photo ad

I was always smitten by the advertising bug (because of which I have added 2 awesome ad blogs in my ‘pit stop’ category), and I was wondering if I could put some random ideas here. So here goes my first one (cross posted at the relevant place).

My friend (also my senior) was looking for ways to gift for his valentinein a rather creative fashion and came up with this plan to gift a photo album calendar (12 pics of the couple, 1 for every month). The cover image was bland and badly needed a tagline. He asked me for suggestions and this was the result. (Image changed for privacy concerns, yet retaining the theme).

cover:

The next page had the three “revered” words.

Potential avenues of use: greeting cards, gift shops, etc.

You didn’t know about the cheesy side of me, na? BTW they are getting married soon, and promised to name their child after me. (I hope so)

pic credit

Cell phones

If you use a cell phone, you might have come across the situation where you are away from your cell, but had to call somebody whose contact info isnt anywhere else. Remember how you can call your cell and remotely access your voicemail using the password? Now wouldnt it be great if you could enter into your phone by calling it (like ssh-ing into a server) and voice-activate it to tell you back a phone number (I say “phone cell Pavan” and it would say the number, or “email Pavan” would give me the email. Physical proximity to your cell is no longer a deterrent for you to be in touch with your loved ones.

This feature is very helpful for the forgetful, though it also opens up some privacy concerns as someone might stand a chance to guess your password get into your phonebook.. remotely..  but if the voicemail had this vulnerability for so long and is still surviving, then so could this.

Another welcome feature would be a “find-my-phone” option. Almost everybody has searched for their misplaced cell, only later to be found under the sofa cushion or hidden under the desk. Wouldnt it be great if it had a small passive RFID chip (GPS locators are costly, and cumbersome to be brought to general use and yet keep the costs low). The chip (say with a range of 10-30m) gets activated when you come in its vicinity.. how? The appropriate activator (a handshake key transfer restricts spoofing and thus authorizes only you) is a credit card like device in your pocket/purse/wallet that you carry along with you. What if you lose that? Tch tch, very bad.