Category Archives: travel

The travel industry needs a tech makeover

It’s been a while since I traveled and being back on the road I can see that things are exactly where I left them … pay for everything you do and if possible make the consumer pay again. I’m carrying … Continue reading

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Twitter locations are being shared

I guess I’ve missed this previously, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that tweets posted with locations are fully shared to Buzz.  This is how things should absolutely work, but often times (like with foursquare) you have to click … Continue reading

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JetBlue Fails Their Own Digital Savvy Test

This morning I read about how JetBlue used Twitter to try and test the agencies pitching for their business.   I think it caught my attention as I had a Jet Blue flight booked for later in the day … … Continue reading

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Google’s Favorite Places not quite that helpful

Today I caught a sticker in the sandwich shop by the office for Favorite Places on Google and decided to give the QR code a shot. Here’s what I got in return: Reviews are helpful if I’ve never been t … Continue reading

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Pedaling.tv

Thanks to Bike Hugger, I just learned about Pedaling.tv which looks like it will be a very cool cycling travelogue … I’m subscribed via Vimeo!  Here’a peek at the trailer … PEDALING: NYC Trailer from Iri Greco/Panforte Productions on Vimeo.

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Location, location, location!

In the past few years, I feel like I’ve tried just about every location service.  Some have certainly offered more than others, but one thing has been sadly consistent and that’s absolutely no consistency in access to your data.  If … Continue reading

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Google Latitude Location Alerts

On my way home tonight I fired up Google Maps to get an address and since I use Latitude, I was also activating my location.  I got an sms telling me my friend and colleague Will was “nearby.”  I received … Continue reading

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gogo internet on american sfo to jfk

That’s a pretty close to live speedtest coming from my flight from SFO to JFK and while the upstream is far from awesome, I don’t even care.  I’m cruising through mail, tweeting and (obviously) blogging with ease.  This is a … Continue reading

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MetroNorth Bloggers

David Parmet just launched MetroNorth Bloggers which is a aggregator for the wait for it … MetroNorth Bloggers. If you are familiar with MetroNorth, you’d know that this is the primary commuter path for those of us living to the … Continue reading

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Update on My Netbook Usage

I’ve been using the Samsung NC10 as my main travel system (also carrying my work laptop) since the end of December and I thought it would be worth reporting on my findings to date.  In general, the NC10 performs admirably … Continue reading

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Checking in with the Turtles at the Loggerhead Marinelife Rescue Center

We spent some time today at the Loggerhead Marinelife Rescue Center which is an all volunteer center that rescues and rehabilitates turtles. A great family activity if you are ever in the Juno Beach area of Florida.

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Standing on the Beach

Today is our last full day on vacation and it’s been fantastic! The weather has been clear and warm and the kids have really enjoyed the beach, pool, boating and of course the playgrounds around Hobe Sound, FL.

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Google’s Latitude kick starts social location

I woke up this morning to a few invites to join Google Latitude, which as is turns out is packaged into Google Maps Mobile 3.0. Once in the system I immediately saw how powerful this new service is going to … Continue reading

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Where’s the wifi on Metro North?

Aside from my own personal wifi, there is no wifi solution on the Metro North train and in 2009 it seems a bit lacking…  I spend an hour on the train in either direction though the average traveler (based on … Continue reading

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Do you need or even want an instant-on netbook?

There’s been a good deal of chatter and even video posted lately about Hyperspace, Phoenix Technologies instant-on OS for netbooks. Sony seems to have felt the pressure as well launching the Sony Vaio P with their XMB start-up option. In … Continue reading

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I traveled 46% of the distance to the moon in 2008!

I received my dopplr radar for 2008  today … I took 24 trips in 2008, which added up to 170,118 km or 46% of the distance to the moon.

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OSX DUN on the Samsung NC10 Netbook

It’s been a while since I’ve had the pleasure of traveling with a Mac laptop and even though my current setup is a tad unique, the same rules apply. The Samsung NC10 netbook is a killer travel machine … light … Continue reading

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Hasty Airport Purchase – Kensington Universal 70W DC Power Adapter

While I had power on my recent American flight overseas it was not via  standard jack and unfortunately was of the cigarette lighter variety – a plug I did not have in my bag.  Passing back through Heathrow yesterday I … Continue reading

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I’ve gone Netbook

So I finally went netbook and got the Samsung NC10 which I am seriously loving after just a few days.  The amount of power that’s packed into such a small package is really quite amazing.  While the netbook category tends … Continue reading

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Only an airport can offer such logic

As seen in Heathrow …

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