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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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It was a great evening connecting with present and new members. After the event we headed to rooftop bar Level33 which has incredible views of MBS.. well worth the visit! Thanks Natalya for organising and everyone who attended!
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A few articles in mainstream news since this happened: PHP Armageddon: OpenAI, Google’s Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/21/php-armageddon-openai-googles-wiz-find-ancient-holes-panicking-the-internet/ The b... show more
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Hi Lewis, Thanks for sharing Vocevia with the Travel Massive community. My feedback is that it's a different USP to communicate. I haven't come across any products like this before, so that makes it harder to explain to people. The product name should... show more
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Thanks for sharing this story Sam. It's a good highlight too that not everyone can be a digital nomad!
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Hey folks please upgrade your PHP versions as a new vulnerability called php2shell was published only hours ago that effects millions of blogs and websites. If you run a travel website, WordPress, Drupal or Joomla blog... this means you. Check with you... show more
