I have a lot of ideas. Here are a couple great ones that I’d love to see in action. If you find value in any of them please take them and run with them. Here we go.
- Weight Loss idea: Wear in 1lb weights the # of pounds by which you’re overweight for that many minutes per day. Lessen weights as you lose weight. Keep going till you’re done.
- Defragging everyones’ commutes. For every job that can be done anywhere in a city – 3rd grade teacher; plumber; <most service jobs here>: create a database of all of the workers, swap people by their home location or where they want to land. Thus, bringing people closer to home = less commuting. Thank you to Mr. Money Mustache for the inspiration on that one.
- Where Does the dirt go: Database of all earth being moved in an urban area. If I am about to remove 2 tons of earth, let the grid know and someone nearby who needs the earth can have it vs. trucking it to the ex-urbs and back. See chip drop program in Portland.
- It’s Sat. Feb. 8th, 2020 and I’m just getting started. Check back and I’ll add to this list 🙂
- All popsicle sticks should come with a tree seed in them so one could plant a tree after eating the popsicle. Idea progress: I have submitted this idea to Larry Kaplowitz, one of the founders of Coconut Bliss. He said “great idea”. – Feel free to take this idea and run with it. Dannon? Good Humor?
- License plates should have QR codes or some way that a person can text a person who owns a car to let them know: a) you’re blocking my driveway b) you left your lights on c) your puppy/child/ice is overheating….. A way for this to work could also be that the person types in the State and Lisc # and then is able to text msg. to owner without knowing their phone # or other contact info.
Great ideas that have gone somewhere
- Farm My Yard – http://farmmyyard.org and on Facebook over here. And Twitter… The idea is a way to connect urban farmers with homeowners who’d like their yards farmed. I think it’s also a possible business for teens or young adults to support themselves – providing produce to the community and local restaurants. Check out the website. I feel the idea could really take off if one neighborhood decided it wanted to be a pilot project. Or, if I decided to invest in 100 yard signs and found people to put them in their yards 🙂
