10,000 Brilliant Ideas

I want a reputable news service to send me by text the top 20-30 news stories of the year as soon as it happens. At a time where news services become less and less relevant (reporting on tweets people send?) this is one way they could do something difficult to replace. (Yeah I know I already did this one )

Okay I'm imagining a public debate platform based on twitter. You set up a time, a topic and a hashtag. Then people can log in with their twitter accounts and say something about the topic. When a thing is tweeted it shows up as a bubble floating at random around the screen. When you hover on the bubble it stops so you can read it. Then you have the option to retweet it . If you retweet it it the bubble get's bigger for you and everyone else viewing. You can tweet a new point, or you can just read and retweet what you agree with. The effect of this is a mass public discourse where thousands of people are 'heard' at the same time in real time.

"Oooh, what cute watches your kids have!" "Thanks, they're Twennies." "What are Twennies?" "Funny you should ask. The Twenny watch is the latest, greatest, kid communicating and tracking device! I simply put the watches on my kids in the morning with a key we keep at home. They don't come off without the key. If they ever need to talk to me, they just push the button on the top. I can them communicate with them from my smart phone. If I ever need to talk to them, I call them in a similar way. They don't even need to answer, it automatically connects so they can hear my voice and I can hear what's around them. And with my smart phone I can see precisely where they are to within 5 meters! I can even set an alarm to tell me if my kids are more than a few meters away from me. I don't have to ask 'what's your Twenny?' I always know! The watches are waterproof and virtually indestructible. Should some low-life ever try ...