Interpotential

Google stops offering the free version of their Apps for Businesses service. Bummer. But for those who already use the free version - don't worry, it will still be free:

http://googleenterprise.blogspot.ca/2012/12/changes-to-google-apps-for-businesses.html

Official Google Enterprise Blog: Changes to Google Apps for businesses Thank you for sharing your feedback with the Google Enterprise team. We will respond to open issues addressed in Comments with future posts on this blog. We appreciate your interest in Google Enterprise.

Pretty cool, but a few problems:

1) Shoes don't generally have the best view of the sky
2) You want people to look in front of them on the street, not so much down
3) Evil people will know that a potential victim is far from home and be able to use that information.

For improvement, I suggest:

1+) Let the shoe pair with a small gps device which you can be embedded in other accesseries, such as a scarf or the collar of a jacket
2+) Indicate directions by giving off small vibrations inside the shoe
3+) Lose the visual progress bar, perhaps again using haptic feedback instead

http://mashable.com/2012/09/15/gps-shoes/

Follow Your Feet Home With These GPS Shoes Artist and designer Dominic Wilcox embedded a GPS receiver and LED indicators in a pair of shoes, which you can program and follow home from anywhere on earth.

Another great article by Jakob Nielsen: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/olympics-ui-vs-ux.html

Official Olympic Website: UI Silver — but UX DQ (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) Page design itself scores 15% higher than the 2002 Olympics site. But a disjointed overall Internet presence leads to an intolerable overall user experience.