Joe's Random Ideas

If taxi drivers are caught driving dangerously or speeding (e.g. by a photo of the speedometer)...

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:21:00 +0000

the fare should be waived

Loyalty card exchange

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:25:00 +0000

A website where people could exchange loyalty cards. So if you change your place of work and now get your coffee from Costa rather than Caffe Nero you could swap your used royalty card for someone who'd made the opposite move.

Ice bowling

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:23:00 +0000

A new sport - a combination of ice skating and ten pin bowling

iTunes gifting

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:57:00 +0000

You should be able to make an iTunes playlist then pay for someone to receive it as a Christmas gift

IMDB for music

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:57:00 +0000

I think I've posted previously that record companies should collaborate and on a website that's a repository of all their label copy and credits for albums. A related question - why isn't there an IMDB equivalent for music?

energy prices fixed to wholesale prices

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:55:00 +0000

Energy companies should offer a tariff that is simply the wholesale price of electricity (or gas) plus a set percentage

Phish's albums vs ice cream

noreply@blogger.com (Nuxx) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:20:00 +0000

Someone should make an infographic of sales of Phish's albums in the UK vs sales of Phish Food ice cream

idea from my dad: wind turbines and pylons combined

noreply@blogger.com (Nuxx) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:46:00 +0000

People complain about wind turbines being an eyesore, and they complain about electricity pylons being an eyesore, so why not minimize the number of eyesores by building pylons with windmills on top?

Guestadvisor.net

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:16:00 +0000

A website where hotels review their guests

one track at a time on a computer

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:03:00 +0000

a plug in for computers that manages everything that's trying to play sound and only allows one track to play at a time to avoid the problem of different windows playing clashing sounds at the same time

Biodegradable compost bags

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:18:00 +0000

Bags for storing compost, which could be sealed but would quickly biodegrade. Thanks to my mum for this idea.

Catalogue of nightclubs

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:25:00 +0000

Compile a catalogue of nightclubs in the UK, featuring photos of the dancefloor, queue and toilets, plus Shazams of three tracks played at peak times on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.

Spirit level pool tables

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:53:00 +0000

A pool table with adjustable feet and spirit levels on each side so you can see when each side is level

Sun tan lotion at test matches

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:58:00 +0000

They have to start selling sun tan lotion at test matches or giving it away for free. All these red faces could cost the NHS a packet in time.

thermostats on kettles

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:19:00 +0000

kettles should come with a thermostat allowing them to automatically switch off at a variety of temperatures, not just boiling point

Funeral TV

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:41:00 +0000

drunken conversation transcription

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:48:00 +0000

A service for smartphones that records your drunken conversations, transcribes them, and sends them to you as text messages 140 characters at a time

MySingleFriend profiles

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:46:00 +0000

Start a business writing or rewriting MySingleFriend profiles for people

referee ratings

noreply@blogger.com (Nuxx) — Thu, 26 May 2011 23:17:00 +0000

Referees' decisions in football should be assessed after the game to see which were right or wrong, then teams could see how may goals and points they gained or lost thanks to refereeing decisions

supermarket fruit

noreply@blogger.com (Nuxx) — Thu, 26 May 2011 23:16:00 +0000

supermarkets should tell you not only which fruit are transported by plane and which are in season, but also which are grown under artificial light

hotel mattresses

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:28:00 +0000

When booking a hotel, allow guests to choose how firm their mattress should be

switching bank accounts

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:06:00 +0000

Introduce a standard set of dilligence procedures, after which anyone can move their money and bank account between banks at the press of a button

Album-only download store

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:44:00 +0000

Start a download store that only sells full albums with no cherry picking of individual tracks. The store might be able to sell albums that aren't available on iTunes like AC/DC's. It could also price albums low to encourage buying of full albums, and could have one week exclusives on big new releases.

water slides as fire escapes

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:09:00 +0000

allow public buildings to have a water slide instead of a staircase as one of their two fire escapes

Costcutter cook book

noreply@blogger.com (World's Greatest Music) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:30:00 +0000

there should be a Costcutter cook book, with good recipes but no exotic ingredients - only stuff you could buy in any bog standard corner shop