Friday, 29 June 2007

some useful stuff - random thoughts on the 8.22, Putney to Waterloo

What's useful? Actually let's not go down that path with a load of philosophical bollocks

www.flybmi.com when i book my flight to why don't they give me the 5-day weather forecast (or the seasonal averages if i book some way in advance>

http://www.waitrose.com/food_drink/recipes/index.asp - why don't waitrose develop a 'recipe of the day' based on the weather in the area that you live? this last week it's been freezing cold and pissing with rain so I don't want to hear about some poncy salad. i want to hear about shepherds pie or chicken and mushroom pie. this idea could be regionalised so it can be salad in sandringham and chicken pie in christmas pie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Pie) the logical conclusion is that the weather forecast could then be announced in the context of suggestions for tonight's dinner - sponsored by Waitrose

http://www.hankley.co.uk/ - i'm a member of hankley common golf club in surrey. they organise a club competition every other weekend but the only way to sign up for the competition is in the clubhouse. why not set up an online start sheet so that i don't have to inconvenience the secretary with a phone call? why not also set up a

http://www.ratemypoo.com/ - this is gross but clearly there is an opportunity for an immodium site sponsorship. at the very least it needs an affinity link. i'd also suggest that the ratemyvomit site could link up with resolve

http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?catalogId=19551&storeId=12556&langId=-1 i've picked on topshop because that was what tweedledee wrote about last time but have you noticed how flat clothes look when you view them on the web. you don't get much of an idea what they look like on, you can't see how they hang and when you see a model wear them that gives you little feel for how they would look on you. so why not create a mytopshop part of the site. what you do is fill in all of your vital statistics which creates your 'online body'. then as you search through the site and find clothes you like you drag and drop them and they expand/contract to your body shape so you can see what they might look like on you. the body should be able to rotate so you can see how they fit your bum etc. of course, people can then get personal (add in your face, skin tone, etc) and creative (build your own fashion library, outfits etc). plus you can also tag your favourite clothes and direct other people to them to see your style/buy you a present etc. of course this won't give you a perfect representation but it's better than what currently exists
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