transportable internet
Online experience shapes offline experience more often than not for me now; any time I am away from easy access to the interwebs, I notice times when I would have used it.
There are several ways “real life” could be well enhanced by the internet, and some of them not too difficult to actually put in place if the organisations in question saw the value of these as much as I do…
- An RSS feed for my PO box, alerting me to what has arrived (i.e. package/letter, sender details) and whether it is a “parcel card” and therefore requires me to visit the post office during opening hours to collect my item
- A kiosk or very light WAP-type website that you could query from a mobile at the video store - say if you want a movie like “X” then it would spit out movies that were similar to “X”
True I could use my mobile for something like this - but how well would something like Amazon run on it? And is the time it takes to load Amazon worth it when I want a quick fix? - Shared tags for our memories - although this could turn into a futuristic “Gattaca” kind of societal threat to privacy - it would be very useful and cool
I’m sure I will think of others that would be useful - and also, if anyone reading this has any weight with the NZ Postal Service, please let me know. We could chat!
