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Amana has an 18 Cubic Ft. Dry Erase Refrigerator.  Pretty sweet idea.  Why didn’t Amana post product images or a gallery of it in use???  I volunteer to scribble user interface ideas all over it if they send me one.  Hey Amana…did you hear that?  Send me a fridge and I’ll instantly join your marketing team for free.

Fun concept.  Let’s see if it sticks.  Perhaps the next product innovation will be PostIt Toilet paper?

This certainly is a change of pace from the to-do lists and task management apps that are all over the Web.  Hire a virtual assistant.  They’re called “Aides” on the site.  They’ll book your flights, search the Web and send you reminders based on your profile.  Pretty good idea for $69/month to have an assistant to do the more mundane things in life and business.

Thanks to my buddy Dave for pointing this one out.

Here’s another interesting collaborative meeting service that touts a simple way to meet that doesn’t require plugins or downloads to join.   More importantly, though, it claims to work across mobile devices as well (iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile)

If you’re like me then you’re still trying to picture watching slides or a presentation from a handheld.  Nonetheless, the future is changing on how we meet and share information to move projects and initiatives forward.

From what I can tell from the screenshots, iNotes has a relatively clean user interface and might prove to be useful for corporate users.  Ahhh, the good old days when Lotus Notes was the sanctioned corporate app.

Looks like a promising marriage of task management, micro-blogging/status updates and file sharing for collaborative teams.

Waiting for the private Beta invitation to give it a go.

Now we’re talking.  Collaborative projects keep getting easier thanks to Skype.

Whoa, I did not see that coming.  Collaboration is everywhere and now it’s on the iPhone and iTouch.

The video touts some slick features like the meeting calls you and you can also chat with participants.

I want to believe this would work for watching a presentation, but I’m skeptical.  I’d also like to see how screen sharing looks and I want to know if you can listen to the audio via headphones on the iTouch.  I assume you can.

Regardless, it seems like a killer app for mobile professionals.

Interesting.  Seems like an affordable means for getting a perspective on your Web app, service or site.  Folks are getting paid $10 via PayPal for 20 minutes of reviewing your site and talking aloud while they do so.  The company must be providing them with a screencasting app or service.

Wondering how insightful the feedback is, though any feedback is better than none.

Might be worth a go on a few of my client projects.

Sample User Test Video

Usertesting.com

The interface for this Web service is so clear from clutter that it oozes simplicity all over the browser.

I’ve gotta test drive it.

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At least Twitter has a lovely whale illustration while up while their sevice is bogged down.  Everyone must be twitting holiday wishes or something!?!  I can appreciate a fun, creative design to soften the blow of a delay in posting.