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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 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 14 hours ago
There's good and not-so-good uses of AI, but yes we are in a new world with these kinds of tools. In the case of Tom's World Travel Index, humans simply can't assemble thousands of data points about cities and create these kinds of interactive, compari... show more
Here's a few of mine: ✅ Countries — Thailand (of course!), Laos, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Tasmania 😉 ✅ UNESCO Sites — Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang (Plain of Jars) in Laos ✅ Great Hikes and Drives — The 101 Pacific Coast Highway from Santa Cruz ... show more
Hi Ken, Thanks for sharing Viata with the Travel Massive community! This is very cool, I like the ability to add other points of interest to the map. Is there a minimum event attendance size for your product? I'd recommend to exhibit at or attend ... show more
Yeah meetup.com is not in a good state (the founder sold to WeWork in 2017, then it was onsold to an investment company, then most recently to Bending Spoons last year). There are some horrific dark patterns buried in meetup's business model, making it ... show more
