1. In the past few weeks there have been several fights about seat reclining. The recent surge in fights has been caused by a new product called Mr. Knee defender. The product allows you to prevent the seat in front of you from reclining.
Recent fight: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/aug/26/plane-diverted-as-passengers-fight-over-seat-reclining
Just like sharing arm rests on a flight there are no clear rules for seat reclining. Here’s my stance:
A. Knee defenders shouldn't be allowed on airlines. (That said major kudos to the person who invented them)
B. When you purchase a seat you purchase the right to recline.
C. Just because you have a right doesn't mean you have to use it. Look at the situation and make a call on whether you recline or not.
D. In general only recline when cabin lights are dimmed and if you want to recline at other points be respectful to the person behind you.
E. Airlines suck and keep squeezing customer service for higher margins. We need to find ways to channel our anger at them and be willing to pay premiums for airlines that actually emphasize customer service.
2. Every global basketball competition reminds me that Pau
Gasol is an amazing player. Bulls fans should be excited for a healthy Pau.
3. It is really difficult to make a group decision on where
to eat. Apps like Yelp provide too many suggestions and most urban places have
multiple high rated options for almost all cuisines. Here are a few features I
would like to have to improve these apps:
A. Poll the group. When you do a yelp search you select a
few restaurants that sound interesting and directly from the app send a poll to
your friends you are eating with to vote on the top option.
B. Poll an expert. Same as above but you can send the poll
to friends who have lived in the area you are currently nearby.
C. Easy vetoing. When you are searching for restaurants you
can easily remove categories of restaurants someone has recently eaten at or
doesn’t like. I believe more people tend to say no Pizza today vs. lets do
Chinese today. People keep vetoing until a decision is made.
D. Personal secretary option. I provide the time I want to
eat, the size of my party, and any group dietary restrictions. With that information the service makes the
decision and the reservation if applicable.
E. Decision Roulette. You provide the names and the app
selects a person to make the decision for the group. The person has a minute to
decide otherwise the app switches back to personal secretary option mode.
4. Brainstorming with post-its and white boards is really
effective. But I am still waiting for an easy and instant way to capture the essence and
visual structure of the discussions in a digital and easily editable format.
5. Debate Cookie Jar: There should be an app that lets you
admit you were wrong about some fact or argument. In a discussion you may
overstate a fact or make another false claim. Most of us never own up to this.
The app would let you apologize for something you did wrong and make you pay a
dime to the person/people you were talking with. Over time I would choose to
debate with the people who had paid the most dimes because it shows they are
willing to debate and willing to admit they are wrong time to time.
6. Cooking without measuring cups and precise instructions
is much more fun. It lets you be more creative and when you fail miserably
there is always Sriracha and Cholula.
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