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Practice Incremental Innovation25 Jun, 2014 By: Robert Green
Try this three-step process and map out a workable innovation plan that you can implement now.
I've been thinking and reading a lot about innovation, and recently something struck me: Innovation has become the buzzword du jour in the software industry, much like paradigm shift and collaboration were in the past. Innovation is now bandied about so much that the word is starting to lose its meaning.
Yet as CAD managers, it is our job to implement new work processes, technology, and tools to achieve ever better results for our companies — and isn't that what innovation is truly about? In this edition of the CAD Manager's Newsletter, I argue that a purposeful program of incremental innovation is one of the best things you can do for your company — and your career. Here goes.
Radical vs. Incremental Innovation
When we hear about innovation, the implication is that big changes brought on by radical new tools or technologies are at hand. This "radical innovation" concept gets all the attention, yet if you think about it, there's no way a CAD manager can make a radical change to company processes. That type of change — such as ditching 2D CAD in favor of building information modeling (BIM) — inevitably entails the following:
- Big costs. Radical changes in tools cost a lot of money, and therefore require extensive upper management research and support.
- Extensive workflow changes. Radical changes in tools also cause changes in workflows that necessitate training and staff adaptation.
- Surprise disruptions. Radical changes in workflows always spawn problems that were unforeseen, but nonetheless must be fixed. These problems can delay project execution and drive up costs. Often the magnitude of the delays and costs can't be known until the change is well under way.
The conclusion is obvious to me: No CAD manager can drive radical innovation on his or her own. Radical innovation requires total support and big investment from senior management staff!
There is a more modest process, however, that CAD managers can execute on their own. It's called incremental innovation, and it allows for smaller changes to workflows that keep risk and costs under control. Let's investigate.
Defining Incremental Innovation
As a CAD manager, your management team expects you to accomplish the following key objectives:
- Keep the tools running smoothly.
- Keep the users working efficiently.
- Keep projects on track.
- Keep labor costs down.
So, my question for you now becomes, What new tools, techniques, training sessions, and workflows do you have the authority to implement that can help you meet these objectives? Please note my emphasis on what innovations you have the authority to implement — otherwise you'll be stuck waiting for managerial approval.
The answer to the questions I posed above will form the basis of your incremental innovation plan. The plan will use innovative solutions to known problems applied incrementally, as time permits.
Your Incremental Innovation Plan
Here's my three-step process to mapping out a workable innovation plan that you can quickly put into action:
List your problems. What problems vex your users, bog down your projects, or annoy your customers? Knowing what your problems are tells you what to work on and where to focus your incremental innovation.
Propose solutions. How can you solve those problems? What types of utilities, new tools, training sessions, and process changes can you put in place to eliminate them? Don't be afraid to think outside the box, because that's what innovation is all about.
Prioritize easy, low-cost options. It stands to reason that the cheaper and easier it is to implement your solutions, the faster you can get them in place and reap their benefits — and the sooner you'll start to look like a hero. I would also submit that truly innovative solutions make things easier and cheaper, not harder and more expensive!
You'll want to go back through the listing, proposing, and prioritizing steps several times so you don't miss anything. There's no substitute for doing your homework as you build your innovation plan, so take some time and really think it through.
Sell the Innovation
Now that you've got your innovation plan laid out, it is time to sell your ideas to your user community. Your job is to share your vision for improvement in a way that makes the CAD users around you say, "That's a great idea that'll save me time and effort!"
There's no one right way to sell your innovation plan; there are many. And, since you're essentially marketing your ideas, it pays to use a variety of messaging techniques to make your point. Here are several I use regularly:
- E-mail blasts. This tried and true form of communication is easily circulated.
- Training meetings. If you're already hosting a Lunch and Learn session on a specific topic, why not drop in a few innovation ideas to get people talking about them?
- Project kickoffs. When a new project gets started, you've got a great opportunity to push your innovation ideas into practice. Make your innovation plan align with your project standards.
- Management conversations. If you bump into your boss at the coffeepot, why not mention your innovation plan — or at least a few of your ideas? Maybe you could hold management's attention long enough for them to embrace the concept.
Repeat the Loop
One of the hallmarks of great incremental innovation is that it never stops — it's always evolving:
- A problem requires a solution.
- Incremental innovation solves the problem.
- Users adopt innovation as you sell the benefits.
- Solving one problem exposes the next problem.
- The cycle now repeats.
Much like a continual improvement cycle, incremental innovation tends to keep improving workflows little by little — pushing the existing CAD technology to a state of optimal production. Of course, at some point a radical innovation (such as CAD replacing drafting tables or BIM replacing CAD) will totally reshape the landscape and force us to focus on an entirely new set of problems. But after the shock of the radical change subsides, we'll be right back to incremental innovation again. So, it seems that we'll always be innovating!
Summing Up
Plato supposedly said, "Necessity is the mother of invention." Perhaps he should have said, "Necessity is the mother of innovation." The need to solve problems leads us to discover new and innovative ways to use CAD technology — much more than marketing buzzwords.
As CAD managers it is our job to sort through technology, tools, and methods to arrive at the best processes so our users can be successful. By using a process of incremental innovation over the long haul I think you'll find you achieve more, struggle less, and will win the respect of your users and management alike. I hope you've found the steps I've outlined constructive in forming your incremental innovation plan. Until next time.
About the Author: Robert Green
|Re: Practice Incremental Innovation
|by: jmaeding
on: June 25, 2014 - 12:19pm
|Good points Robert.
I would argue that you must innovate incrementally, just to avoid the problems caused by Autodesk's evolution of software.
The management of acad's startup is an example of small change that can really help. I use the acaddoc.lsp to do it, there are other ways too. I would be curious to get numbers on how many places have the startup controlled, or just set up a profile and let the user hack away at any settings they want.
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It's cold and wintery and we're searching for the best traditional Spaghetti Carbonara around town! Creamy, smoky (pancetta or bacon) and if it's made tableside, then even better - but not required! We're in the South Bay, willing to drive to pretty much anywhere (but hopefully not all the way to S.F. or San Gabriel Valleys) in order to satisfy this particular craving. Any thoughts?
Angelini's is pretty amazing but no cream
Enoteca Drago
Il Grano's more casual sibling, Bottega on either Larchmont or Santa Monica Blvd. in WLA
Vito's in Santa Monica
Dominick's in WeHo near the Beverly Center
And, believe it or not, if you're in a last minute shopping frenzy, Cafe Grand Luxe at the Beverly Center will due in a pinch
re: mnosyne
Sorry to hear that. The WLA branch is near my office so I have it about twice a month and definitely recommend it.
Can you be more specific about what you want? Do you want a classic versio, in which case Angelini has a terrific version and Enoteca Drago is quite good as well.
Carbonara does not traditionally include cream-- the richness comes from egg and cheese. So if *creamy* an important quality you want something Americanized. It is also tradiitonally made with guanciale, not bacon or pancetta, so it is not smoky but but instead porky.
Are you looking for something more Americanized? Someone else might be able to make suggestions.
Indeed, by "creamy" we meant the texture, not by the addition of cream, which is, of course, not traditional. My understanding was that Pancetta was traditionally used but if I'm wrong, no problem. Smoky or porky, it just has to have some pig in it! We're looking for the more traditional, rather than Americanized Carbonara.
Being ex New Yorkers, we both remember the tableside made renditions found in a few restaurants in the city and have yet to find that here. Thanks for the suggestions so far!
you don't even have to know how to cook to make carbonara. fry up some bacon or canadian bacon in a pan, chopped up. boil egg fettuccine if available, or bow ties work nicely. when bacon's cooked, mix in a whole egg, pasta, bacon, lots of parmesan and romano cheese, and salt and pepper. sometimes red pepper flakes work too.
it's like making bacon and eggs.
It's traditionally made with guanciale, but even in Italy some restaurants used pancetta. The guanciale has a little smokey flavor to it, but is not as fatty as pancetta (I think).
Carbonara is easy to make, but tricky to make it well. The eggs have to set enough to make it creamy, but not so much that it turns into scrambled eggs. Plus with just 4 key ingredients you have to make sure that the pasta, the eggs, the guanciale/pancetta, cheese are top quality or you have a bad carbonara.
re: notmartha
Guanciale is cured in the same manner as pancetta-- the distinction is the cut. Pancetta is pork belly and guanciale is pork jowl. Producers vary but in my experience they about the same fat content. Neither is smoked.
re: JudiAU
Well, you are right that neither are smoked (although I don't think it tasted like plain old dried meat to me when I had it at La Carbonara restuarant in Rome), but at least I got the fatty part right (from babbo nyc website):
"While most pork bacon products are taken from the belly of a pig, Guanciale is made by drying the meat from a hog's jowls. Though the resulting meat is _leaner_ than traditional pork pieces, it has a noticeably richer flavor."
re: notmartha
That is true for traditional products but the pancetta sold in the US tends to have a higher meat to fat ratio than that traditional Italian-cured pancetta hence the more similiar fat content. If you cure them both yourself the guanciale is leaner, which is what Batali's restaurants do.
re: JudiAU
Dunno. I got a batch from Claro's and it's 65/35 lean to fat. A batch from Bristol Farms is more like 50/50. I liked the Bristol Farm's better for carbonara.
re: notmartha
I'm not thrilled with the pancetta at Claro's, which is a very mild, sweet cure, almost like ham. I think Bristol Farms uses Boar's Head which is fine, if not quite as thrilling as the real Italian product, which is no longer imported. (For years, I used to schlep Boars Head back from Faicco in NYC, thinking it was an artisanal product, until I found out the provenance.)
On a side note, my favorite spaghetti carbonara in Rome, at Al Moro, is actually made with smoked pancetta, although it is different enough from the norm that they call it spaghetti Al Moro instead.
re: condiment
I am glad I am not the only one taking food products all across the country (but my take along from NYC is a whole pizza pie).
They all seem to have their own variations in Italy as well. I think one trip I had it 4 times and they were all different. The version I liked most was very yellow, and hardly had any meat in it. Mostly cheese and egg yolks. That's the one I tried to duplicate at home with about 85% success rate, using a recipe modified from the Williams-Sonoma Rome cookbook (needed better parm/romano, I am guessing).
re: notmartha
The orthodox recipe is the one in Hazan's book - stirring the pecorino, eggs, salt and pepper into a custard, tossing the hot pasta to coat, pouring the sauteed pancetta and oil over at the end and tossing once more. And a great cheese does make all the difference - a Sicilian sheep cheese or a pecorino di Sardo is much better than the insipid Romano, imo. I have no idea why so many restaurants gild the lily with cream, ham, cheese, etc.
re: condiment
I'll have to try the different order as you described. The W-S cookbook calls for tossing the pasta with the cooked pancetta first, then tossing the mess with the egg/cheese in a warmed bowl (prewarmed with the pasta water). The first time I made it I skipped the prewarmed bowl step - so the eggs didn't set and when in desperation I reheated it - got scrambled eggs pasta instead.
Don't know why but the cheese in Italy seemed to be stinkier too (but tasted better). Will have to hunt for the pecorino di Sardo then. I got the more expensive parm from TJ's but haven't tried it with carbonara yet (have to do a good spaghetti and pancetta run at Bristol Farms first).
re: Wes
Maria's Kitchen serves nothing remotely italian. i agree make it yourself and definately with pancetta, guanciale if you can find it, but bristol farms carries a good quality pancetta. all you need is a good grade pasta (imported) top quality eggs and pecorino. NO CREAM. check the food netowork site for a mario battali's version and you can't go wrong. angellini is about the only restaurant in town that is cooking "Italian" food. and of course mozza.
re: ziggy99
Perhaps, but it's good!
I had a good carbonara at Girasole on Larchmont a few months back. It was a special, though, not on the menu.
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Of above mentioned, the only place I've tried is Enoteca Drago in BH. In my mind they do a very good version of classic carbonara. Good enough that I try not to eat there too often, especially for lunch, since I know I won't be able to resist. (Does this topic deserve its own Chowhound posting?)
Also agree with the above posters that Carbonara is extremely simple to make. It's probably one of the first things I learned to make as a kid.
Annas in Santa Monica / Westwood Area (Pico Blvd @ Westwood Blvd...) use to make it great, tableside as well. Not sure if theyre still in business. It has been a while.


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If we lose control to alcohol, there could be some very serious consequences to face. In the aftermath, we may want to "blame it on the alcohol" but really, we are to blame.
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Blame it on the blue tap, got you feeling dizzy
Blame it on the a-a-alcohol
Blame it on the a-a-alcohol
Girl, I know you feel good
Just like you look, couple more shots
You open up like a book, I ain't trippin 'cause I'ma read yaShawty,
I ain't trippin', I jus' wanna please ya
I'ma take a shot of Nuvo, shawty, then you know
It's going down, we can go kick it like Judo
You know what I mean Shawty got drunk, thought it all was a dream
So I made her say I,
Now she got her hand on my leg
Got my seats all wet in my ride
All over my ride
She look me dead in the eye
Then my pants got bigga
She already knew what to figga
Had her lookin' at her boyfriend like, "F**k dat nigga"
Blame it on the juice, gotcha feeling loose
Blame it on the 'tron, catch me in a zone
Blame it on the a-a-alcohol
Blame it on the a-a-alcohol
Blame it on the vodka, blame it on the henny
Blame it on a blue tap, got you feeling dizzy
Blame it on the a-a-alcohol
Blame it on the a-a-alcohol
Now to the ballas poppin' bottles
With they henny in they cups screamin'
Money ain't a thing, if it ain't throwin' it up in the sky
Hold your drinks up high
And to my independent ballas
Who can buy they own bottles
If you lookin' like a model
When them broke fellas holla, tell 'em, bye
Hold your drinks up high
You can blame it on the goose, gotcha feeling loose
Blame it on the 'tron, catch me in a zone
Blame it on the a-a-alcohol
Blame it on the a-a-alcohol
Blame it on the vodka, blame it on the henny
Blame it on the blue tap, got you feeling dizzy
Blame it on the a-a-alcoholBlame it on the a-a-alcohol
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Blame it on the alcohol. Umm…is that possible? Can we get away with that? "Yo, I know I pulled the trigger, but you gotta blame his death on the alcohol." "Yeah, she's pregnant at the age of 17, but don't blame her; blame the alcohol." "Sure, I said some mean things last night, but you just gotta blame the alcohol." NOBODY is buying that line. But this song was wildly popular when it came out…maybe because folks thought they could escape the consequences of their actions by pointing an accusing finger at an empty bottle. The reality is quite different, though. If we lose control to alcohol, there can sometimes be very serious consequences to face. Even if we want to "blame it on the alcohol," there is no one or nothing to blame but ourselves. Let's talk about that fact in our small groups.
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Let's go ahead and split up into our discussion groups, and then afterward we'll come back together for a final word.
for a quick training article on how to maximize your small groups using our small group format—a great resource to equip your small group leaders.
Discussion Questions:
AROUND THE CIRCLE: As we get started, let's all take a second to share our names and our favorite musician/group.
ASK SOMEONE: What was the main message in Jamie Foxx's song?
ASK A FEW: Jamie Foxx says "blame it on the alcohol" in his song. Is that even possible? Why or why not?
ASK A FEW: What were some of the things in Foxx's song that people could regret later after the alcohol wears off?
ASK A FEW: Without naming any names, have you ever seen someone lose control with alcohol? If so, what happened?
ASK A FEW: Have you ever heard someone try to blame their actions on alcohol? If so, did others buy it? Why or why not?
ASK A FEW: What are some of the consequences that can come from losing control with alcohol?
Say the following:
Let me read you a few lines from
a recent study performed by The Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Binge drinking is a dangerous behavior that can lead to tragic circumstances. It's not often recognized as a women's health problem but nearly 14 million U.S. women binge drink about three times a month, and consume an average of six drinks per binge.
The report highlights how binge drinking puts women at increased risk for many health problems such as breast cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, heart disease, and unintended pregnancy. Pregnant women who binge drink expose a developing baby to high levels of alcohol, which can lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and sudden infant death syndrome.
In addition, the report finds that about 1 in 5 high school girls report binge drinking. Binge drinking is defined as consuming four or more drinks on an occasion for women and girls. Drinking too much, including binge drinking, causes about 23,000 deaths among women and girls in the United States each year.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
claims that "25% of American women have experienced sexual assault, including rape. Approximately one-half of those cases involve alcohol consumption by the perpetrator, victim, or both. Alcohol contributes to sexual assault through multiple pathways, often exacerbating existing risk factors.
ASK A FEW: I know these reports kinda focused on girls, but in your opinion, who has the biggest drinking problem, guys or girls? Why do you say that?
ASK A FEW: We probably all know someone who has made mistakes with alcohol – or continually makes mistakes with alcohol. What would you say to them to help them?
Read the following passage:
Ephesians 5:15-18 (NIV)
Be very careful, then, how you live-- not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
ASK A FEW: Even though we only read four short verses, Paul gave us lots to think about. List some of the things he says TO DO and NOT TO DO.
ASK A FEW: Why do you think that Paul says to not get drunk on wine (alcohol)? Why did he take the time to write that down?
ASK A FEW: Who would Paul say was to blame if we got drunk and made foolish choices?
ASK A FEW: Why do so many people try to blame other people or other things for their bad choices?
ASK A FEW: Be filled with alcohol…or be filled with the Spirit. Are there any negative consequences associated with being filled with the Spirit like there are with being filled with alcohol?
ASK A FEW: How important is God's will in your life? Can you understand what God's will is if you're constantly losing control to alcohol?
AROUND THE CIRCLE: What steps will you take and what decisions will you make to ensure that you are never "drunk on wine" and out of control?
Wrap Up:
Alcohol. It seems like it's everywhere. It's on billboards, TV commercials, and the pages of magazines. It's celebrated in movies and some people's lives. It's even tucked away inside many of our family's fridges. Alcohol will be a temptation that everyone has to deal with.
Jamie Foxx basically says that if we make mistakes with booze, we can just blame it on the alcohol. In other words, if we wreck our lives, or our relationships, or our health, we can just point a guilty finger at alcohol. But even though it made for a really popular and catchy song, his advice is horrible. We can't get off the hook when we make foolish mistakes by blaming the alcohol. It's utterly ridiculous! Murderers can't blame alcohol, neither can rapists (as we've seen in the Steubenville, OH rape case of 2013).
Neither can you.
That's why God's Word tells us to avoid being drunk on alcohol. In His infinite wisdom, God knew that there would be consequences for losing control to alcohol. He wanted us to avoid that pain, so He tells us to be filled with His Spirit, not on alcohol. But the passage that we read from Ephesians isn't the only place where God talks about the dangers of alcohol. Let me share two other quick passages with you from the Book of Proverbs.
Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Proverbs 21:17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Again, God seems to be painting us a picture about the consequences associated with losing control on alcohol. He says we will be led astray and that we will be mocked and that we will be poor if we abandon our self-control to alcohol. I don't know about you, but I don't want any of those things to happen to me.
I know that we live in a world where it's highly popular to blame others for our mistakes and shortcomings, but that's a weak and flawed way of dealing with our failures. We can't blame our parents or our bosses or our little sister if we get drunk; neither can we blame the alcohol if we get drunk.
The best plan is to avoid it altogether…and then you won't need anyone or anything to blame in the first place.
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Bathe in the glow of two life-affirming short works by Israeli filmmaker/actor Pini Tavger at Contemporary World Cinema: Israeli Short Filmsat the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. With painterly, clear compositions and an infectious, cheek-pinching performance by youngster Anthony Berman in the title role, Pinchas (2008) deftly tells a heartwarming tale of Russian immigrants, mom and young son, newly arrived from the motherland. While hardworking mom finds solace in the arms of a married man, Pinchas finds his with a religious family upstairs. 10 Weitzman Street(2006), a comic little gem that Charlie Chaplin would have loved to claim, finds Russian immigrants dad, mom and daughter, who desperately needs to pee, trudging through Tel Aviv looking for their new house. In 13 minutes, these indomitable immigrants lose their luggage and their tempers, live through a gas attack and pee on the floor. It's a delight! Filmmaker Tavger will answer questions after the screening. 7 p.m. 1001 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-639-7515 or visit www.mfah.org/films. Free.
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As a teacher and coach in the HCDE for nearly 20 years, I know how eligibility forms are done. Every coach and administator knows a "hardship" granted by Central Office has "nothing" to do with eligibility. No coach or administrator assumes a student is eligible. This starts with Guidance Counselors that are in charge of records from sending schools, enrollment forms to fill out which require verification of address, electric bills, etc to show where the student actually lives, even in "hardship" cases. Then the coach must fill out an eligibility form for the student or entire roster that the coach and administrator/athletic director sign. NEVER is an eligibility report sent without the coaches signature. This incident involves multiple school personnel that all knew they were "recruiting" an athlete and "falsifying" forms. This is an ethical eligibility issue. The fact the student was granted a "hardship" by Central Office is irrelevant to eligibility decisions which are approved or denied by the TSSAA. To suggest the player and other players are innocent is hilarious. Signal Mtn. is a "white" community. Since the school is full of intelligent students, doesn't it stand to reason that these intelligent Signal football players were able to use their deductive reasoning skills to surmise that this transfer student had a skin color much darker than theirs and therefore lived in another community. For some people to think nobody knew is pure ostrich behavior. Falsifying legal school documents is grounds for immediate dismissal from HCDE. The counselors, coaches, and administrators involved in the enrollment process of this student and falsifying the football eligibility report before the season started are all guilty and should be dismissed from the school system.


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Buy-curious minxes and chaps fancy hot wrist action, rest of us baffled
Nearly half of Americans who took part in a survey have dismissed the notion of wearable computers as a fad, say pollsters. However, the tech could tempt peeps under the age of 36. A recent study by Harris Interactive [PDF] found that 49 per cent of American adults quizzed doubt that wearable technology – think smartwatches and …
I don't think wearable tech is a fad.
But I bet that it will cause all kinds of privacy implications before it is all over, even going beyond Google Glass.
Obviously the future.
Whether the technology yet exists to do it is doubtful, but wearable tech is clearly the future of low-end mobile computing, while slabs will take the higher end.
What there isn't an obvious niche for in the future, is the current style smartphone, an awkward and inelegant technology if ever there was one.
Re: Obviously the future.
Did under-36's ever wear watches to begin with?
I mean there's a cut off age somewhere where watches just got in the way of plunging your hand into your pocket for your mobile or pager, it can't be too far off the demographic asked about this, so it's not a watch, it's a wrist computer.
Re: Obviously the future.
I am clearly old school: it feels strange to be without a watch ( and, yes I am older than 36). I would be perfectly happy to upgrade to a wrist computer, provided that:
- it looked reasonable
- it has great battery life (or recharges on the go)
- has functions I want
Re: Obviously the future.
The main reason I still wear a watch is to stop myself from feeling that something is missing if I don't wear one.
Re: Obviously the future.
Yep, I'm 26 and have always worn a watch, as have/do the majority of my male friends and colleagues of a similar age.
However, I will admit, including the missus and all her mates as well as mine and my female colleagues, I do not know any women in the same age group that wear watches...
Re: Obviously the future.
"I mean there's a cut off age somewhere where watches just got in the way of plunging your hand into your pocket for your mobile or pager"
Pager? *blink*
Re: Obviously the future.
The main reason I don't wear a watch is that when the last one broke, I discovered that time kept on passing.
Oh wait - that could be the watch app on my phone ...
I don't want a watch, I want a Leela-from-Futurama wristcomp
Why can't I have a proper wrist/forearm mounted device like Leela wears ? It could have a nice soft plastic type body on the top of the forearm with some sort of neopreney sleeve to put it on with (you could sell two different mounts for left and right handed users), the computerey bit* could have a nice curved touchscreen on the outside around the size of a smartphone and then the device could flip open to reveal another, bigger screen inside with a keyboard underneath.
Mount a camera next to the outer screen for video calling, use bluetooth headphones (or even wired ones with the wire neatly concealed up your sleeve).
The whole device can be slim enough to fit inside a jacket sleeve, so you can still pull back the sleeve to glance at the time or other update information like with a watch but it's big enough to be able to fit a fully functional smartphone/small tablet functionality and battery life.
I want this to be made right now. Why can't I have it ?
*Stop me if I'm getting too technical
Re: I don't want a watch, I want a Leela-from-Futurama wristcomp
Mostly, I think the biggest problem at the moment is the weight. It would probably be too heavy to be comfortable.
And also, probably too few people want something like this for it to be produced in reasonable prices. Wait 10 years of failed products first.
Re: I don't want a watch, I want a Leela-from-Futurama wristcomp
It could have a nice soft plastic type body on the top of the forearm with some sort of neopreney sleeve to put it on with
Wouldn't this be a bit warm for extended wearing/use? Just a thought.
Now, implantables...
adjunct brain, with wifi.
Security? Mind control? I think I've heard of it...
Don't lots of people already wear their mobes?
All those people with a 'phone shoved into an arm-band whilst they go out running - why isn't that counted as a "wearable" device?
15 or so years ago I was reading about people making small computers and strapping them onto big utility belts - these were all described as wearable computers. 10 plus years ago I had a display, hard drive and processor in a belt pouch - just because I only used it as a music player, does that mean it wasn't as "wearable" as the older devices? (it was - and still is - an Archos Jukebox by the way).
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Some time ago, I swore I would never buy shoes online - and I did. Some time ago, I swore I would never buy pants online - and I did. Some time ago, I swore I would never buy a car online - and, again, I did.
These are tributes to two things: better and more informed user experiences online that mitigated the risk when I was busy swearing.
But yesterday, I was looking for shirts, and Amazon, Google and a myriad of other websites failed. It was the sort of failure that was so ubiquitous that I had to write about it - unlike buying a car stereo at Crutchfield.com instead of Amazon.com because of user experience (and better prices).
I decided that I would like a few mandarin collar long sleeve shirts with pockets since I've lost weight and some of my older shirts make me look skeletal. Someone on the planet would make what I wanted - I'd stopped wearing these shirts because the simply are hard to find, but resolved, I spent a few hours yesterday trying to find them and was sorely disappointed that I couldn't find what I wanted... and that, though they might be there somewhere on this big blue marble, the user experience sucked horribly.
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What probably makes the problem worse is the fact that I have no patience for shopping. I don't like having to sift through hundreds, if not thousands, of shirts to find the right one. I know what I want. I know my way around search tools. I know how this search should have been designed. I know how shirts should be tagged. I know that when I search for mandarin collars, banded collars or roundnecks (not to mention 'China collar')... I shouldn't see regular collars in the search results.
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The Fan Presents The Cowboys Hour With Brad Sham
1501 Gaylord Trail, Grapevine
6p.m. – 7p.m.
The Fan and the voice of your 'boys, Brad Sham move back to Monday, at Texan Station for the "Cowboys Hour."
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I carry concealed for privacy & to retain the element of surprise against the baddies, but I'm not afraid of the possibility of my rig being uncovered as OC with a permit is legal in Minnesota. I am currently awaiting my first tuckable IWB holster (a CrossBreed QwikClip), so when I'm on my way to work in the mornings my IWB Bianchi Professional 100 is clipped between my shirt & my waistband & is visible above my belt. The first morning of carrying on the way to work, the wife had a conniption when I got out of the car to purchase a newspaper from a box on the corner - she thought that we were a CC state!
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We gonna be jammin' all night. On March 2, the Nine Mile Music Festival (formerly known on the streets as Marley Fest) will be returning to the sun-soaked sands of Virginia Key Beach Park for its second straight year. Expect Jah, lots of Rastas, some blessed herb, irie vibes, and serious dreads - ... More >>
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Meet Stephen Marley and the Movement at Nine Mile.Get dreaded. Grow some ganja. Climb that mountain. For the 19th consecutive year, the Bob Marley Movement of Jah People will meet in Miami to shake its mane, spark a spliff, and celebrate the immortal legacy of its late leader by jamming right, ... More >>
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Sudden video glitches, blue screen freeze
OK this just started a couple of days ago and it's definitely getting worse.
I started noticing it when playing videos through Mediaplayer. There would be full screen graphics glitches that would just flash for a moment. Then it started full freezing (blue screen one monitor 1, green screen on monitor 2...not sold colors). I'm using a 2 monitor set up.
I also had a glitch where my cursor would get about 3x as big and there would be random horitonzal and vertical bars of pixels attached to it. It only happened on monitor 1...when I'd move the cursor over to monitor 2 it would turn into a normal cursor.
Now its happening a lot. It looks like my system continues to run even after the screen turns blue. I had a Skype call and it kept ringing even after the glitch occurs. I have to turn the system off and back on, but the "freeze" looks like its just a permanent graphics glitch until restart.
So it started through Mediaplayer when playing movies...now it occurs all the time - but mostly when switching windows, not usually when the system is idle.
I didnt do anything to my system. No hardware changing, or anything...it just started happening out of nowhere.
I'm on an i7 980 with an ASUS motherboard...6 GB of DDR3 ram and 2 Radeon 5050 video cards. I've got a 24" LED monitor and a 22" LCD monitor for my setup. The glitch occurs on both monitors
I found out that i can make it happen anytime I want...if i open a link in a new window in firefox...the glitch occurs every time. as soon as the window starts to open, there's a flash of the glitched video covering the window. It also happens when I open a Skype window. It doesnt just occur in the window im opening, it occurs across both of my monitors. Pretty much anytime I open a new window in anything - it causes the glitch. And sometimes it freezes the system entirely
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First, do the following:
In the line at the top of www.SevenForums.com you will see UserCP.
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When you say blue screen, is it the blue screen of death (with error messages) or just a blank blue screen.
Have you updated your video and audio drivers?
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