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Run Pee Mobile: Tales from the Information Age |
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Dr. Samuel Says -
Smart Design
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 09 July 2009 |
According to my calculations, the most annoying entity in the universe is the iPhone owner who lords his gadget over non-iPhone-owning friends. This isn’t just personal experience or anecdotal evidence (though both apply) -- it is raw, empirical data. I’d show you the algorithm, but I currently have it up for bid to Apple’s competitors. I’m expecting seven figures.
 All this set aside, it’s no secret that the iPhone is insanely great.
Particularly fecund, at this point in the product cycle, is the
mushrooming availability of third-party applications -- or “apps” --
which turn the iPhone into a kind of Universal Gizmo. I have one friend
who swears by the various iPhone fitness apps, which establish regimens
ranging from cardio to weight training to yoga. I had to remind him
that just downloading the apps isn’t enough; you have to actually do
the exercises. He claims they’re fixing that little inconvenience in
the next model.
All of this is an extremely roundabout way of introducing my little
find this morning, a new iPhone app that is ingenious, useful, and hard
to believe all at the same time. But it’s apparently legit. It’s called
“Run Pee Mobile” and it’s designed to -- how to phrase this -- it’s
designed to advise users on the best time to run to the bathroom when
you’re at the movies. Yes, I’m serious. See for yourself.
The Information Age never ceases to amaze.
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