Better Design News CEC

After the lecture is done, update the slide deck :

On each slide, put the time at which the speaker got to that slide so readers can quickly "scroll" to the right part of the lecture..

A Better Mac Vs PC Ad

Why doesn't someone show a Mac for what it really is - you know what I mean - you really can't use it to do something besides typing without sticking some sort of adapter into it.

So, hold up a PC (laptop) and then a Mac with 3 adapters sticking out - I love my new MacBook. It doesn't have HDMI, but that's not a problem. Apple generously sells the USB-C to HDMI adapter for just 29.99, etc...

How to Colonize Mars

Offer death row inmates the option of going to Mars and living there as free citizens.
Sure, they'll have to train for a couple of years, but these guys are tough.

How Does a Massively Competent Org Like M$ Overlook Fruit Like This?

Manually group data, you get the buttons that let you expand and collapse all :

Build a pivot table and.... wouldn't it be nice to have the same thing? Idiots!

And how about the number formatting? If you go to your data and format revenue as currency, wouldn't you like that format to be reflected in your pivot? *ds!

2017 Australian Open to Use Drones Instead of Ballboys

Just a thought. But, why not? The officials might feel lonely, but.. so what?

M$ Sharepoint++

Give the user a visual way of editing permissions easily. The current interface is too primitive.

Also, use the company's email database to implement a recommender system - based on email exchanges you might have had with someone - or that someone else in your group might have had - and the related content, maybe they need access to a particular folder where your group is storing relevant info.

RobinHood++

Been asking for these for some time.

Give us a way to see how much each position contributes to today's change in portfolio value. Can't you?

When you take action on a security (buy or sell) be given an option to set an alert - be told when it's changed in price by X%. If you sold, maybe you'd like to buy back the dip.