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Dopplr
The coolest app I saw at ETech, by far, was Dopplr, which Matt Biddulph kindly demo'd for me. I wanted to clap with glee. You really have to spend enough time on airplanes to be able to repeat the safety instructions from memory in order to jump up and down about it, but I'm in that group and I love it. I have a whole category of friends I call my "airport friends" since I'll be changing planes in Chicago and run into them, though neither of us live there. Dopplr made me so happy because, first, it makes those serendipitous meetings its special talent, and second, because it just feels so right as a web application -- like a tool that fits perfectly in your hand. Cheers, Matt and company, for getting it so right, and thanks for the invite. For the rest, take a peek at some screenshots. (They're rolling it out GMail-style, so be on the lookout for an invitation.)
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Comments: 7
Gordon Freeman [30 March 2007 05:49 AM]
Interesting.
Perhaps they could also include a tab that clocks up the distance you've travelled, the size of the environmental impact you've had, and what you need to do manage it.
I'd call it treehggr.
Marc Hedlund [30 March 2007 08:27 AM]
Snarky! Of course, that service already exists and is well worth using:
For Dopplr, you could look at it as getting more out of the flights you're already taking.
Eric Meyer [30 March 2007 09:09 PM]
I so totally want in on that beta.
Rishi Jain [ 1 April 2007 06:55 AM]
How can I get an invite?
verena [ 1 April 2007 01:37 PM]
yes. how?
would love to have an invite.....
Gordon Freeman [ 2 April 2007 03:40 AM]
Terrapass looks pretty good.
In all seriousness, linking the two together wouldn't be such a bad idea.
Joe Testa [22 April 2007 12:43 PM]
There's a site already out there called Pairup...it seems to do more and is a little more intuitive, IMHO, although the mapping I see on the screenshots for Dopplr is cool (not sure how useful that is though)...