Tuesday, August 10, 2010

The ever present grapple with technologies and travel chronicles

For the last few years I have struggled with the best way to capture my travels and the places I want to remember.  I don't mean the waxing poetic memories, but the practical aspects: locations, prices, room details, restaurants, tips & tricks learned on the road. I go from paper notes and business cards with the "One day I'll organize" it plan to the scattered applications of my iPhone: dropping pins on Google apps, specifics on Notepad, checking in with Gowalla and Foursquare, Twitter feeds to my blog, Uploading photos to Twitter and updating my blog (which I never do). 

I think I may have found something that can work: Everlater.  They have a free iPhone app, that mercifully works offline so that what I capture doesn't trigger bone rattling roaming fees, and it synchs up to my Everlater blog when I am on WiFi.  I also just read that with Everlater, you can mirror the content, maps and POIs into any webpage or blog. So here goes!

I am off to Vancouver and Toronto next week ad will give it a whirl. Unfortunately, I will still have to double up with posting to Twitineraries of my Twavels, but I think I can live with that.