Imi place atunci cand oameni creativi iau obiecte banale pe care le folosim sau cu care interactionam in fiecare zi si le transorma in ceva mai frumos sau in “mmai mult”.

Conceptele si design-urile care imi plac cel mai mult insa sunt cele care in care design-ul aduce o utilitate mai mare.

In lutima vreme am dat de mai multe astfel de exemple si am zis sa le adun si sa vi le arat si voua. Sa imi ziceti care din ele v-a facut cu ochiul.

4. A website that you can submit your design and work with vendors to manufacture your own clothes line.
19. Small-town / city – websites (through city and Chamber of Commerce) – most small town websites are terrible
31. Santa Delivery Service – A dressed Santa will come to your home during the holidays and deliver your gifts as Santa
42. iPhone app that tells you odds for a poker hand
43. Let’s Get Coffee – for couples; pairing service similar to matchmaking service “It’s Just Lunch” to help couples find other couples with similar friends
44. A service that discounts newspapers after 8pm the day of print. I do not want to buy a NYTimes for $5 at the end of the day.
49. Grocery delivery service for college campuses: Fresh direct for dorm rooms.
59. Landscaping business specializing only on LEED rooftop gardens.
62. “How to live on a small budget” website written by college students for college student for all sizable college towns sponsored by local merchant coupons.
65. Online Firewood Sales – Sell firewood online directly to consumers and business
67. Cupcake Shop (fresh and creative cupcakes)
77. Hire voice actors to read popular blogs to create podcasts where they don’t yet exist (“Best of the Blogosphere Podcast”)
82. Personal lessons for using your cell phone features
91. Local fresh restaurant that opens off-peak hours to hold cooking classes to locals.
106. Artists’ Playground. This is a building that has rooms setup for ceramics, painting, silk screenings, theater, writing, open mic, dance, photography, etc. This building will also have social areas for people to mingle over coffee and healthy foods. People pay a monthly membership to have access and it is also rented out for events.
109. Street Bar – bar inside a huge vehicle that drives you around
117. iPhone app that is specifically for ski maps.  Shows number of runs made and has lots of cool interactive features.  Even shows which runs are groomed.  Every ski resort would need their own app.  Probably provide the app for free and the ski resort pays an arm and a leg for being featured in the app.
137. Standing in line for people
141. Twitter third party app to help drivers find vacant parking spaces in crowded metro areas; sponsored by local merchants and advertising.
150. A company that digs your car out of the snow and removes snow from your driveway and starts car in the morning.
155. Service to teach doctors how to use technology to reach out to patients
166. A company that will apply your logo in glow-in-the dark removable paint around a town so it appears at night.
183. Networked home alarm systems so that neighbors can check on each other’s homes during break-ins.
235. Twitter or SMS restaurant reservations
258. Educational youth iPhone games
285. Personal chef for a day. A formalized service where you can call and get a chef with a specific specialty to come and cook a few days worth of food.  In cities, this would be very popular and in demand.
286. After party cleaning crew
312. Executive Power nap business – Locations where executives can take a 20 minute energizer nap during the day
315. Lip reading school – School that teaches students how to read lips
348. Filmmakers café-It would be great to have a place that people could go and use a TV and DVD player in a cool coffee house setting–similar to how the internet cafes are run…It could be a place where people could just leisurely watch something midday and also people can meet and discuss their work and others’ work while watching through it.
360. BestOf.com A website that only sells one specific type of each product…but you know its the best.
402. Web cam at school events so you can see your kid when you can’t make it
433. A laundromat/video arcade – Play video games with your kids as you wait for your clothes to be done
491. A sensor that turns the heat on as soon as you wake up so that the floors and the house is warm when you get up.
503. Mobile app that notes the GPS location of your car when you park it so you can find it again
547. An online service that if your wallet gets stolen, has a secure place for all the credit cards and accounts you need to cancel right in one place.  Instead of having to dig and search and figure out online or in general which accounts and phone numbers you need, this website has them all in one place.  Security might be an issue here for hackers, etc.
569. A website that aggregates places you can go for factory tours. Like Ben & Jerry’s, the Cape Cod potato chips factory, etc.
590. Advertising company that pays college students to wear advertisements on their laptops, backpacks, apparel, autos.
629. Mobile app with picture-based inventory of my closet. Allows me to see that I already have 14 black sweaters so don’t get black! Or just that I do have something that this fabulous belt would go with.
687. Dance club in an old airplane
718. Cemetery care – guarantee that the dearly departed always have fresh flowers and holiday appropriate accouterments on their eternal resting place – for a monthly fee.
748. Barber business for facial hair – Barber that specializes in facial hair, no haircuts, just facial hair trimming
771. A place where you can go and pop bubble wrap. Possibly a bar of some sort.
905. iPhone – ExtremeLocator – finds something near you to push you out of your comfort zone (bungee, skydiving, improv)
938. Docking stations for coffee shops, airports, any public place
998. City-sponsored citywide Wi-Fi

Care din idei stiti ca au fost aplicate si la noi? Care credeti ca nu ar merge si de ce? Astept pareri si link-uri ca sa actualizez lista. O zi nebuna in continuare,

Bleau’s Geek Chart

Via Mashable.com.

1. Product Planner – Iti permite sa creezi diagrame si grafice pentru realizarea unui produs sau proces. Foarte util pentru discutia cu clientul sau pentru a vedea rapid in ce stadiu esti si ce mai ai de facut!

2. Google Docs – Pot sa imi pastrez documentele online si sa lucrez pe ele de oriunde. Pot sa le trimit imediat pe mail sau sa lucrez cu altii pe acelasi document. Ai word, excel si prezentari si posibilitatea de a salva in format PDF!

3. Google Reader – Nu, nu mai deschid o mie de pagini web. Ma abonez la rss si le citesc direct cu google reader! Si ca sa mai salvati timp, feed-ul pentru blogul meu il gasiti aici. Spor la citit!

4. Mind Meister – Este un serivciu gratuit de mind mapping. Ma ajuta foarte mult sa ma organizez si sa vad clar ce este de facut si ce impact are fiecare sarcina sau obiectiv in parte.

5. Animoto.com – Permite creearea unui film din poze si text. Prezinta o colectie de efecte, tranzitii si sunete care vor transforma prezentarea intro animatie profesionala, totul intr-un timp foarte scurt. Desi il stiu recent, am inceput sa il folosesc din ce in ce mai des. Aveti un exemplu de ce poate face aici.

6. BusinessCardCreator – Permite realizarea de carti de vizita gratuit! Un review gasiti aici.

7. Traduno – Traduce din si in foarte multe limbi. Un real ajutor!

8. Skitch – E vorba de poze, de transmitere, desenare pe, colaborare pe…poze. Il folosesc cand vreau sa explic ceva pe o poza, un design, etc.

9. Ascuns – Stiu ca esti pe mess si ca stai pe invisible. Am folosit ascuns.ro!

10. AwardMaker – Trebuie sa faci diplome pentru un eveniment sau pentru subalternii tai sau pentru oricine. Aici poti gratuit!

11. Mycash – Ce bani am, la cine am dat, de la cine am luat. Le trec pe foaie pentru ca o minte buna e aia care uita. Tot pe ideea de gestuine bani online si nu numai este si Noastra.

12. Flabell, Flasheezy si Vecteezy – Cand am nevoie de elemente flash sau vectori gratuiti!

13. Stock exchange si Stock Vault – Poze de calitate si gratuite! Pentru blog, pentru prezentari, pentru tine!

14. Norc – Daca cineva iti da adresa te ajuta. Dar daca iti mai si arata pe harta sau te uiti tu sa vezi exact cum arata blocul unde trebuie sa ajungi? Norc face asta si face bine. Pentru Romania si alte cateva tari!

15. TopTenReviews – Stii cand cauti care sunt cele mai bune programe, cele mai bune aparate, cele mai bunt melodii, etc. Cu asta se ocupa acest site. Cu liste Top 10!

16. Lovely Charts – Diagrame atat de frumoase ca te uiti toata ziua la ele!

Voi ce servicii folositi? O zi nebuna in continuare,

Ca si antreprenor consider site-ul ca un exercitiu foarte bun, mai ales ca in multe situatii pentru a rezolva unele probleme sau situatii in afaceri, e foarte bine sa intelegi toti factorii implicati si raportul dintre acestia. Mai jos aveti un exemplu de ecuatie insa va recomand sa daugati la bookmarks pagina.

O zi nebuna in continuare,

1.  Bannere, butoane pe site/blog! Majoritatea avem loc de bannere, butoane de 125 px sau oricum loc unde sa le integram! As vrea sa vad cat cere fiecare pentru spatiul lor pe blog. Desigur, vreau sa vad si statisticile pentru site-ul/blogul lor. Si evident, vreau sa vad si cereri de promovare. Un loc unde sa postez un banner/campanie pe care vreau sa o lansez si cat ofer.

2. Barter pe bannere, butoane. Unde nu e ban, poate sa fie schimb!

3. Cereri si oferta de advertoriale sau review pe anumite produse/servicii.  Vrei review, vrei articol, vrei recomandare? Cer atat, dai?

4. Campanii pro bono care vor sa se promoveze pe blogosfera. Sunt multe campanii pe care doream sa le promovez sau pe care doream sa le ajut dar nu am stiut de ele. Nu numai ca va ajuta o multime de lume prin includerea acestor campanii, dar site-ul va obtine si promovare!

5. Servicii web design, atat freelancing cat si firme. Vreau la nevoie sa pot sa contractez astfel de servicii pentru blogul/site-ul meu. Implicit vor primi si rating cei ce ofera serviciile.

6. Twitter, facebook, linkedin, youtube. Servicii de promovare, servicii de creare continut, cumparare domenii sau useri de twitter, promovare de produse, etc. Desi nu la fel de importante in acest moment, nu trebuie sa ignoram nici social media!

Cum spuneam, astept mai mult! Nu doar eu ci si numele site-ului vostru cere si ne poate oferi mai mult! O zi nebuna in continuare,

Ce mi-a placut foarte mult la SP2 si ce as vrea sa adapteze si Dan pentru plugin-ul lui este posiblitatea de a da un nume link-ului! Asta pentru mine inseamna branding! In loc sa am un link de genul  http://sp2.ro/6041aq cu SP2 pot sa am adresa http://sp2.ro/Bleau1 sau daca vreau sa promovez un produs, sau un serivciu pot sa personalizez link-ul. Practic ofera posibilitatea ca si link-ul prin modul in care a fost scris sa ofere informatii referitoare la ce vor vedea.

La plugin-ul facut de Dan, cred ca ar fi foarte util daca in momentul in care scriu un articol nou, sa pot sa specific daca vreau o denumire specifica pentru link-ul facut prin SP2. In orice caz, felicitari celor de la Refresh pentru SP2 si lui Dan pentru integrarea SP2 intr-un plugin pentru wordpress.

O zi nebuna in continuare,

UPDATE:

Link-ul se poate personaliza pe SP2.ro si adauga manual in custom fields. Exista campul sp2_link unde puteti sa treceti voi direct link-ul personalizat.

Daca aveti deja o lista sau urmeaza sa va faceti, lasati link-ul in comment sa vad unde pot sa va ajut eu! O zi nebuna in continuare,
UPDATE: Am lansat si eu pagina cu 111 zile!