Guidism

Rough Guides launches World Lens app

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:01:58 -0500

“Rough Guides has launched the World Lens app, which is its first application for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The free tool showcases 200 images from the travel guide publisher’s picture library.” Very weak first offering.

paidContent founder Rafat Ali on touchscreens and the future of media - iPhone app article - Brad Spirrison | Appolicious ™ iPad and iPhone App Directory

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:10:24 -0500

paidContent founder Rafat Ali on touchscreens and the future of media - iPhone app article - Brad Spirrison | Appolicious ™ iPad and iPhone App Directory:

Um, me. “I think it requires a lot more than publishers can grasp at this point. It means re-architecting your company around this evolving mode of media consumption. It means bringing design thinking around every piece of content being created within a media company. It may also mean that the start of your media strategy going ahead could be based around portability and mobility, not just another device your content has to be ported to, the dominant media thinking currently.”

Plastic Logic Gets Second Chance With Russian Funds To Make Business Reader

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:58:05 -0500

Plastic Logic Gets Second Chance With Russian Funds To Make Business Reader:

It won’t work this time either. You need serious consumer design chops for this, which PL doesn’t have.

Lonely Planet Gets Its First GPS Trip Out

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:58:43 -0500

Navteq and Lonely Planet have teamed up to give domestic travellers personalised location-based travel information on 25 recommended planned trip itineraries in Australia. It’s the first time that Lonely Planet trip information has been integrated into Navteq’s mapping technology as well as Navman’s MY Series range.

TripSwarm startup lasts all of a few weeks | Tnooz

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:32:00 -0500

TripSwarm startup lasts all of a few weeks | Tnooz:

Wow. Online sucks for most travel startups.

BBC Worldwide and Lonely Planet make apps free for Internet Week

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:30:43 -0500

BBC Worldwide will make its BBC Good Food Healthy Recipes app, usually £1.79, free for iPhones and iPods during the week. Lonely Planet will make its London City Guide app free.

“And sometimes you close your eyes and see the place where...

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:12:10 -0500

“And sometimes you close your eyes
and see the place
where you used to live
When you were young…”

Facebook | My Photos - Tunisia: Days of beaches and mountains.

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:56:47 -0500

Facebook | My Photos - Tunisia: Days of beaches and mountains.

“Muji to Go is another free app that’s designed to...

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:53:02 -0500

“Muji to Go is another free app that’s designed to be a travel companion. It’ll help you identify different plugs, calculate exchange rates and time zone differences, find what you’re looking for, and also comes with just a standard calculator.” (via Lifehacker)

Travel + Leisure Magazine's New iPad App

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:48:29 -0500

Travel + Leisure Magazine's New iPad App:

The Travel + Leisure iPad version is for the iPad and this month’s issue is free. Future editions will run you $3.99.

First JV Between LP and BBC, Since It Got Bought

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:47:22 -0500

The first joint publishing venture by Lonely Planet and its parent company, BBC Worldwide, The Traveller’s Guide to Planet Earth…

Lonely Planet In Custom Publishing Deal With Florida County

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:19:36 -0400

Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel content provider, will create editorial guides across multiple channels—including print, digital, and mobile—to compliment the VCB’s promotional campaigns and expand its marketing reach. Lonely Planet will produce a customized printed guide for the destination, and a digital version will be posted online at www.fortmyers-sanibel.com. The partnership also includes development of a custom iPhone app, eight unique travel videos featuring Lonely Planet authors touring the region, a micro-site hosted by www.lonelyplanet.com, and advertising on both LonelyPlanet.com and the UK edition of Lonely Planet Magazine.

Starwood Launching Travel Guides

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:00:11 -0400

Starwood-owned luxury hotel chain The Luxury Collection has launched its own series of travel guides…the Luxury Collection will publish six travel guides to cover Italy, Argentina, India, Spain, Greece and the United States in association with top-end publisher Assouline. The set of six will be available in rooms at The Luxury Collection properties, in Assouline boutiques in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York, and online and in other stores for $140 (€102).

Notes on iPhone Photography

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:32:21 -0400

Notes on iPhone Photography:

spiegelman:

I think Richard Blakeley just discovered the photography section of the iTunes app store, because his Tumblr has become a gallery of processed iPhone photography. Hipstamatic and AutoStitch are both represented, sometimes in tandem. Blakeley is one of the more talented people I know. He’s…

10 Things Guidebooks Won't Tell You - Spending

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:02:34 -0400

10 Things Guidebooks Won't Tell You - Spending:

Great article. This is why this industry is ripe for disruption.

Fodor's Launches Its First Apps

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:18:22 -0400

Fodor's Launches Its First Apps:

Finally, but why do all of them focus on launching city apps only?

Green Mountain Digital Gets $1.5M for Digital Nature Guides

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:28:14 -0400

Green Mountain Digital Gets $1.5M for Digital Nature Guides:

Great niche. Only on portable platforms.

"The death of the guidebook has been predicted for some time. And if the roaming charges go, the..."

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:37:18 -0400

“The death of the guidebook has been predicted for some time. And if the roaming charges go, the final nails will be hammered in…”

- Are guidebooks facing extinction? | Travel | The Observer

AARP Debuts Four Apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 11:43:48 -0400

The new AARP app for iPhone and iPod touch enables AARP members to carry a digital version of their membership card, allowing them easier access to member benefits, activities and programs. AARP is also introducing three separate apps for AARP The Magazine, AARP Bulletin and AARP VIVA that will be available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users.

How the iPad is Transforming Web Design

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:37:41 -0400

How the iPad is Transforming Web Design:

Very similar to my ideas on move from flow to flip. Will have implications on how web design will move, in particular for travel guide sites as well.