Idea: Social Digital Camera
These are ideas of mine are just that, mine. I am more than glad if you use them. All I ask is for you to give me some credit where it is due. Thanks.
This idea is for a digital point-and-shoot camera. A small compact camera that lets tourists, newcomers, even your grandparents get into photography for the “money shots.”
The hardware consists of a digital camera with a gps chip in it. Every time you take a picture it records your exact location and time of day. The data is then recorded into the metadata.
When the pictures are uploaded onto the computer you then have the option of selecting your “money shots” to add to the website for this. The public can view photos based on location (anywhere from state, city, and even down to a location like a monument), tags, ratings, and my favorite option the ten random photos.
To have the social experience, people would register with the website to rate, comment, and download (more on this later). The more you rate and comment the more points/score/etc your user account would acquire.
On the website you select your favorites. After selecting your favorites you have the option for a trip planner printout. The printout has thumbnails of your favorites and directions on how to get there.
I also had ideas like exporting your favorites out into Google Earth or directly onto your gps digital camera. I didn’t want to go much into that but more of the social idea around the camera. It is initially thought of to help newcomers and even novices to find the best shots.
A Gamer Bachelor Party
When you hear the words bachelor party you think of guys being guys out at the strip clubs getting drunk. Particularly I am not a big fan of that idea. When I am with the guys all I want to do is get online and play some intense multiplayer. That is why I came up with this idea for my bachelor party.
First we start off with emailing Xbox and the Frag Dolls. We tell them the idea of a bachelor party open to everyone. Ask if they could just help supply Xbox 360s that in turn could be donated to Child’s Play Charity. All the profits would also go to the Child’s Play Charity too. I think having the Frag Dolls there would help the bachelor theme. Guys trying to beat them and its all for charity.
Next we find a place that could hold quite a bit of people. Get the word out in plenty of time. In the end everyone has a good time, Child’s Play gets a great donation, and in the end my fiance does not yell at me for touching.
A.D.D.C.D.
Now and then I want to make a new and unique CD for work. Going through every album I have takes time. Right now I have a little over 31GB of music with everything from Frank Sinatra to Nine Inch Nails. So how do I make a playlist from all this music I love? I call it A.D.D.C.D..
My idea is for an executable that picks at random and creates a playlist for you. The settings can be edited to your liking such as:
- Add different file formats… MP3, WMA, AAC, etc.
- Only add songs from a certain genre or genres.
- Add only songs from a set of folders.
- Set the time and physical space limits… CD, DVD, or anything.
- Only have ___ song/s per artist.
After selecting what you would like A.D.D.C.D. to pick from It will now go out and create a playlist. It would randomly select five songs to pick one from. A.D.D.C.D. would copy and paste the selection and add it to a new folder named after your playlist. The selected file is also striped of its data and renamed a number in which it was added. This would happen over and over until a limit has been reached.
Having it copy and paste songs into a new folder would make in universal. All you would then have to do is input files into your favorite burning program. Now you have a unique CD where you have to listen to find out who A.D.D.C.D. picked.
Pizza By Text?
Dominos has launched a new way to order pizza. After some successful trials in July UK folks can now order pizza by texting! This seems like a great idea right?
I dove deeper into what actually you have to do.
First you go online to register with all your details.
After that you set up some “favorites” of yours. This involves texting what a favorite of yours would be and then give it a code name that you can remember it. So you can set up lots of favorites depending on the moment. Are you the only one home? “Home Alone” could mean you finally have that thin crust mushroom. “Friday Night Poker” is possibly wings, bread sticks, and a whole bunch of pizzas. The favorites are up to you but you have to have them already described before you text.
This to me is a problem as I like to experiment with different types of foods. Maybe I want a large pepperoni or maybe I want a half chicken, mushroom, and onions and half cheese. I change things up all the time.
Great idea. Yet I would rather just be able to text what I want, and then have them recognize my cell number which they would have on computer with all the details.
