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Timeline has been so useful. I have used it as a way to recall where we stopped in holidays, check where I was when I made a purchase, and to help diarise work

Timeline has been so useful. I have used it as a way to recall where we stopped in holidays, check where I was when I made a purchase, and to help diarise work related car trips for tax purposes. Having a small computer a with you with lots of sensors on it that is able to record images, sounds, and log location is infinitely more useful when it is searchable in an archive. I don't want to have to do that searching on a small screen.

afavour 2y ago
I started using Foursquare’s Swarm app for recording locations on holiday etc. it works well enough even if it has a load of social nonsense I don’t need or use.
- xp84 2y ago
  I was a longtime user of 4sq/swarm in its heyday, but eventually gave up on it mainly because they never could figure out how to automatically check me in — like Google Timeline does. The whole product has the stench of death about it these days, though. It seems like it’s a hair’s breadth from being discontinued, and its lack of any changes in the past 7 years or so makes me suspect that they have about half a FTE working on it at most.
CharlieDigital 2y ago
I built a web app last year for planning travel but it's also great for tracking your travels and story telling. We use it for both (plan and log). Check out https://turas.app https://turas.app. Our trip: https://turas.app/s/taiwan/0vylwa7K https://turas.app/s/taiwan/0vylwa7K
- ebiester 2y ago
  I've had that in the back of my mind since 2008 and even started building it once but couldn't find a revenue model that made sense - I like that you just decided not to bother with the revenue model!
  - CharlieDigital 2y ago
    Indeed, impossible to find a revenue model that makes sense so I gave up and just let folks use it for free since it costs virtually nothing to run (Firebase backend and Google Maps all still within free tier usage). I have all of my own trips on there so I pretty much build it for my wife and I and then there are a few dozen active MAU planning trips as well. Works out for me and maybe one day I'll open source it when I can't operate it for free any more.
- workfromspace 2y ago
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afavour 2y ago

I started using Foursquare’s Swarm app for recording locations on holiday etc. it works well enough even if it has a load of social nonsense I don’t need or use.

xp84 2y ago
I was a longtime user of 4sq/swarm in its heyday, but eventually gave up on it mainly because they never could figure out how to automatically check me in — like Google Timeline does. The whole product has the stench of death about it these days, though. It seems like it’s a hair’s breadth from being discontinued, and its lack of any changes in the past 7 years or so makes me suspect that they have about half a FTE working on it at most.

CharlieDigital 2y ago

I built a web app last year for planning travel but it's also great for tracking your travels and story telling. We use it for both (plan and log). Check out https://turas.app https://turas.app. Our trip: https://turas.app/s/taiwan/0vylwa7K https://turas.app/s/taiwan/0vylwa7K

ebiester 2y ago
I've had that in the back of my mind since 2008 and even started building it once but couldn't find a revenue model that made sense - I like that you just decided not to bother with the revenue model!
- CharlieDigital 2y ago
  Indeed, impossible to find a revenue model that makes sense so I gave up and just let folks use it for free since it costs virtually nothing to run (Firebase backend and Google Maps all still within free tier usage). I have all of my own trips on there so I pretty much build it for my wife and I and then there are a few dozen active MAU planning trips as well. Works out for me and maybe one day I'll open source it when I can't operate it for free any more.
workfromspace 2y ago
Your website doesn't load when fonts.google.com cannot load (i.e. when blocked)