tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68676668834119218952024-03-13T15:43:37.750-07:00Business OpportunitiesThe purpose of this blog is to find business partners or otherwise give people ideas for a future business opportunities which for us are not quite there.
The big reason for developing this blog is that I get so many business ideas that its worthwhile publishing them since others might benefit from them.Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-7846887294192009882011-11-21T22:54:00.001-08:002011-11-21T22:58:26.780-08:00Malware solution for Android phones<div style="text-align: justify;">This strikes me as a good opportunity for some budding Android programmer. Read this <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/google-android-malware-surges-472-per-cent-20111116-1nhw2.html">article</a> and you will see that Google Android is expected to have a problem with malware, as opposed to Apple. The solution would appear to be for some programmer to develop an application which searches the counterparties operating system for cookies related to non-official, or unregulated Android developer sites, and to thus only communicate with devices that meet that standard, i.e. It would establish a higher level of quality control for Android products.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you grab this idea - royalty please! :)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">-------------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Andrew Sheldon <a href="www.sheldonthinks.com">www.sheldonthinks.com</a></div>Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-14365576196345927862010-08-27T20:54:00.001-07:002010-08-27T20:57:01.295-07:00Stories of 100 top Asian CEOs<div style="text-align: justify;">Looking for inspiration for your next business, check out the following <a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/info/100-next-era-ceos/index.html">website</a>. It seems like most business activity is being outsourced to Asia, so this website will give hope to those of you who want to establish a business in Asia, however at the very least you can learn the trends in certain industries, as well as learn from others mistakes. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">--------------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Andrew Sheldon <a href="www.sheldonthinks.com">www.sheldonthinks.com</a></div>Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-54027429472028614192009-11-14T14:10:00.000-08:002009-11-14T14:17:46.768-08:00The 50 top inventions of 2008-9<div style="text-align: justify;">Its cool that people actually prepare such surveys though I don't always agree with the results. Consider the winner of this survey. It was the Ares 1 rocket developed by NASA, an over-funded US government bureaucracy. Even the technology drew its inspiration from WWII, which makes me think, its been a long time coming.<br />Call it national pride, but I like the Aussie invention of the tuna breeding system. It was ranked 2nd by Time, and 15th by the people. The grandness of this technology is that many people have tried to do it, and concluded that it could not be done. It is also special because it will avoid over-fishing of natural fish species. Basically recreational fishermen around the world might once again be able to enter the seas without paying huge license fees.<br />I like the fact that it solves a big problem - over fishing. Also think of the jobs it will create in Australia, NZ, Argentina and South Africa. Anyway view the complete list of the technologies at <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1934027_1934003_1933946,00.html?cnn=yes">Time</a>.<br />-----------------------------------------------<br />Andrew Sheldon <a href="www.sheldonthinks.com">www.sheldonthinks.com</a></div>Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-22774646792133800592008-08-25T20:43:00.000-07:002008-08-25T20:50:12.659-07:00Business opportunities - anticipating future develops<div style="text-align: justify;">If you are looking at business opportunities one of the best ways to identify them is by looking at trends. The trends might be in any of the following:<br />1. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Technology development</span> - for instance take a look at these <a href="http://science-po.blogspot.com/2008/08/development-of-wireless-energy.html">developments</a><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lifestyle </span>- clearly we are looking at living or retiring in attractive <a href="http://expat-philippines.blogspot.com/">locations</a> globally<br />3. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Personal preferences</span> - We are rethinking our priorities rather than just accepting social or parental values. Many of us are retiring earlier overseas rather than saving up a fortune to retire in the West.<br /><br />You might think that large corporations will drive a lot of these developments, but that is not always the case. Even if large capital resources are needed to develop a technology, often its small service companies who could be the ones who benefit from the technology.<br />------------------------------------------------<br />Andrew Sheldon <a href="www.sheldonthinks.com">www.sheldonthinks.com</a></div>Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-75006510293646072822008-05-19T01:12:00.000-07:002008-05-19T01:43:11.360-07:00The future of geographic search - with or without Google<div style="text-align: justify;">Here is a decent looking web application - <a href="www.verveearth.com/landing">www.verveearth.com/landing</a>. No doubt you are familiar with search engines. But I've often wondered where geographic information systems would take us since Google took centre stage. This company offers a 'geographic' search function rather than a concept or keyword search like Google. The reality is that Google revenues are going to plunge unless they can come up with a new paradigm. I think Verve might be closer to it. At this point it might be hard to imagine such a program being useful. Ok, you are interested in Arab people so you can scan some map to find links to Arab blogs. Interesting? Maybe...but not terribly lucrative.<br />The opportuinity here is to link GIS information with your cell phone. This gives prospective advertisers location-specific information about you. Now this might not sound so powerful to you, but consider the opportunity to:<br />1. Tie your location data in with knowledge about your likes, interests, tastes, etc<br />2. Tie your location data in with your general need to eat and drink. Maybe you'll be walking past a restaurant and they know from your membership that you like Indian food. In that instance you receive an email offering you a discount.<br /><br />This is not hard to do. There are already products which tie GPS data to you. No one has yet made a revenue model from it to my knowledge. Of course already some models of cell phones have GPS already installed. Living in Metro Manila, I'm surprised how many people actually have N90 series phones. Makes you wonder where they get the money. Thats the extent of corruption I guess. :) But rest assured there will be more GPS-enable phones and cameras on the market in future. This is powerful in several ways:<br />1. The opportunity for advertisers to target people based on location & website profile data<br /></div>2. The opportunity for cell phone companies to work with such GIS-based websites (like Verve) to develop an advertising model<br />3. The opportunity for telcos to generate revenues from advertisers for their location-specific data<br />4. The attraction of LAN-wifi, Wimax for providing GIS info as a competitive option to cell companies<br />5. The attraction of GIS-based websites to sell advertising through location data.<br /><br />People currently have only limited search capability through their phones. Its also fair to say that these early GPS phones are pretty crude and cumbersome. They will however bevome sleak in time. I also suggest that<br /> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VerveEarth </span>enables users to organize the information of the internet into a virtual world where content and users have a definite place. The neat thing about VerveEarth is that its a new type of search. VerveEarth enables you to surf the net in a completely new way and discover content you didn't even know existed. Curious to know what people in the Middle East talk and read about? Just go there. You might even strike up a conversation.</p><div> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Clearly the value in this type of facility is in ‘just in time’ service delivery and advertising. More and more we will be doing business on mobile applications. The last aspect of this opportunity is the possibility of telcos offering free line rental if you are open to advertising news. If this is to happen telcos will have to make their incoming messages alot more enticing than they are now. Expect tunes, full colour images of some nearby restaurant, as well as other special enticements. eg. The first groups to fill the restaurant get a free beer! Of course they could also offer a web-based search as well. I think that car-based GPS might be a thing of the past. The other possible competition in this market might be GPS. It cannot be forgotten that GPS used by telcos is 'Geographic' NOT 'Global' Positioning System. Telcos use towers rather than satellites, so this will have implications for global reach and competition. But thats another story for another galaxy. Yeh I know.... I didnt need to say it.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> ----------------------------------------------<br />Andrew Sheldon <a href="www.sheldonthinks.com">www.sheldonthinks.com</a></div>Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-65965346202531322032008-05-06T23:08:00.000-07:002008-05-06T23:16:48.488-07:00Setting up a backpackers in JapanThere are actually no backpackers in Japan. There is a variety of discount accommodation, though nothing quite as cheap. I have always thought there is no better place than Japan for backpackers accommodation so it surprises me that I dont see any. The attractions are:<br />1. Lack of competition<br />2. Availability of the Japan Rail pass concession to foreigners<br />3. Availability of VERY CHEAP foreclosed properties which provides cheap accommodation in Japan.<br />For more information see my post on <a href="http://foreclosured.blogspot.com/2008/05/work-ski-holiday-in-hokkaido.html">Foreclosed Property</a> in Japan. There is a range of locations that suit a backpackers - coasta foreclosed properties, properties in rural areas, ski villages, onsens, and city suburbs. Everything is close to some commercial centre in Japan.<br />My idea was to establish a web portal to provide a gateway to internet-based bookings. If anyone is interested, let me know. Houses in Japan rent for Y50-60,000 per month ($150/week or $20/night) for a whole place, but I think we could charge $20-30/night per person depending on the location. Some people might only want to rent out for a season. Obviously cheaper for longer rentals.<br />------------------------------------------------<br />Andrew Sheldon <a href="www.sheldonthinks.com">www.sheldonthinks.com</a>Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-47137635234909452082008-04-25T01:26:00.000-07:002008-04-25T01:45:36.331-07:00Real estate agents of the futureThis is the way of the future - you can use First National brand for familiarity, but the next issue is keeping the customer, afterall there are several 'brands' in your suburb. What distinguishes them? Do you think its the 'brand'? Nope. Thats what gets them in the door; your door, but maybe they went into 3 doors. So the next trick is differentiating yourself from the rest. So what do all real estate agents have in common? Well here is a few issues where they might be similar or upon which they might differentiate themselves:<br />1. Nice to you<br />2. Treat you with respect<br />3. They go out of their way for you<br />4. They show an interest in you that goes beyond the sale - beyond the commission<br />5. They dont treat you like a tire kicker<br />6. They how sonething about the local property market<br />7. They know something about the economy<br />8. They have information (support) to bring you up to speed, information in your language<br />9. They have local data - just numbers mind you<br />10. They have visual presentations of data.<br /><br />You want to know the future of business, well here is it. It does not lie with real estate franchises. They should be doing this, but they are too comfy in their entrenched ologopolies. No the future is where some smart real estate agent starts designing tools for the customer. That agent or programmer is going to be showing developing tools which bring data to life. A tool that turns those facts in databases into graphical mapping images, charts, pie charts. This will increase the useability and utility of agents and ensure they retain customers. Any takers?<br /><br />There are a number of appealing aspects to using charts. The thing is that its far easier to create charts in excel and just copy and paste them as images into Blogger or webpage. Where dynamic data is more useful is where you have dynamic data. The way I could use the dynamic data is:<br /><br />1. Real estate prices in different markets<br />2. Share prices for the stocks I like<br />3. Share indices<br /><br />Here is the code to get you started - <span style="font-size:10;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://code.google.com/apis/chart/">http://code.google.com/apis/chart/</a>. Offered by Google, though its quite possible you will outgrow Google. Afterall everyone has access to the code. Who has the time to do it? Who is so organised and capable to oversee a programming exercise. Real estate just took on a new direction. </span></span><br />------------------------------------<br />Andrew Sheldon <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.sheldonthinks.com">www.sheldonthinks.com</a><p></p>Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-26282724785848263702008-02-20T18:15:00.000-08:002008-02-20T18:20:14.543-08:00Setting up an English School in JapanSome ideas come from seeing opportunities in the things you can acquire. It might seem a little haphazard to go out on a limb and buy a property in order to set up a business. But if you are already in the business of teaching English, does it not seem like a natural progression to set up an English School. Here is a property well suited for that purpose, being sold through tender as a foreclosed property for a minimum of $US30,000. See the details at on my foreclosed <a href="http://foreclosured.blogspot.com/2008/02/setting-up-business-in-japan-english.html">website</a>.<br />The only other costs I would think are $3,000-5,000 fixing the place up based on the court documents.<br />-----------------------------------------<br />Andrew Sheldon <a href="www.sheldonthinks.com">www.sheldonthinks.com</a>Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-86977332257388934022008-01-26T08:42:00.000-08:002008-02-02T07:00:59.448-08:00Online gaming ideas anyone?<span style="font-size:100%;">Reading the following announcement, I can see where this is going. Your Google Maps will be rendered as 3D maps so that you can interact with them to play online games. You will able in future I dare say to place games like 'Race Around The World', where the idea is that you challenge another person in another part of the world to get to your place 'virtually' - who ever gets to their challengers house first wins. I expect they will even integrate these games into real-time train, shipping, bus schedules. That might be a while off folks, but some more basic variant will be available within 2 years I am guessing. Thats how fast the world is moving.<br /><span class="postbody"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Google tools to power virtual worlds </span></span><br />Google tools to power virtual worlds — Get ready for online games set in your favorite Google Earth locations. — Virtual-worlds platform developer Multiverse Network is set to announce a partnership Tuesday that will allow anyone to create a new online interactive 3D environment …</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />------------------------------------<br />Andrew Sheldon <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.sheldonthinks.com">www.sheldonthinks.com</a></span>Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-54552040374575338852007-11-21T15:40:00.000-08:002008-02-02T07:01:24.330-08:00Business ideas to make you think<span style="font-size:100%;">There are a few people with the creativity and business acumen to develop enterprises that change the world... Microsoft and You Tube being case in point. Most of these ideas just had their time, and their sponsors seized the moment. But a great many businesses take an old idea and just execute better. They dont have to overcome the 'hurdle of cynicism' that often greets new ideas. Instead they can point to the success of other sites. Google being a case in point. Its search engine, blogger and its web map interface were not new, they were just an improvement and better packaged solution.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Here is a list of new business start-ups in the USA. Might be stocks to watch, or just ideas that you might be able to improve upon. See <a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0702/gallery.nextnet.biz2/1.html">http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0702/gallery.nextnet.biz2/1.html</a></span>Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-51299283696157265862007-11-17T06:04:00.000-08:002007-11-17T07:00:15.155-08:00Alternative MediaThere were a number of reasons why I set up a blog. I wanted to:<br />1. Make a positive difference to people's lives<br />2. Express opinions I have on a whole range of topics<br />3. Establish a means of profiting from my ideas<br />4. Use the site as a means of opening up relationships with people moving in a similar direction<br />5. Receive feedback on my ideas - whether critical or affirming<br />6. Develop ideas beyond what the popular media does because the media sees their role as just reporting facts, which I see as a rather low-value proposition. One could argue that other media do that, but really there is not much in the world that does that is not of a proprietary nature.<br /><br />Consider the following story in the Sydney Morning Herald Online version: "Property Council backs small bars change" on November 6, 2007. The story discusses saids that the Property Council of Australia supports the NSW governments "plan to encourage small bars, saying it will make city centres better for work, play and business". It saids that "Small bars in Sydney will soon be allowed to serve alcohol without food, and the cost of a liquor licence will be drop from $15,000 to $500 for a small bar and $2,000 for a hotel. They also will not have to conduct an expensive social impact assessment study". Thats useful information to the extent if I have any interest in drinking, setting up a bar or selling alcohol, commercial property or commercial fitouts, but might the value of the information have been further explored. This is the opportunity in online media, because this is big news. And there is an opportunity to sell - not just bare, brute facts - but value added market analysis. You might ask why this wasn't done. I suggest the reason is that:<br />1. The content is too specialised and intellectual - not a market companies trying to dominate the world want to bother with<br />2. Requires thinking - readers have no interest in being challenged<br />3. Its contentious - It shows outsiders know more than the media 'insiders'<br />Brute facts are not even reported. Most of the article were actually statements made up of restatements by the Property Council of NSW.<br /><br />Its fortunate that facts cant be copyrighted, only the way facts are expressed, otherwise I couldn't use this material. And if I wasn't presenting this story as a critique or in some sense adding value to it, I could not even use direct quotes. But the media does not favour such analysis, even if people like me might occasionally buy newspapers. It would prefer it if there was no value-add because then everyone would be reading its content, rather than context that is:<br />1. Specialised to target the needs of a specific audience<br />2. Analysed to develop themes that help people use the information<br />3. Region or market specific<br /><br />Having said that - maybe the opportunity likes in the fact that the media does not develop the idea. Maybe if the media was 'heralding' the developing of a plethora of bars across Sydney, then there would in fact be alot of unthinking idiots developing bars across Sydney. Whereas if the story was just bare facts, fewer investors would see the opportunity. In this case value becomes proprietary. Closed off for others to read, and therein lies the opportunity for third-party value-adding. The internet of cause provides content for free, in the hope of making money from secondary opportunities like product sales, advertising, etc.<br /><br />Its only with the development of the internet that content value adders have an outlet for being discovered because there are few other opportunities for getting market exposure. These are the opportunities:<br />1. Google - if people want to find you they can search for you using Google or Yahoo by subject or title on the internet<br />2. Social networking - if you have have compatible interests with other people you can find them on the internet through media like Facebook, MySpace, blogs, etc<br /><br />This should highlight how profoundly important these social networking sites are. But they will get better because once they become dynamic streaming video, where you can have a conversation with other people with ease, you will be communicating with someone in a very personal sense, like they were your neighbour, and I think this will really transform how we relate to others on the internet. I think we won't need those small neighbourhood bars because why would you go talk to a neighbour up the road whom has nothing in common with you, nothing particularly interesting to say, whether because he is not interesting or you just couldn't find a common thread. Online media will get better at helping you find meaningful relationships. It will provide:<br />1. The context for interaction - by allowing you to respond to others content as well as to filter out people whom you can't meet with physically<br />2. The flexibility to focus on better relationships - by blocking unsatisfying ones<br />3. The basis for a 'more real relationship' at least to the extent that people are no longer just an identity on the WWW.<br /><br />You might wonder whether you need to physically meet these people. I think its important to develop a relationship because its realtionships should be progressive. You always want to know more, and meeting people will give you that. I think these social networking websites will herald a new boom in personal productivity and happiness. We will be having more meaningful relationships because we will get a better sense of whom people are, and by trial and error we will be asking for and expressing more. This is therefore not a great time to be settling for someone - whether a personal or business partner - at least to the extent that you are locked in because the world is about to get alot more interesting. So where does this leave 'commitment', where you tie yourself to one person. I think the old concepts of marriage and partnership will become a lot more flexible and fluid and that is a good thing. We might even see those government supported institutions like 'monogamus mariages' growing into polygonamus relationships, if only to keep some continuity in parental support for parents. But dont we already have that. Its just that today we give people a false sense of 'worth' and 'achievement' by saying that since you earned your way into a relationship at marriage, you are worthy of the role 5 years, 18 years later, regardless of the fact that one partner might have grown faster than the other, and the laggard was a frustration for the duration of the relationship, and that the conflict need not have been there, except that the laggard was allowed to develop a false sense of security, which didn't work for anyone concerned. This is why astute people love corporate structures. You can preserve the continuity of a corporate entity but change the goals, values, people. They are a source of fluidity. Dogmatic social institutions are not, and governments, beyond their ability to enslave or coerce us, will become increasingly irrelevant in this emerging social context.<br />This might be the most important article you read for a while. You wont read it in the Sydney Morning Herald. And it was free! Go figure. Mind you the only time I read newspapers is when they are free.Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867666883411921895.post-85032974071028044762007-10-09T15:00:00.001-07:002008-02-02T07:01:42.468-08:00A world of opportunity & stupidity<span style="font-size:100%;">It sometimes amazes me how people can make money by doing some of the things they do. Its like no thought goes into them. Or is it me?<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Consider the following example. Its an online sho store <a href="http://www.zappos.com/">http://www.zappos.com</a>. Well your first impression might be 'great idea'! But then you think....'but how can I be sure about my size'. Whenever I buy shoes I have to try on about 3 pairs to find the right size, but without assistance, on this site I can buy shoes just by guessing. On that issue the website owners offer this solution in their FAQs (<a href="http://www.zappos.com/faq.zhtml#19">www.zappos.com/faq.zhtml#19</a>):<br /><br /><a name="19"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Q: How do I know my shoe size?</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >If you are unsure of your shoe size, you can </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.zappos.com/measure.zhtml"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">measure your shoe size</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >. Because the foot is three-dimensional, any two-dimensional measuring tool, such as a ruler or </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.zappos.com/glossary.zhtml#B"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Brannock device®</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >, can only approximate your true shoe size. Please also keep in mind that manufacturers use different </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.zappos.com/glossary.zhtml#L"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">lasts</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" > to construct their shoes, and sizing may vary accordingly.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >That reads more like a disclaimer than a solution to me. Now alls not lot. I guess people could go down the road to their local shoe store and try on a pair of shoes, get the right sizing, and then go online to actually buy thm. But the problem is....the price online is 'full price'. These things are often made in China for $6, but they are going to sell them online to you for $120 and you have to carry the risk and confront a delay. Nope, not a model that works for me....but maybe there are shoe types that fit all sizes, maybe they dont need to carry inventories so why not place an advert up, maybe you will be waiting 2 weeks for them. Maybe there are people out there who never have a 'size problem'? hmmm...maybe its me?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Maybe this idea suits a person from the 'boonsticks' who has no shopping mall so has no choice. But I dont think they have internet or a place to wear nice shoes.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">My thinking is that there is so much money floating around out there, and there are just so many idiots out there with bad ideas, God! What am I doing! If these guys can do it with a bad idea, I have to get one of my 'much better ideas' rolling. Thus, I'll have to lower my standards.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Anyway my intent is to offer some of my ideas - the 'less brilliant ones' here for those who are interested. If you use them, please make your first act of kindness to give me a 3% royalty for my trouble, and name your first child 'sheldon' to honor my contribution. I might even be willing to participate in your business. So this is a search for partners.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">On the idea of shoes I think there needs to be a way of measuring the 3-dimensional shape of the foot by manufacturers and consumers. Until that is achieved I can't see this idea taking off. Mind you I think such an idea is not too far off. Maybe there is a market for a kiosk in the shopping mall where you get measurements to buy online or in-store. Of course there might be an internet presence that allows you to search for what you want....then the 'shoe idea will have legs'. LOL</span>Andrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.com0