Saturday, December 15, 2007

Dopplr

It seems the more I dive into the world of Web 2.0 and Social Networking the more services that I find that would provide tons of worthwhile information when integrated, but it just won't happen right out of the box. So, if your the widely traveled jet setter type or if you maintain families in multiple locations and want to clue them in as to when you'll be making your next stop, Dopplr is worth checking out. It's an incredibly easy setup and it works with OpenID (a service intended to finally provide you with one login for the gobs of websites popping up all over the place). Dopplr allows you to easily create a publicly shared travel log of where you'll be going and when. It even throws out an RSS feed. Unfortunately Dopplr is relatively new, and it only goes as far as cities and states when you add an event (and the day not the hour). If you were planning on trying to log your Christmas shopping, it doesn't appear that it's that refined yet. The idea is terrific because it's slightly more map focused than the location feature on Google Calendar and it requires you to validate the location before saving it. Hopefully this site will see some further development in the near future.

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