </p> <p><b>Some Options</b>: <a href="http://www.yotify.com/">Yotify</a>, <a href="http://www.alerts.com/Default.aspx">Alerts</a></p> <p>(<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/cyberslayer/">credit</a>)</p>http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51036347http://ninetythreeideas.com/post/51036347Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:01:00 -0400