Shades of Gray

idea: recipe in a box delivery, subscriptions. includes all ingredients needed to cook that meal.

2012 resolutions

1. shower as soon as i wake up
2. catch up with an old friend once a week
3. take guitar lessons
4. exercise daily
5. go on vacation
6. read one book a week
7. make wine
8. run a 5k
9. practice meditation daily
10. never eat dessert alone

best practices - walkthrough videos

some top examples of software walkthrough videos i gathered up for a client. all do a pretty great job of balancing playful humor, brevity, visual style, and functionality details w/ strong / selective benefit statements.

Mint

 https://www.mint.com/

IA Writer for Mac

 http://vimeo.com/24156534

Foursquare

http://www.howcast.com/videos/386406-How-To-Unlock-Your-World-With-Foursquare

Virgin America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyygn8HFTCo

Spotify

https://www.spotify.com/us/hello-america

Skype for iPad

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-mobile/download/ipad-for-skype/

Due for iPhone and iPad

http://www.dueapp.com/

Barclay Card

http://www.barclaycard.co.uk/freedom/about-barclaycard-freedom/how-it-works.html

Things for Mac

http://culturedcode.com/things/screencast.html

Google+

http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/

seeking ltr with apartment

slightly scruffy food, music, design lover is looking for a long term relationship with an apartment in nyc. must be 20 minutes from work (80 franklin street), gym (crunch), supermarket (let’s shoot for whole foods), and have laundry in building. your building must be quiet at all times after 9pm. plus points if you’re close to a park, coffee, the number subway lines, great takeout under $10 per meal. preferably no broker fee and you can’t cost more than a decent macbook pro per month. interested apartments should get in touch with a little about yourself. thanks.

idea: how many hours of the day do software licenses sit unused, like photoshop? what if someone could remotely access specific applications in a totally secure sandbox? rent it out for a nominal fee, like a few cents a minute. could add up…

idea: connect people who want to try before they buy with people who have things. option to set thanks with money, kudos points, a beer/coffee, etc.

Idea: Words with friends meets jigsaw puzzles.

Idea: Arrange the who of eating out. Coordinate meals with people: group preferences and schedules. Discover and reach out to new people for a bite to eat. Pull info from Foursquare, Facebook, LinkedIn, Yelp to generate recos and such. And/or: Chatroulette for lunch?

Inspiration: grubwithus, ohours, doodle.com, chatroulette

Idea: Mobile app that displaces loyalty punch cards. Customer app generates QR code on load that vendor app scans. Similar to that AMEX / Foursquare experiment that checked for near-simultaneous credit card use and checkins at the same venue. Would be a sweet Foursquare feature… especially if Foursquare was linked to a credit or debit account. Maybe one flavor of mobile payment.