This weekend I added Argentina to the Jeffsetter Travel Map in part of my efforts to chip away at adding the 22 countries I have visited to date onto the map. While updating the map is ultimately coming at the expense of other trip reports, it's important that I get both of these done in a reasonable timeframe. Even though I only spent 3 short days in Argentina in 2010 … [Read more...] about Putting Argentina on the Travel Map
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Foursquare Time Machine – The Coolest Way to Visualize Your Travel to Date?
I have been using Foursquare before it was even called Foursquare. You may not know that before Foursquare existed there was a precursor called Dodgeball that had a similar function but did so entirely via text messages. After Google bought the software and pretty much ruined it, Dennis Crowley started a new company to deliver on the original vision behind the product. Since it … [Read more...] about Foursquare Time Machine – The Coolest Way to Visualize Your Travel to Date?
TripIt Seat Tracker: Innovation Coming Back to TripIt
As a user of TripIt since 2009, I have found the service to be invaluable when it comes to managing the information around the trips that I am taking. I simply forward my itinerary to plans@tripit.com and they do the rest. To date they have tracked over 260,000 miles of trips for me. … [Read more...] about TripIt Seat Tracker: Innovation Coming Back to TripIt