The Ultimate User Experience by Tim R. Todish.
From the post:
Today, more people have mobile phones than have electricity or safe drinking water. In India, there are more cell phones than toilets! We all have access to incredible technology, and as designers and developers, we have the opportunity to use this pervasive technology in powerful ways that can change people’s lives.
In fact, a single individual can now create an application that can literally change the lives of people across the globe. With that in mind, I’m going to highlight some examples of designers and developers using their craft to help improve the lives of people around the world in the hope that you will be encouraged to find ways to do the same with your own skills and talents.
I may have to get a cell phone to get a better understanding of its potential when combined with topic maps.
For example, the “hot” night spots are well known in New York City. What if a distributed information network imaged guests as they arrived/left and maintained a real time map of images + locations (no names)?
That would make a nice subscription service, perhaps with faceted searching by physical characteristics.