Youtube created the leanback experience, allowing you to watch your videos back-to-back, couch potato style.
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Sadly, google experience is rough on the edges, so I’m listing some suggestions to make it truly rewarding.
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1. If a video is watched or skipped, remove it from my playlist. (no need to be haunted by videos I don’t care about)
2. It’s flash. Fullscreen, NOW!
3. when I return to page, resume latest video on exact same point I left.
4. video playlist should be reverse-chronological. Like blogs. Except for the resumed video (see above)
5. context is important: It’s nice I can watch videos my Facebook friends post on their wall, but it comes with a message. And a person. Can I see it
6. Being it social, can I reply? Comment? Like? Retweet?

ixedit is an in-browser interaction editor that provides a succint code at the end, making it a better alternative than the jquery plugin forest out there. check below for a must-watch video tutorial.
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I’ve been using ixedit on my projects, and it’s a godsend. Since much of internet community is still on the discovery mode, I’m moving the discussion ahead by proposing some improvements.

simplify reediting

Currently it’s only possible to edit a already-deployed HTML page if user saves the code previously by exporting it. That’s misleading.
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Ixedit has to either:

• accept deployed code on import (best: you can start from someone’s else code & improve it) or
• automatically export code in-browser by history when visiting page on browser, with ixedit mode on.

plugin-friendly

Jquery plugins nowadays allow plenty of cool interactions, but add clutter to the final project with all unused options.
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Ixedit creates a more succint & integrated code, but even with all prepackaged features it has nowadays - modals, tabs, accordions, datepicker - it will always be behind plugins if edit is top-down.
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The solution is to create a path-to-ixedit plugin conversion, allowing plugin developers to easily adapt their code to ixedit.
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Since there’s no standard for jquery plugins - some are zip files, some are just tutorials, folder structure is dissimilar - maybe ixedit can become a normalizer. And since deployed code only publishes code that’s actually used, that’s more stability and less bugs.
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Examples of functionality ixedit currently lacks: tooltips, multiselect, menus with subselections, form validation, scrolling functions…

snippets

Along with migrating existing plugins to ixedit, ixedit users should be able to store their interactions for later use.
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The simplest way is a page that shows all ixedit code edited on this browser, all stored locally. It lacks sharing but it solves the automatic export issue and is fairly secure - history is browser-dependent.
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A more mature way is a snippet community under ixedit site, along with permissions, rating system, taxonomy & demo pages. It follows the normalizing policy that jquery community so badly needs.
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I’ve been using dropbox to share files with friends. it’s free version has a 2GB cap. Since I’m a mobileme subscriber, and I had 10GB to use, I tried to use it instead. Sadly I can’t share that space with groups.
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I refuse to pay another fee for cloud space, so I bought a pogoplug, a gadget that puts your USB external harddrives (or a USB hub of it) on the cloud - totally accessible via web.
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Like the reviews said, the thing is really easy to install. I had issues with the journaled format, but I expected that. Formatting aside, I got my entire external HD with all my files available on the web, and even assigned some shared folders for friends.
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As usual, I sent an email to the company with suggestions:
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Subject: happy customer here…

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Three ideas:

keep up the good work, i’m a one day customer and I’m pretty happy already - I just cancelled my mobileme, in fact.

I’m wondering of a cool crowdsourcing proofreading solution. Thing is, I detect typos fast, but usually I can’t warn the blog author of it.

1. domains grant permissions to certain users (users may apply)
2. selected users add the plugin & flag whatever typo
3. domain owner can check flagged items in a dashboard

prob a wordpress plugin on the admin side, and firefox addon on the user side.
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just wondering.

rowmote is a $0.99 iphone app that emulates apple remote. that’s it. no screen feedback, just data input. I sent an email with ideas for the developer.
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even loosing the tactile feedback of the actual remote (I have to look at the iphone screen), at least I can use it anywhere at home.
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i have some suggestions, tho:
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is it possible to actually save commands? like, menu-down-down-play-down-play-down-play-play? that is my “shuffle all my songs”, BTW. why should I bother to type it in every single time?
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is it possible to attach also to when I enter network or whatever push-notification system related thingy? this way my iphone can notify my computer to play songs automatically when I get back home. sweet!
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and third, because there’s no tactile feedback, what about swipes instead?

• left/right swipes as previous/next
• up/down as volume
• one tap as play
• double-tap as menu

this way we don’t even need the visual representation… you can slap anything there, even ads. or news. or whatever, really.

my email to seamlessweb.com:

We use seamlessweb for our weekly meetings, and we usually decide which one will pay the bill and keep a tab of who owes whom. We all have seamless web accounts, and we rotate.
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Is it possible to create a social feature on seamlessweb? We can separate the dishes to each user after purchase, and in return the system keeps tab of who owes whom.

• The recommendation engine get smarter
• Users will usually pay each other with another seamlessweb purchase

Take care and keep up with the good work.