Here
is the weekly recap of EID.
Monday shared what I think is the start of a great innovation, but one that needs to
take a deeper dive into the user experience, human factors, and safety. Since
we cover all of these topics, it was a rich subject for an article. And we got lots of discussion all over the
web: on the EID site, on Twitter, on Linked In.
Tuesday
was perfect timing for the Apple Watch article. The very next day, I found a
use case that made a lot of sense.
E-Trade launched an Apple Watch app for rumor-based traders. For them, the few seconds could be all it
takes to get in on the beginning of a rumor when the price is good and the
middle/end when they could lose their shirts.
The few seconds to check your phone for the Twitter notification could make
it too late. I don’t recommend this kind of investing, but it you do, you many
as well do it well.
Wednesday
I didn’t have a chance to cross post the article on forensic linguistics, so we
lost a lot of the usual commentary from the readership. One of the challenges I guess we have of
trying to be a daily publication with a team of two. So if you didn’t see this one, I would really
appreciate your feedback here. Can we
use a person’s emails and text messages to narrow down a unique signature
reliable enough to be used as evidence in court?
Then
finally we shared a thought provoking idea from a Dutch design firm that is
fundamentally rethinking the sitting/standing debate by creative spaces where
you can lean in a dozen different ways depending on what you are doing. Lying back to read, you can use shape of a
lounge chair. Leaning forward to examine
a document or object, you can use a shape that supports this kind of
posture. The challenge is that there are
no chairs to move around or adjust. But
it is a conceptual design, so that can be added in a later iteration.
As
always, I would love to hear your thoughts on any of these.
