Randy Weber

The Kelsey Group Blogs discusses a Citysearch Mashup that combines Citysearch data with Google Maps. It looks nice, but there’s no content. Try a search for pizza in north Dallas. There’s nothing there. Google Maps, Yahoo, and the IYP sites have more/better content. But the UI is nice.

I’m a big fan of simplicity. While checking out the On Simplicity blog for the first time, I came across The One Pencil Philosophy. A very simple, but powerful idea:

Imagine a pencil cup (or tray, or what have you) that always has your favorite pen in it. You know–the one that feels wonderful in your hand, lets you write smoothly, and is the most stylish. No more crappy pens with embarrasing pharmeceutical ads on them…

The first benefit is that you surround yourself with best and get rid of the junk [bold by the author]…

The second benefit is that this system can train you to value things of quality.

The third major benefit of the one pencil philosophy is that you’ll spend less time searching and more time doing.

This is a great way to get started simplifying your life. It’s contagious. How many shoes do you really need? How many pairs of jeans? Do you really need every freebie t-shirt that you’ve ever picked up at a trade show or conference? You get the idea. Give it a try.

Back in December 2006 I wrote about TiVo not keeping up in the quest to be the provider of the “sofa web.”

Om Malik at GigaOM discusses the new game consoles and the contribution they might make to Internet browsing. He refers to it as the “sofa web.”

It was announced that TiVo and Amazon Team Up - NYTimes.com. This is a positive step towards TiVo becoming part of the sofa web. I can’t wait to see more deals.

Zatz Not Funny! says YouTube on TiVo Launches. I know how crappy YouTube videos look on my iPhone. How bad do you think they’ll look on your big screen TV, especially HDTV? I could see people using this a few times and then dumping it. I say no big deal.

Looks like Netflix has done some thinking. Profiles feature NOT going away. Nice to see that companies can get it right sometimes.