Its all about the kitchen
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008Definitely off topic for my usual online marketing rants, but this post by Dave Caolo on “Kitchen Computing” really caught my attention.
I can remember going to countless past CES shows touting the internet enabled refrigerator… And it looks like its still coming back over and over again.
Am I the only one who has looked at these things and said “WTF?”. I really don’t want to make the decision on which fridge I buy based on whether it has a substandard computer installed in it. Do I care if it can see that I’m out of milk? I can probably just as easily hit the “OUT OF MILK” button that into on my computer that is sitting 4 feet away, put it in my iphone, or maybe, just maybe we could “Bluetooth Enable” all the milk cartons…. Are we really that lazy?
What I really want is a simple table, maybe even small laptop (13″ is fine) that sits on the kitchen counter, where I can look up recipes for “Jills-World-Famous-Coffee-Liqueur-Brownies”, catch the google news update, watch anderson cooper on AC360, and maybe even, just maybe, remember the milk.
Dave’s post http://bit.ly/1zO6W2 reminded me that there have been lots of attempts to do this right, but none so far that has come even close to the mark. My trusty ibook G4 is sitting on the kitchen counter right now, doing exactly this.
What’s your kitchen computing solution? Post a comment or drop me an email.
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