Week 1719

• J: I may or may not be in this afternoon

• HG: which way will you be spinning?

• J: not sure yet

• HG: I guess we’ll know when we measure

• J: are we talking about the same thing?

• HG: quantum physics humor?

• J: i guess not

A crazy idea that needs to be written down to get it out of my head: a wordless, visual weblog. Posts are pictures with no explanation prose, and the comments form is a sketchpad for visitors to draw upon.

GreatCall is advertising mobile phones for “Baby Boomers and their parents” with big buttons, easy-to-read displays, and simplified UI. This is ingenious, and I expect they’ll be quite successful.

One of the phones features three big dial buttons. Although the middle button is configurable (along with a contact list: do-it-yourself, ask a friend or have us update your phone list and features at your personal, secure Jitterbug web page) the marketing pictures show it labeled “tow”.

Because your elderly parents who can’t manage a phone with actual numbers on it should be driving.