Goby | Adventure Search Engine
Goby is a simple search engine focused on enabling you to explore new stuff to do with your time. Just select the type of stuff you are into, enter a city, and a time – and Goby provides you with options/links from multiple event databases. Goby can also find you a suitable place to stay.
MySkyStatus
‘While you’re in the air, MySkyStatus sends altitude, location, departure and arrival updates automatically to your Facebook and Twitter pages.’ Sweet use of Twitter & Facebook from Lufthansa.
Paris 3D Map | iPhone
Paris 3D is the first full texture mapped 3D city on the iPhone.
Here for more info (upcoming cities).
Mannahatta Project
“The goal of the Mannahatta Project has never been to return Manhattan to its primeval state. The goal of the project is discover something new about a place we all know so well, whether we live in New York or see it on television, and, through that discovery, to alter our way of life. New York does not lack for dystopian visions of the future…. But what is the vision of the future that works? Might it lie in Mannahatta, the green heart of New York, and with a new start to history, a few hours before Hudson arrived that sunny afternoon four hundred years ago?”
From Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City
Here.
Altrapalo | Radiohead Vs Vacations
In Rainbows style holiday model in which you pay for your trip when you get back based on how much you think it’s worth.
Nice.
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LightLane
A device that attaches to the back of your bike frame creating an illuminated bike lane around you. LightLane aims to give bikers the space they need on roads without bike lanes. rubbishcorp® aims to get a LightLane and adapt it so I can tell aggressive cabbies to f**k off.
Nice.
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Aerial Virtual | New York City
Awesome.
I miss New York City.
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I Am The Passenger
Over the next few days I’ll be mostly on planes and in strange cities, starting tonight in Sidney. Posting may cease – depending on circumstance.
I ride and I ride.
Bransons Den*
Virgin Atlantic has unveiled an in-flight service that gives passengers the opportunity to window-shop a entrepreneurial business ideas. The dedicated channel, called PitchTV, is aimed at the airline’s business passengers and enables interested parties (like Mr Branson) to contact the entrepreneurs directly.
If you have an idea you can upload videos to Virgin’s website and those with the highest rating will be featured on the airline’s service.
Pretty smart.
*Puns are a bit off at the moment.
Earth In HD
In celebration of Earth Day, NASA presents images of Earth captured by cameras aboard the International Space Station. Traveling at an approximate speed of 17,500 miles per hour, the space station orbits Earth every 90 minutes from an altitude of approximately 220 miles, and can be seen from Earth with the naked eye. Its crew experiences 16 sunrises and sunsets each day.
Deckchairs & Cocaine in Wellington
I found this awesome bench outside a skate shop on Cuba Street this morning:
‘Sick’ I (obviously) thought – not ’sick’ enough, clearly. Not to be outdone (I presume) the snowboarding emporium across the street housed this little beauty:
Pretty ‘gnarly’.
But I then happened upon this poster displayed in a off-license style shop window:
Clearly it got my attention.
I though it was a bit try-hard until I read the small print which made me laugh:
Of course I desperately tried to go in a buy some but the door was locked.
Again.
Air New Zealand Data Visualization Awesomeness
This was part of my on-screen stats display on an Air New Zealand flight from Sidney to Auckland. It was like I was the fraking pilot – there wasn’t anything I couldn’t monitor. The only problem was that I wanted to use media controller to fly the plane.
Brilliant.
Oh, and anyone that tells you that Data Viz isn’t going to take over the world is a divvy.
Godzilla Does Tourism
The city of Hakodate, Japan has been producing official tourism videos that contain giant robots battling a runaway mechanical squid hijacked by vengeful aliens.
A genius way of getting people to see your crappy tourist film.
HSBC In Good Idea Shocker
I like this idea. Not just because it’s a good contextual experience that makes a little bit more sense than those awful airport posters, but because it’s slightly changed my view of the brand. It’s not rocket science, but it works: ID type experiences enable personal ownership which create emotional attachment.
I do have one question though: wouldn’t HSBC’s strategy be more effective for a travel company?
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Tweep Of The Year Contender
And he had.
Nice work fella.