Let’s imagine a scenario; scenarios are usually fun. Let’s say you’re walking down the street, or in the mall, as you do, phone in hand, and see something in the shop window that catches your eye. “Hmm, this looks interesting,” you say to no one in particular. “Let me check that out.” So you walk, inspect the item, then say to yourself, “You know, this looks pretty neat, but I’m not quite sure I want it yet. $X-Amount isn’t exactly an impulse, you know?” You whip out your phone, launch something called SpringPad, then scan the item’s barcode with your phone. SpringPad goes out to the Internet, pulls all sorts of metadata, then stores said data for you on its Web site. When you get home, and you have time to think, you pull up SpringPad, then all of that data is ready and waiting for you. 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7Authors: Nicholas Deleon