Personal/Intern
I’m looking for a SF based intern or interns to work a day+ a week on various personal exploratory side-projects and administrative tasks. Send a one-paragraph note on why this is a good fit for you...
View ArticleDon’t Get Mad. Change the Rules.
Don’t get mad. Change the rules. The biggest frustration of using ZipCar is that the vehicle that you’ve booked has not been returned on time. Standing in front of an empty parking bay imaging the...
View ArticleGuide. Lines.
Rules. Guide-lines. How you see the world. How your vehicle and the services it is connected to see the world. What a parking space has seen. The stories it would tell.
View ArticleLocation Shifting
Built-in redundancy for this ZipCar door unlocking: through the ZipCar card; mobile phone app; and via remote unlock (when cellular coverage/battery, and broken screen allow).
View ArticleAirport Textures
The plusses of travel tempered by being in a airport after midnight on a friday night. Some airports feel like the set of resident evil – with long blank corridors, trundling mechanics, and the...
View ArticleThe Value of Used Objects
Gazelle.com appealing to base instincts feels very much like its 2005 all over again. The perceived and actual value for used objects? What happens when you know the real-time market rate for...
View ArticleCrime Stats
The simple idea that you can leave an object and return to find it vandalised.
View ArticleToe or Be Towed
The definition of a “walk-off” in a world of autonomous vehicle mobility? Discovering your vehicle has strayed beyond social/legal norms while you are away.
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