Whole Foods - No Sale For You

First off, is a 2 cent saving worth a printout? Second, the math doesn't really work out.

Privacy Please

What kid hasn't turned over the "privacy please" sign on a door somewhere between the elevator and their hotel room? Well, the hotel Modera in Portland put an end to the classic prank with this nifty system.

Inside the room are 2 buttons, labelled:
1. "Privacy"
2. "Make up Room"

A light outside the door lets housekeeping know if they should knock or not!

Inside the Room:

"Privacy" and "Make Up Room" Buttons

Outside the Room:

 

(Ironically, housekeeping didn't clean my room my third day even though the proper light was lit. Guess there are still some kinks that need to be worked out!)

Write on. Wipe off.

Next time you bring a plastic container to a party, make sure you get it back, by writing your name on it with a dry erase white board marker. After you get it back, just wash it off.

Salt or Pepper?

I was at an advertising award show the other day and the table was split into 2 camps:

1. Those who thought more holes meant salt
2. Those who thought more holes meant pepper

A quick google search didn't turn up a definitive answer. But I have one...

One should have an "s" and the other a "p". Or there should be a window that allows you to peak in and see if the grains are white or brown. (I'm sure my creative teams could come up with a dozen other solutions.)

And that my friends, is the difference between design and user experience.

 

A Better Way to Butter

Know the difference between a good cook and a great chef? Oh, about a pound of butter.

We all know the secret of what the addition of a little blob of butter can do to just about anything, from soups to roasted veggies. When you put a pound of butter into your butter dish, instead of leaving that rectangular baby intact, cut it randomly into assorted sized blobs. Then, anytime you want to add a blob for that extra flavor and coveted ‘fat feel’, just grab the size blob you’re looking for. No knife required.

No, you have some issues that need fixing!

I'm a big fan of Nike + and their Nike + GPS iPhone app is quite impressive for something that costs $1.99. Not having HTML5 compliant site is their prerogative (though I hope one is in the works!), but they should have at least detected that I was on an iPad and served a more appropriate message and CTA (call to action), like a link to iTunes to learn more about their mobile app.