This scenario described by Kottke looks like something taken out of a novel from the 60s on Living In The Year 2000:
“You just take the thing into the kitchen with you, rummage through the cabinets & fridge, and add what you need to your FD shopping cart. Then you take the it with you around the rest of the house (the bathroom, the garage, the pantry in the basement) adding needed supplies as you go. It inverts the usual ‘wander around the grocery store searching for items’ shopping practice; instead you wander about the house looking for what you need.”
Except that’s what he can do now with the iPad and the FreshDirect app.
While working at Vodafone, I had some really interesting conversations with Ole about how he has chosen to spend his time regarding grocery shopping, cooking etc. He gets food delivered for meals a couple of days a week, and it gives him an hour more to work those days.
I use Aarstiderne for the exact same reason; saving time on buying groceries makes me happier as I don’t have to waste time standing in line in the supermarket any more than necessary. (Plus I am challenged on my cooking skills as they tend to put varying vegetables in the box.)
Having an app like FreshDirect’s from my local supermarket with next-day delivery to my doorstep or easy pick-up at the supermarket, I might change my buying habits and start spending time differently.
— via Jason Kottke: Grocery shopping with the iPad.
This is some serious 3D work. Love the way he creates the buildings and applies colors and textures afterwards:
via Kottke.
Via Kottke, I found a link to a study from Amherst College, which is located in western Massachussetts. The reading is really fascinating as to what 18/19-year-olds use when it comes to technology.
A small sample of fun facts from the 438 freshmen:
Year that an incoming Amherst College class first created a Facebook group so that they could socialize and otherwise get to know each other prior to arriving on campus: 2006. By the end of August 2008 the total number of members and posts at the Amherst College Class of 2012 Facebook group: 432 members and 3,225 posts.
Number of students in the class of 2012 who brought desktop computers to campus: 14.
Likelihood that a student with an iPhone/iTouch is in the class of 2012: approximately 1 in 2.
Total number of students on campus this year that have landline phone service: 5.
Number that brought iPhones/iTouches: 93.
Mac or PC? Of the four classes currently on campus the classes of 2009 and 2010 are more likely to own Windows, while the classes of 2011 and 2012 are more likely to own Macs.
Average number of emails received per day: 180,000.
Percentage of email that arrives on campus that is spam: 94%.
So, the students of 2012 don’t have landlines and desktop computers (and their notebooks tends to be a Mac), receive 10,800 legitimate emails a day and only 6 out of 438 are not on Facebook… Fascinating numbers.