MOP conflict

The continuous production of content, is by its nature, an omnipresent beast.  It’s not something you really want, but then it is.  Because content drives traffic, and traffic drives bucks.  And, to some extent that’s really why you’re going to all this effort, isn’t it?  Occasionally, the thought is one of what am I trying to achieve with this level of content creation?  What do I want to do here?   What is the end result, and is the end result best achievable through means else ventured.  Is it weird to constantly reexamine ideas and motives to make sure the end result is what you want?  I don’t think so. 

I constantly think of the interconnection of technology and life, as the two intertwine and become  seamless in their interaction.   During lunch, myself and a few others discussed Square Wallet.   It’s not something we currently offer at our sites, but it’s an intriguing thing, from a design perspective.  Is it doable?  Possibly.  Just depends on who’s building the back end, and how it will end up integrating with our systems.  I doubt we’ll do this thing in the next year, but I could be wrong.  Depends on who supports it. 

The funny thing is, on older systems you run into an error called MOP Conflict.  That means “method of payment” conflict.  Basically, you told the system you were going to pay with one MOP, and you changed your mind.  Maybe that stack of cash in your wallet is missing a $20 or something.  It’s a stupid error.  I can understand the need to have cash/credit pricing on certain things, but it’s kind of dated.  Why can’t the system just change the price later?  If fuel is the product being purchased, the physical gallons stay the same.  Sounds like an old system in need of an update. 

And then I begin thinking about things like the Occulus Rift and the Google Glass and I think of many things.  What’s so wrong of having a nice checklist floating in front of your face on a physical system install that can then accurately give you a list of what needs to be done and in what order?  For a job like mine, producing that list might take three hours, but once complete, the list is like gold.  It’s something that will be used for months on end, refined and tested and refined again until the final result is something of brilliance.