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
Los Angeles
I wrote a booking engine for a small airline.
The most remote places in the world
Travel with purpose
It's official! https://x.com/slowjamastan/status/2039426907264123136
I'm very excited to share that after putting a Travel Massive sticker on their public phone booth last year, that Travel Massive is moving to The Republic of Slowjamastan! There's just one catch. I need a direct flight from Hobart, Tasmania (HBA) to ... show more
Hi Luke, thanks for sharing your ideas here and welcome to the community! I'd flip the narrative a little on this. I don't believe that booking is necessarily broken (otherwise a billion people wouldn't be able to book a flight or stay at hotels every... show more
Congrats Raymond and well deserved! I always enjoy your food vlogs. What has been your most successful vlog or post in the past year? PS: I was just in Shenzen and had some amazing hotpot!
Have you signed up to Mosaic? Let us know in the comments! More reading: - https://www.mediaweek.com.au/safeguard-the-identities-meet-the-imdb-for-creators/ - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/digital-creator-credits-platform-launched-... show more