So, Amazon has this new thing called a "dash button"...its a little gizmo that you stick to your wall or the drawer/cupboard where you store something, and when it looks like you are low and running out, you hit the button, and voila! 2 days later, its at your doorstep. (In reality it sends a message via wifi to your amazon app and amazon orders it for you, charges you, and delivers it)
What do you think?
I'm not sure if I think its cool or if I think its rampant consumerism gone mad. I can see people and situations where it would be helpful--someone that is housebound, for example. But, for most people, I feel like its kind of lazy over-convenience (any you are talking to a full supporter of online grocery shopping with drive-by pick-up) and (worse, for me) not really all that effective.
What we REALLY need is a home inventory system--where I can scan in my shopping list (groceries, household items, etc) and then scan them "out" when they are used/emptied, that then generates me a shopping list and wirelessly connects with the website of the store I frequent where I can then go in and add extras, etc. That would be sweet. Especially if it also indexed recipes that I could make with what it knew I had, and give me the nutritional information for the whole meal. If you are going to go for lazy over-convenience, do it right!
What do you think?
I'm not sure if I think its cool or if I think its rampant consumerism gone mad. I can see people and situations where it would be helpful--someone that is housebound, for example. But, for most people, I feel like its kind of lazy over-convenience (any you are talking to a full supporter of online grocery shopping with drive-by pick-up) and (worse, for me) not really all that effective.
What we REALLY need is a home inventory system--where I can scan in my shopping list (groceries, household items, etc) and then scan them "out" when they are used/emptied, that then generates me a shopping list and wirelessly connects with the website of the store I frequent where I can then go in and add extras, etc. That would be sweet. Especially if it also indexed recipes that I could make with what it knew I had, and give me the nutritional information for the whole meal. If you are going to go for lazy over-convenience, do it right!
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