Future Iphone Ideas

I dont really know what to do with this space. I havent invited anyone here and Im pretty sure I wont. so I guess I will just use it for things I constantly forget by the time I am ready to use them.

First example - Iphone reading book....



http://www.lexcycle.com/

BaracK with Spidey

OH STOP!!!!!!!! people this has gone too far!


http://www.usatoday.com/life/gallery/l090107_obamaspidey/flash.htm?gid=842&aid=3995

for some unknown reason my links wont work today so Im just posting the whole thing

not that anyone reads this - but Ill post a bunch of fun stuff today - so yeah for fun stuff

http://www.mydamnchannel.com/Big_Fat_Brain/You_Suck_at_Photoshop__Season_1/YouSuckatPhotoshop2_399.aspx

you suck at photoshop - this link does not work :(

Yeah for photoshop and my friend going back to art school!

Stories wont die - but books might

This article in the Telegraph is a sad one. A school replacing the library with a digital one is a sad tale. I was a huge reader in Elementary school, I read the most books in the whole school, and into middle school. My family is also filled with big readers - my niece is one of Florida's number one readers in the state, yet none of us can stand to read on the computer. The feel of the paper and the anticipation of turning the page, the smell of a book that is new or one that has a bit of age to it, the tangibility of the printed word, none of this is equalled in digital format. Schools already cut costs in so many corners of education it would be horrible for them to take out the library - a last place of refuge for so many students looking to escape in a novel.

I agree that stories are being told over and over again by Hollywood - I just saw this ad for Race to Witch Mountain with The Rock (I love him so I'll go) - a redo from the 70's classic - but I subscribe to the fact that there are few great story lines - and perhaps (if you believe in John Campbell) there is just the hero story line. But perhaps what we should focus on is the creation of writers. I see so many commercialized writers out there with so little to say, and twitter makes anyone into a story line, but it doesnt mean its worth reading. There are still great ways to tell story lines left to be uncovered. I hope they get printed.

Fish prove what Psychology proved

Guess what? Apparently even fish prefer a good looking fish leader. This article a (a summary of a study done at the University of Sydney) from Current Biology, basically says that the "football star" equivalent of stickleback fish is usually chosen as the most trustworthy to follow. They assume that it is based on collective wisdom that they are all choosing the best leader. Fish can choose to follow a bad fish - just as people have made bad decisions for leaders (Hitler) but in the same case the badness is amplified.

So - sorry to say this but "looks are everything." I guess plastic surgeons will still have a good year, even through this economic turmoil we are having. I remember reading about women and men in China having beautification surgeries to help them land a raise or a better job. Being a Miami native, I have seen the surgeries from the young (15 year-old) to the old (above 80+) and the women in poor countries that save to get the butt lifts and the boob jobs, each country preferring a different form of beauty.

Perhaps now and into the future the financial divide will rely more and more on good looks and less on ability or brains...now that is a scary idea.

Thanks JCPenney!

This JCPenney ad is probably the best ad this season. They communicate both the male and female perspective perfectly. The subtle (or not so subtle) facial movements of the women, the attitude of the men - its genius. I applaud you. No matter what side of the problem you were on - one of us has been there. The call to action should be greater (sorry but Im in account management) but still..I would not have substituted it for the work - so great! See how I am gushing - guess this was my present.

The Car Industry

There is nothing to make me an expert on the car industry...but I am a consumer.

I just have to say at this point in my life - I assumed there would already be flying cars...even if that meant mechanical malfunctions equaled a plane crash, perhaps then people would be less apt to drink and drive. Regardless, I do think innovation on cars has died, maybe not internally since cars are safer today, but the beauty of the car, for me, is dead. This could be because I live in an area that glorifies old cars for their uniqueness or it could be that the only cars in my life have been 4 door sedans that, at the end of the day, look like all other 4 door sedans on the road.

Perhaps those major car companies that are dying today, should have thought of designing different cars, and elite class, like their own ferrari's, or models that didnt fit into the average 4-door. Maybe they should have brought back the look of the old cars, like Ford did with the T-bird, instead of pushing the gas guzzlers no one could afford. The world had been changed over 7 years ago - but did the cars change with it?

Im a huge fan of Seth Godin - and I agree with him. We should facilitate the bankruptcy of the car companies. They are too large and unable to make a shift into a better direction. It's like trying to turn a huge semi-truck around - it will take too long. Perhaps even better innovation of cars will come from the loss of the giants. I guess we will wait on Congress to see the future.

Great old cars - just for fun.