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- When will the next bus/train be at this spot? - a non-DRM ebook reader with Project Gutenburg installed - auto convert from client/server to webapp or pho

by edw519 13y ago

- When will the next bus/train be at this spot? - a non-DRM ebook reader with Project Gutenburg installed - auto convert from client/server to webapp or phoneapp - grocery delivery for us not in SV,Seattle,etc - reservation-only restaurants that have tables avail now - auto turn cell phone to vibrate in certain locations - auto forward cell phone to close land line (work/home) - old Google maps - a no wifi or cell Palm Pilot replacement - cell phone direct to .txt email for all but certain callers - mini-blogging platform: 400 chars < every post < 800 chars - yelp you can actually believe - forum software that filters trolls - forum software that filters idiots - salad bar locator - buffet locator - televisionless / audioless restaurant locater - chess with n moves forward/back what if - shock nearby driver on cell phone not paying attention - missing commercial airliner locator

lucb1e 13y ago
> - When will the next bus/train be at this spot? I think Oona Räisänen solved that already: http://www.windytan.com/2013/11/decoding-radio-controlled-bus-stop.html http://www.windytan.com/2013/11/decoding-radio-controlled-bu... > auto convert from client/server to webapp or phoneapp What? Client/server is a network model, webapp and phoneapp are applications. You mean like a web/phone app that you can use to talk to random server applications or something? > old Google maps More specific..? > auto turn cell phone to vibrate in certain locations There's an app for that > auto forward cell phone to close land line (work/home) You can do that with VoIP. > forum software that filters idiots That would be a major breakthrough. Hellbanning probably does a good job already though. > shock nearby driver on cell phone not paying attention The police calls that a Taser.
napoleond 13y ago
cell phone direct to .txt email for all but certain callers How much would you pay for such a service?
- bruceboughton 13y ago
  HulloMail does this for your voicemail.
ilaksh 13y ago
One thing I have noticed is that if I look at my phone while driving but hold it lower out of sight no one reacts. But if I hold the phone up so I can actually see where I am driving while glancing at the phone, people honk and act like they want to kill me. So I often just try to hide it, even though I feel much safer holding it up so that it is in the same field of view as the road. So this is an example where people think they are helping righteously but they are actually making the road more dangerous. Anyway I think that cars should come with heads up displays that overlay information on or in front of the windshield in front of you without obscuring the road. Also I should get a hands-free setup.
- jarofgreen 13y ago
  > but they are actually making the road more dangerous Or you could just stop using your cellphone when driving instead of rationalising the blame onto others? > Anyway I think that cars should come with heads up displays that overlay information on or in front of the windshield in front of you without obscuring the road. Yes, for instance some cars are designed to put things like speed indicator just below screen, but most bury them behind the steering wheel where it's hard to see, never understood why.
benjamincburns 13y ago
> buffet locator There's probably a market for a Buffett locator as well.
petersouth 13y ago
I had an errand service and a lady would pay me to get her groceries every week. I think I charged $10/hr. She would also give me a stack of coupon items to pick up. Her way of rationalizing the expense was that the coupon savings was usually more than she paid me. I would buy all the crap and she'd just write me a check for that amount plus my fee.

by edw519 13y ago

lucb1e 13y ago

> - When will the next bus/train be at this spot? I think Oona Räisänen solved that already: http://www.windytan.com/2013/11/decoding-radio-controlled-bus-stop.html http://www.windytan.com/2013/11/decoding-radio-controlled-bu... > auto convert from client/server to webapp or phoneapp What? Client/server is a network model, webapp and phoneapp are applications. You mean like a web/phone app that you can use to talk to random server applications or something? > old Google maps More specific..? > auto turn cell phone to vibrate in certain locations There's an app for that > auto forward cell phone to close land line (work/home) You can do that with VoIP. > forum software that filters idiots That would be a major breakthrough. Hellbanning probably does a good job already though. > shock nearby driver on cell phone not paying attention The police calls that a Taser.

napoleond 13y ago

cell phone direct to .txt email for all but certain callers How much would you pay for such a service?

bruceboughton 13y ago
HulloMail does this for your voicemail.

ilaksh 13y ago

One thing I have noticed is that if I look at my phone while driving but hold it lower out of sight no one reacts. But if I hold the phone up so I can actually see where I am driving while glancing at the phone, people honk and act like they want to kill me. So I often just try to hide it, even though I feel much safer holding it up so that it is in the same field of view as the road. So this is an example where people think they are helping righteously but they are actually making the road more dangerous. Anyway I think that cars should come with heads up displays that overlay information on or in front of the windshield in front of you without obscuring the road. Also I should get a hands-free setup.

jarofgreen 13y ago
> but they are actually making the road more dangerous Or you could just stop using your cellphone when driving instead of rationalising the blame onto others? > Anyway I think that cars should come with heads up displays that overlay information on or in front of the windshield in front of you without obscuring the road. Yes, for instance some cars are designed to put things like speed indicator just below screen, but most bury them behind the steering wheel where it's hard to see, never understood why.

benjamincburns 13y ago

> buffet locator There's probably a market for a Buffett locator as well.

petersouth 13y ago

I had an errand service and a lady would pay me to get her groceries every week. I think I charged $10/hr. She would also give me a stack of coupon items to pick up. Her way of rationalizing the expense was that the coupon savings was usually more than she paid me. I would buy all the crap and she'd just write me a check for that amount plus my fee.