Idea: Beautiful ‘Park Lots’ That Lure Potential Customers
Massive asphalt parking lots in front of Walmarts and Targets might be full during the holiday season but are usually half to 2/3 empty during the rest of the year. And they’re also a huge waste of...
View ArticleShutting Down My Most Visited Website, MovieStop.info
MovieStop.info was a popular one page site I quickly threw together that listed the locations, addresses, and phone numbers of all the Movie Stop stores (they sell used and new movies) because the...
View ArticleQuick Fix-Up Redesign of Tap11.com
So, a company called Tap11 just got acquired by the founders of YouTube. I head over to their site to check it out and couldn’t help but mockup a quick fix. Now they only need to make a few changes to...
View ArticleInvention: Concrete Poured “Plus” Shaped Bench
Today I became an outdoor furniture designer. A lot of the benches I see at parks and transit stations are terribly uncomfortable, don’t have a back, look hideous, are made of expensive material, or...
View Article10 Reasons We Don’t Use Video Chat (and how to fix some of them)
This article “Why Don’t We Video Chat More Often?” really made me think… “Ten years ago if someone had told you that in 2011 everyone would have a webcam in their home or in their pocket, and that the...
View Article6 Ideas to Improve Online Shopping (startups this is for you)
A few ideas I had to fix 6 online shopping annoyances: Not seeing enough of the product, Lack of instant gratification like retail shopping has, Missing package deliveries because I’m not at home, No...
View ArticleCreation: Laminated Bus Stop Schedules (Guerrilla Public Service)
If we want more people to use public transit we’ve got to make it easier. The biggest user experience blunder in bus transit is the inability to tell where a bus goes and when it goes there if you’ve...
View ArticleCreation: “You Are Here” Stickers For Transit Maps (Guerrilla Public Service)
I decided to continue my crusade towards perfecting the public transit user experience and improving map design by adding a fix to the maps used on the St. Louis Metrolink (lightrail). I’ve only done...
View ArticleIdea: Close Range Voice Chat UI For Multiplayer Video Games
The problem with voice chat in multiplayer online games is that everyone on your team can hear you. And as maps get larger and teams get bigger a new set of communication problems have developed. It...
View ArticleIdea: Wirelessly Chained / Synchronized Cruise Control
People “pet” the gas pedal when they drive so they never travel at a constant speed. This constant speeding up and slowing down wastes gas, and with 140+ billion gallons used each year by the US alone,...
View ArticleIdea: Using ‘Window Perfs’ as Massive ‘Street & Property Covers’
You’ve seen them on the side of buses and building windows. ‘Window perfs’ allow ads and art put on windows to be seen by people outside yet is see-through to those who are inside. So what if we took...
View ArticleThe Great Cul-De-Sac Problem And How To Alleviate It
“Why are we so damn stupid?”, that’s what you’ll ask yourself after you see what I’m about to show you. Now, I’m not entirely against suburbs, cul-de-sacs, and curvillinear loop street layouts. I can...
View ArticleIdea: The ‘Liquid Grid’ Street Layout, A Replacement For Cul-De-Sacs & Block...
Reversing urban sprawl and bringing back city living is going to take some major changes. Once people discover the joy of a suburban neighborhood, despite some serious drawbacks, it’s hard to make them...
View ArticleFixing A Few Reward / Punishment Paradoxes In Video Games
Why do we play games? “For the challenge!” said early developers. Not for emotion, nor for socializing, not for fun or enjoyment or exploration, or even relaxation. Before sandbox and social games,...
View ArticleThe Electric Vehicles We Already Have (and how to deploy them on a massive...
I believe in 2012 we’ll see the rise of the ‘Scooter Commuter’. At least that’s what I want. We’re sitting here, talking about global warming, the rising cost of gas, pollution, traffic, and how badly...
View ArticleInvention: Stop Putting Holes In Your Business Cards
I started doing this 5 years ago when I was a Production Assistant in the Entertainment Industry while looking for a way to plaster my business cards all over Universal Studios’ backlot and offices....
View ArticleThe Sunny Road Ahead: 2 Year Backlog, New Content, No More Freelance Work
My dear readers; I’m sorry I’ve neglected you for almost a year. I’ve got new content, my first products, and new sites launching soon. I have 2 new products launching (ToDoCal, 6 side status door...
View ArticleOne Day, This is How I Will Sell My Game
One day, decades from now I will release a horror game. The temporary artwork is below. I can’t reveal the name because I want to trademark it first so it doesn’t get taken. It will be a story based,...
View ArticleIdea: Cul-De-Grid, Another Alternative to Grids & Cul-De-Sacs
In my previous 2 posts [The Great Cul-De-Sac Problem] and [The Liquid Grid Street Layout] we discovered that people LOVE living in a cul-de-sac (dead end street). There’s no traffic on your street...
View ArticleInvention: Multiple-Choice “Windowed Slider” UI
I saw a lovely “Show HN” submission [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4594264] on Hacker News from someone who passionately put together a really nice jquery slider plugin. People mentioned in the...
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