Saw this on Seth’s post, that the Google Docs spreadsheet new feature has innovated away from spreadsheet, and moreover, adopted the web idea, which helps to create a poll simply with spreadsheet. This was not a feature in most desktop bounded simple spreadsheet program.

But Google Docs made a breakthrough and set in to create this within their spreadsheet. However though, how useful could it be, is really up to individual, and their purposes.

Most business people talk about surveying or polling, with this feature it will simply give the business or organization a great pilot testing ground targeted to their specific target audience.

Other than that, Seth Godin triggered the idea of a simple event auction system with limited seating. As always innovation is not just creative, but fun as well. Like what Seth talked about, instead of having to charge a fixed price to ticket, what about changing the whole idea into categorized based signup, where it is based on the number, e.g. first 5 tickets at $1, the next five at $2, and $500 for the last ten, etc. In such a sense, it rewards early bird signup.

In fact, such has been seen on some online selling websites. However though, likewise to the various pricing models, this idea does also have its own pros and cons. It is greatly based on the demand and supply of the product or services. If the demand does not meet the supply, it would be hard for the pricing model to work well.

As for a geography-based pricing system, a tracker or locater, or some sort of tracking mechanisms, that could perfectly make this idea works. However, this could be a great idea to implement for services sold towards internet based audience.Another wild idea for airlines, flights for passengers instead of passengers for flights. Personally, I like this idea, simply because I always believed in the sense of demand before supply.

These may be crazy and wild ideas, but then with the revolution of innovation and interaction. And probably one of these days, there maybe someone who may be able to realize them, with fine tuning and perfection.

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