The beginning of the new school year always cuts down on writing time a little, so rather than posting another droning essay, I thought I’d share a few ideas that I’ve been thinking about lately.
Idea one: Web designers, Linearize online addresses. When you place an address on a website, it should be formatted as follows:
123 Main Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
rather than:
123 Main Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Why? It is much easier to cut and paste the former, rather than the latter into Google/Yahoo/Live maps. The latter form of the address is optimized for letters and envelopes, while the former is optimized for online consumption.
Idea two: Let me schedule my cell-phone ringer. Everyone carries a cell phone to class – the students, the teachers, etc. I want to be able to program my class schedule into my cell phone, and for those times, I want my phone to vibrate, not ring. The problem I’m trying to solve is not remembering to turn my phone to vibrate – I can usually do that – but rather remembering to turn my phone back from vibrate to ring. If I can Bluetooth a video from my phone to my laptop, why can’t I schedule my ringer? It seems so elementary, but it is missing completely.
