Wouldn’t It Be Great If….

Happy New Year, everyone!!

After a much needed break for the holidays, it’s time to go back to work tomorrow. Although I took this time to shut my brain down for a while, I took note of a few meandering thoughts I had while lying on the beach in Mazatlan. The theme of this post:

Wouldn’t It Be Great If…

…Yelp paired up with OpenTable and/or SeamlessWeb so we could easily use its bevy of restaurant reviews when making a reservation or placing an order?

…foursquare paired up with Cellfire or Samplesaint to provide me with coupons that could be scanned on my phone based on the businesses around me?

…NYC’s MTA paired up with Google Maps to show where  subway trains are and when they are expected to arrive at a given location?

…NYC’s MTA also offered WiFi in its stations so I could actually do work while waiting instead of growing infuriated with the F train (or, really, any train) that isn’t here?

…more brands used a different Twitter account for each category of news so I could only subscribe to the updates I’m interested in? MSNBC really gets this, providing unique, relevant updates on @msnbc_politics, @msnbc_business, @msnbc_health, and countless other accounts.

…MapMyRun provided functionality with popular social networking sites so marathoners and dieters could share goals and track their successes? (It would also be great if they didn’t require users to pay for a Gold Membership to use their iPhone and BlackBerry apps!)

What do you think would be great?