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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)
What is your favorite travel destination?
Q&AEast Coast, Tasmania
Where do you dream of traveling to?
Q&AVladivostok
What was your first travel job?
Q&AI wrote a booking engine for a small airline.
What do you want to learn more about?
Q&AThe most remote places in the world
Three words that describe why we should travel?
Q&ATravel with purpose
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This website lets you move any country around on the Mercator map to see how the size changes depending on where it's projected: https://thetruesize.com/ One criticism I have of the "Equal Earth" map is the world is seen looking directly above Europe/... show more
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Congrats guys! The UX looks great, how did you come up with this? Who is your ideal customer for Tripline? Is there a demographic you're aiming to reach? Looking forward to the Android version!
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Today the UN General Assembly votes on whether to officially replace the 450-year-old Mercator world map with the "Equal Earth" map which shows all regions in their true size. [update: the UN resolution was passed] On a Mercator Projection map, which... show more
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Hi Lucia, congrats on the launch and I can't wait to try it out when me and @kckiwigirl visit Barcelona in October for FutureTravel Summit (and a Barcelona Travel Massive meetup - we're working on it with @benjamin-rhatigan). What is your rollout plan ... show more
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Way better! Bravo!
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