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Monday, August 25th, 2008

Hey, Democrats: Some More Advice

Mark Evans: Director, Community

With the Democratic convention happening in Denver this week, our local expert, Jason Steele, has some final words of advice.

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Monday, August 18th, 2008

Luke Fisher’s Beijing

Mark Evans: Director, Community

Luke Fisher, a freelance photographer who we hired to shoot Hong Kong for us a few months ago, is currently in Beijing to take in the Olympics and the city’s attractions.

Luke has uploaded dozens of photographs to his PlanetEye profile. I’ve selected a few of his Olympics-focused photographs. You can also check out Luke’s Beijing Travel Pack.

National Indoor Stadium

Beijing National Stadium (aka The Bird’s Nest)

Fencing Competition

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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

PlanetEye Selected As Company to Watch

Mark Evans: Director, Community

PlanetEye is excited about its selection as one of Canada’s “10 Web 2.0 Companies to Watch” by IDC Canada.

“Being recognized by IDC as one of Canada’s leading online companies is terrific news,” said Butch Langlois, PlanetEye’s president and chief executive. “It’s another important confirmation of our online travel planning service and the exciting features we have launched such as the Travel Pack, which lets people collect and organize the photographs and places they discover on PlanetEye.”

IDC made its selections after considering a wide variety of companies it monitors that offer Web 2.0/social networking services. The selection process was based on criteria such as clarity of vision, development of a partner ecosystem, strength of customer/user base, prospects for growth, and the overall market trajectory.

The other companies selected by IDC were AdHack, dthree Inc., Octopz, Overlay.TV, Ramius, SceneCaster, Standout Jobs, Tomoye and Tungle.

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Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Global Nomad Added to Alltop

Mark Evans: Director, Community

One of the gems within PlanetEye’s growing collection of valuable and useful content is our Global Nomad blog, which is written by Brendan Powell as he and his girlfriend travel around the world this year.

Brendan’s posts reflect his writing skills but also his enthusiasm and passion for travel, and his interest in discovering the unique, out-of-the-way, undiscovered places that make a good trip great.

Having Brendan within the PlanetEye community is a great fit because his writing and approach to travel reflect the type of information that we want to provide to travelers.

It is gratifying and exciting that Global Nomad has been added to the travel section of Alltop.com, alongside respected blogs such as Travel Rants, Lonely Planet, Peter Greenberg, Write to Travel and The Lost Girls.

If you’re not familiar with Alltop, it’s sort of a like a “digital magazine rack” where you can quickly get information on a wide range of topics. Each blog or Web site listed on Alltop includes headlines for the last five posts/stories. Check it out.

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Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Start Planning with a Travel Pack

Mark Evans: Director, Community

After a lot of hard work behind scenes, we’re excited to announce a new travel-planning feature on PlanetEye: the Travel Pack.

So, what’s a Travel Pack?

Think of it as the digital equivalent of the manila folders that many people use (particularly if you’re one of those really organized travelers!) to file travel reviews and magazine articles about destinations when they’re planning a trip or just thinking about travel ideas.

Using a Travel Pack, you can “clip” photographs on PlanetEye of all the places you may want to visit (restaurants, attractions, hotels, etc.)

Let’s say, for example, you see a photograph of the Hôtel Le Germain in downtown Toronto (A very nice boutique hotel, by the way!). If it strikes you as interesting and a place you may want to stay, you click “Add to Travel Pack” , and the hotel is added to a Travel Pack that you create.

As your Travel Pack starts to takes shape, all the “clips” that you’ve been adding will start to influence your travel choices so you can get the most out of your trip.

In the near future, we’ll be introducing some new elements to the Travel Pack that will make it even more useful and valuable so watch this space!

It goes without saying that we’re very excited about the Travel Pack and how it can help you make more insightful travel planning decisions.

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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Follow Our Global Nomad

Mark Evans: Director, Community

A few months ago, I found out that Brendan Powell, a friend of brother’s, was planning an around-the-world, 10-month trip through South America, Asia and Europe.

My first reaction was envy, following by a tinge of jealousy and then some inspiration. Given Brendan’s approach to travel aligns perfectly with PlanetEye’s, it would be great to create a PlanetEye blog where he could write about his adventures and illustrate them with amazing photographs. (For the record, Brendan is a former travel guide with terrific writing and photography skills.)

This led to the creation of the Global Nomad blog, which, in my humble opinion, has become a must-read for anyone interested in travel that often falls outside what is featured in a guidebook.

Brendan’s most recent blog post on a visit to a shanty town, in Rio de Janeiro is a perfect illustration of why his insight and approach to travel is so interesting. The idea of visiting a shanty town may not appeal to every tourist but those curious enough will not be disappointed.

For more on Rocinha, check out this article from Wikipedia, as well as this photo essay by Nat Friedman.

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