Currently building the Travel Massive community platform — you're using it now 😀
Fun stuff I've been involved in:
🌎 Built the world's first search engine for ocean research datasets (2005)
✈️ Developed Airlines of Tasmania's first online reservation system (2006)
💬 Launched World Nomads' "Ask A Nomad" Q&A Community (2009-2011)
🤑 Launched Australia's first flight deals website "GetFlight" (2011-2012)
👶 Investor in TinyBeans.com family photo sharing app which floated on ASX (2014)
🇨🇳 Built Jambo — a crowdsourced interpreter network, trialed MVP in China (2014)
🔥 Investor in Firechat (mesh chat app) — until the CEO disappeared! 🙃 (2019)
📱 Investor in SkyHi — the world's first subscription flight service (2019-2021)
💡 Founding team of the Social Entrepreneurship in Tourism Competition (2019-now)
🥾 CTO of MappyHour.org — a community for outdoor enthusiasts in the US (2016-2025)
East Coast, Tasmania
East Africa
I wrote a booking engine for a small airline.
The most remote places in the world
Travel with purpose
Hi Andreas, thanks for joining the Travel Massive community and sharing your discussion here. We've been tracking the impact of AI in travel for a few years now (see our #AI topic). There's two camps on this in terms of the content creation space: • "... show more
Ideas, AI, and the Meaning of Travel 8 days ago
Hi Sergey, thanks for sharing this amazing project. This is a phenomenal article and a refreshing read. Do the residents live here full time? Or are some community members transient or seasonal? Including the video from your article here as it's a gr... show more
Hi Wolfgang, thanks for sharing GeoLineup with the Travel Massive community. This is a really fun game! And a new novel idea on this genre, bravo! 1. Is there a new round each day? Or are there unlimited rounds? 2. It would be interesting to know wha... show more
GeoLineup – Sort Cities, Expand Your World 11 days ago
Of course, please share any new updates in the comments!
Cycling Thread — Discovering Europe by bicycle 13 days ago
Hi Simon, thanks for sharing Cycling Thread with the Travel Massive community. What cycling websites would you recommend for Australia (or even here in Tasmania where I live)? PS: Great to see a beautiful and well designed Drupal website out in the wi... show more
Cycling Thread — Discovering Europe by bicycle 13 days ago