"So there may be a way to capture more of the market Segway hoped to reach: make a version that doesn't look so easy for the rider. It would also be helpful if the styling was in the tradition of skateboards or bicycles rather than medical devices."
Can you elaborate on the "structured data" and how it's gonna be useful? To the average user, it seems like the biggest value proposition here is the ability to keep your posts private. For those who don't need to keep things private, how is it better than using Pinterest?
You can clip almost arbitrary parts of web pages. See http://clipboard.com/gary/boards/examples for a whole bunch. This makes a big difference because instead of simply having pretty pictures of food, you can save actual recipes and search over ingredients. You'll probably find http://clipboard.com/category/Programming interesting as well.
Clipboard also allows you to clip almost arbitrary parts of web pages (text, images, embeds) with the style and most functionality preserved. See http://www.clipboard.com/site/ycombinator.com for examples of things clipped from Hacker News.
My buddy and I have always wondered how it would be like to launch a company. In September 2011, he quit his high-paying job in Silicon Valley, traveled 10,000 miles to Indonesia (which has the #2 largest facebook user base, btw), and bootstrapped a startup. This is his story.
The company in question is www.urbanindo.com - the easiest way to buy and sell properties in Indonesia.