Faceoff!

Have you always wanted to become an avatar? With sites becoming more and more interactive, how long will it be before we all have our own virtual personal assistant? Greeting you in the morning with current personal news and weather information, essentially your iGoogle with the appearance of being delivered by a friend. One who you can totally control the appearance of, on a day-to-day basis.

How about a personal coach, could you employ an avatar to deliver motivational messages? How about messages from a lost love one. Could your favorite celebrity  profess their undying love for you each morning as you arise? Talk about putting words into people mouths!

Oddcast.com does just that. Good or bad, how do you feel about it. Who knows what YOUR avatar could be saying to someone.

Check out the Photoface as well.

Does this appeal to you, or just creep you out?

KISS — Keep It Simple Silly

I was forwarded this video today, and thought it was quite interesting. I am often amazed by processes that we create, and how complicated we can make the simplest of problems. We love to create red tape, and yet have never heard praise of anyone having to jump through all of the hoops set up for us.

Does it take you four forms and three phone calls to load new software loaded on your computer? If you want to move a filing cabinet from one side of your office to another are you in need of an executive order, and a stack of forms in triplicate? Do you need a body cavity check to renew your license tabs? Can you sign up for random e-mail spam by inadvertently checking the wrong checkbox on a website and then need to ransom your firstborn to unsubscribe?

Why do things need to be SO difficult? And are they really that difficult, or are we just getting in our own way?

Sometimes they aren't. Sometimes our heads get in the way. Why use a bulldozer to move mountains, when it could be accomplished with the effective use of a mere pebble. That is what Wally Wallington is trying to demonstrate. Watch the video below

Think about it, are there things in your life that you are making too complicated? Are there stones that you are trying to move that all the muscle isn't going to make happen, but perhaps a little finesse may go a long way? What boulders are you trying to move in your life, and are you taking the best approach?

Sometimes simpler really IS better.

Design genius!

I am amazed by the ability to rethink a common problem, coming up with a solution which is practical and beautiful, leaving us all with the old "why didn't I think of that?" This was one of those moments.

Check out these Amphibian Dynamic Scuba Fins. If you have ever snorkeled or done scuba and have tried to walk in fins, you have experience humility in action. No one looks good walking in fins. Sure you might think you do well, but trust me, ya don't. But what if you could have fins with a retractable fin, basically a water shoe with a transformer fin.

Brilliant. Simply Brilliant.