New Inventions

I was surfing the net when I came across this new invention, for now it is called the "wonder tent". It is a tent that basically helps you to find it when your lost camping. I would like to see someone invent an app that locate your purse, becuase as a female, that is something I often loose.

MatchMyOutfits.com

MatchMyOutfit.com I think is one of thew most successful groups that I have been apart of this semmester. I am thinking more and more about it these days and I have decided to go forward with the idea because it inspired me.

New Iphone App

Here is a really cool app I found that is new to iphone. I wonder how it really works. I had an idea once that was some what similar, it entailed an computer device taking an image and identifying it. So instead of searching for the image, you imput the image and the computer identitfies it for you. The creation of this Iphone app makes it look very possible someday. Check it out.

http://wimp.com/iphoneapp/

When Robot programmers are bored,

I think, when you are bored and are trying to create something or do something fun, that this is where a lot of good ideas comes from. This video reminds me of that, perhaps it will turn out be a part of a new six flags theme park ride some day.
http://www.wimp.com/robotprogrammers/ 

Cool way to promote a movie

Have you ever seen the Tourist? I haven't but I think that I will soon, as a result this killer 3D projection mapping on a building promoting it. As an amateur videographer I found this be quiet an interesting use of screen and geometrics of the building and have an appreciation for the time and effort put into making this presentation. You can check it out at : http://www.dump.com/2010/12/09/dallas-3d-projection-mapping-on-building-promoting-the-tourist-video/

How to explain different cultures

As an immigrant myself, born in Jamaica, I often find it very interesting the way my culture is talked about here in America. Some people often think of us as all drug lords who smoke marijuana, have dreadlocks and curse a lot. This impression of my culture is often reflected in the media for example in movies like Bad Boys 2. I though of this when I saw this video of how American explains Canada.
http://wimp.com/explainscanada/

October Blues

Yes I know that October has come and gone but for me, this semester my October blues still continue. This exists for other aspects of life, for example in business. Here is and interesting article that talks about October blues in the Business hemisphere.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/228190-october-blues-seasonality-revisited

Important aspects of creating a business

Coming up with a business idea is a difficult task to achieve. But once you have figured out what yous business will be about. I believe that the crucial part comes next. And that is research. Researching aspects of your business plan is crucial to its success. For example: knowing the size of your market, it's demographics and income ranges, knowing the utility of your idea to other people, knowing how to position the product or idea, or how to market it., how profitable you think it will be and most of all if there were any ideas like your out there and their weaknesses so you can fix yours.For those of us staring our business plan here is a site that was helpful to me that may help you.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/businessideas/evaluatingyouridea/article70518.html

Story Telling

If it's one thing that history tells us , its that we human beings delight in story telling. Its the center of all our communications, entertainment and even our business. We are homo narran, born to tell stories, to communicate through stories. Here is the link to a very interesting about story telling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lv--tvL--I

Talent

I thought of this next project as a test of talent. To create something that would make life better or easier in some way would be the expression of talent. For our group its capturing and productively using man manufactured energy for lighting. Check this link out of the expression of talent.
http://www.wimp.com/drumsolo/

Failure

I had a thought today. What is failure? How should we perceive it? From now on failure to me, will be a tool. A tool that will help to shape my success. It will be something I learn from, not something that discourages me. I will see failure as something that guides me to the right place, the best idea. And so I am encouraging anyone who reads this to embraces your failures and use it to your advantage

Where do good ideas come from?

As my team members and I have been working on our crash and burn assignment the most crucial part of the process we found was locating good ideas. Ideas that had value and ideas that work for for us and not us for it. This was very difficult. As we struggled a friend of mine told me of this TED talk on where ideas can come from and helped come up the idea which has transformed itself into a business now. So I am sharing with you to help you onto your next project or business.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0af00UcTO-c