It was an incredible moment, this afternoon, when I, along with millions of others watched the Atlantis Spaceship launch into space live on UStream. It was a seriously humbling moment to see technology, science and all techy things that I don’t understand come together so that I could sit in the comfort of my living room and watch the images below unfold.
The incredible images went out live on: www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
My favourite thing to do on Twitter is to enter the search term #startup as anyone and everyone who is discussing their startup or a startup that they are fond of, on Twitter will pop into your stream. I was doing this little search last night and came across Housefed – which I think is pretty awesome!
Housefed is a website that enables you to get a home cooked food, anywhere! In the same way that Airbnb allows the public to offer their room for an amount of money, to gain that homely feel whilst travelling, Housefed lets you have a home cooked meal on the road.
If you are a host, you state on the site where you live and what home cooked food you are offering. If you are on your travels and are sick of hitting restaurants then you log on, search through the ‘home cook chefs’, pick your favourite dish, make a booking and turn up at their house and enjoy your meal.
This is a pretty simple idea and I certainly would use it on the road. What I love about this idea is that it really enables you to experience the food or a new area rather than simply going to a restaurant. This site gives you a real opportunity to ‘go local’ and, whilst you are eating learn and share in the culture of those who you are visiting.
Housefed is not just about having a meal, it is a whole learning experience. Although this concept is in it’s early stages I really do think that it has the ability and opportunity to do well, keep an eye on it, certainly one to watch!
At 13 years old this school boy has come up with a clever idea, he is in the process of patenting it and is raising funds to get it made, if it works, well, you just never know. Irrespective of whether this specific idea works or not, it is clear that this young lad is certainly ‘one to watch out for’!
It is said that in order to be talented at anything, you have to start young, this boy is starting is certainly starting young and I look forward to seeing what else he gets up too. Great inspiration though!
A huge thank you to everyone for their awesome support for the interview that I did for Mixergy, some great feedback and some awesome contacts made, so a huge thank you:
The interview that took place with the awesome Mixergy team on thier ‘Fail’ series has now gone live. I can honestly say that I really enjoyed this interview. I am learning to speak without fear of who may be watching and what they may be thinking so this interview was a big step for me. You can check out my interview with Mixery here.