Help! I'm Lost!

Meeting for Beanstorms in coffee shops can lead to leaving behind an item or two. I've lost a few pens, a book, some Post-It notes and a ball cap this way. I've been fortunate not to have misplaced a portable USB drive -- yet! -- but it's bound to happen sooner or later.

Fortunately, I've just read a couple blog entries on one way a person might encourage the return of said item -- a simple request to the finder in the form of a pre-programmed message that is saved to the thumb drive.

The basic concept revolves around the fact that most people will do something if you simply ask them. The pre-programmed pop-up message will invite those so inclined to return your USB drive per the instructions provided. One user has even offered a reward by way of exchanging the returned drive for a brand new blank drive as their ways of saying "thanks."

Great idea, excellent attempt at a one-to-one interaction with the person who happens to run across your lost information.

Follow the link below for a clever idea on how you might get your wandering USB thumb-drive returned to you.

Help! I'm Lost!

Enjoy a WAP-uccino

Announcing the new Idea Barista WAP site!
What's WAP? Wikipedia defines it as: Wireless Application Protocol (or WAP) is an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication. Its principal application is to enable access to the internet from a mobile phone or PDA.

The Idea Barista defines it as a on-demand way to get instant access to Beanstorming tips on the go. As long as you've got access to a web-enabled mobile phone or PDA, you'll have access to valuable ways to generate bigger and better ideas.

The Idea Barista WAP site contains itty-bitty beans of brilliance especially designed to fit on your cellphone screen, but just like coffee beans they are perfect for percolating a bold brew -- only instead of coffee, you'll be brewing up IDEAS.

To visit the Idea Barista WAP site, just point your phone or PDA to:
http://www.IdeaBarista.com/wap/

Of course, you're free to view it in a regular old computer web browser -- but where's the fun in that??

Caffeination/CaffeineNation

Here are some found creative applications of caffeine from around the web ~

• How to turn your popcorn popper into a coffee roaster.
  
  
• Photo-tutorial showing how to home roast coffee beans USING the converted popper.
  
  
• Using a couple Taco Bell drink cups to create cold-brewed on the cheap.
  
  
• Pantyhose that release caffeinated microcapsules that are absorbed by the skin and increase a person's metabolic rate in order to burn fat faster -- apparently they can't keep them in stock.