Citilan & Cluttr Updates

Hah, I knew it. Reading back along the daily slashdot, I spied this little beauty. Cluttr plus that would rock!

Now, to Citilan. If you have any of the listed isps, log on it and have fun with it! It rocks. I was in the Adelaide State Library, on North Terrace.

I got kicked out of Borders when I tried to use their power. Fascists. Oh, the cafes look comfortable, and stuff, but really they suck! I also spent some decent time hacking out kickass code in a plaza.

Hacking code in comfy chairs while listening to cool jazz surrounded by knowledge and public wifi is the single most productive thing I've done in a month.

Soon, I'll have to get an ISP that's with citilan, a spare 802.11g card, and someone to hack code with. We'll use gaim to chat and plan without making a sound.

Ah, what a life.

Killer App: Cluttr

Problem: My room is filled with shit. Books. Bed. Tv. Laptop. Clothes, everywhere. My friend Alan came over to smoke, (I quit), he moved shit about, so I hurt my foot on it.

Problem: There is not enough space for comfort.

Problem: There should be enough space, but there isn't.

Problem: All available [floor]space is occupied by useless things of no function.

Problem: Architects suck. My friend Niall is a good designer but a bad architect. It's why I like him.

Problem: When building a house, you have to get it right once. My father is building at the moment, and it's snafu - they are idiots, they can't do it right, they put everything in the wrong place and don't get council approval.

Solution:
Cluttr.

Solution:
An application which takes an estimate of the typical stuff you have, are likely to have, and will ever have. It figures on having sufficient powerpoints everywhere. It makes sure doors don't open into spaces that feel "cramped". Space and minimalism is encouraged.

Then, you run agents through it.

• Agents in small places lose happyness
• Agents who cannot get from A to B in less than 3 steps lose happyness
• Agents move 50% of their time (half "sleeping", half active).
• Agents are affected by heat, cold, and sound. (Random events, or based on weather data?)

If an agent can't maintain happyness, the house layout is reshuffled, the stuff layout is reshuffled.

It's autopilot sims applied to real life. It's feng shui gone digital. It's Cluttr: The Home Usability Tool.