Comments on: Useful iPhone trick to combat the “dude where’s my car” situation

By: Zied

Zied — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:40:11 +0000

to combat brain laziness with more laziness. One should try to watch for background landmarks instead of taking a picture.
if brain memory isn't stimulated then it's useless and will be less and less effective

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:12:11 +0000

Hi Sean,

I use a similar technique with hotel rooms. I snap a pic of my hotel room number on the door and set it as my wallpaper. Comes in handy when the short-term memory thing happens…

By: Adam M

Adam M — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:46:17 +0000

Awesome

Another good thing to do is take a picture of your parking spot # at the airport.

Yet another, if you’re going to a strange city, is to program your points of interest before you go as bookmarks. It makes it very easy to get from one to another.

By: Adam Nollmeyer - AcmePhoto

Adam Nollmeyer - AcmePhoto — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:07:22 +0000

@Thomas – Too funny!

I’ll bet in 5 years when / if one were to loose their cellphone / PDA / mobile device, any security or police personal will have to treat the person as a lost or missing child.

Cop: “Can I see some ID”?
Geek: “ah, it’s on my pda”

Cop: “Is this your car”?
Geek: “I donno, if there’s a picture on my pda, Yes”

I was on a photo shoot this week and went to my camera bag for something, I put my blackberry in my camera bag, then went nuts 5 min later when I didn’t know where my phone is. :-)

Adam N.

By: TOMAS

TOMAS — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:07:02 +0000

This gives me an idea, I’m going to purposely forget where I parked my car and walk around for 45 minutes until I find it just to convince my fiancé that I need an iPhone to prevent this from happening. ;) She will probably just tell me to buy that message recorder shown on the infomercials.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:07:09 +0000

Hi Sean,

I use a similar technique with hotel rooms. I snap a pic of my hotel room number on the door and set it as my wallpaper. Comes in handy when the short-term memory thing happens…

By: sean

sean — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:42:28 +0000

@Josh- way to inspire the idea!

@jim – not on its own but it will get you close. you’ll need to add a 3rd patented car-finding technique ->
http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2005/09/14/lifehack-using-your-car-alarm-panic-button-to-locate-a-lost-vehicle/

;-)

By: Jim Jeffers

Jim Jeffers — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:20:27 +0000

Yes, but will this help me find my car in the endless dirt lot that is called Westworld Parking when Barrett Jackson is in town? ;)

By: Josh Knowles

Josh Knowles — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:49:42 +0000

Way to take it to the next level, great idea!