Kristi Barrow

Worldmate has finally released an iPhone app. Worldmate used to be my travel itinerary manager of choice when I worked off a blackberry, but I switched to TripIt when I began using my iPhone. Although neither had an iPhone “app”, at least Tripit had a iphone friendly browsing experience. At the time (July 08?) Worldmate’s stance was that their users didn’t have iphones so they had no plans for iPhone product development. I guess they must have …

Urbanspoon is a site that helps you find out everything about your local restaurants and includes menus, recommendations and reviews. The popularity of the Urbanspoon iPhone application has increased significantly in Australia since it started appearing on Apple’s iPhone commercials.
 
So how do you make sure that your business is listed on Urbanspoon?
Good news, it’s easy and free!
First check to see if your business is listed by searching at Urbanspoon. If it is already there, update as much information …

Hi All,
I am about to head off on my first trip to the Northern Territory. I can’t believe I have never been there before. I am armed with my eee PC and iphone so I will attempt to blog about my travels on the way.
I’ll be posting photos directly from my iPhone to my travel map. Fingers crossed I’ve set everything up correctly!

Since I re-did the Estonians in Australia site with Wordpress (the site aims to keep Aussies, usually with an Estonian heritage up-to-date) and started this blog, Kristi Barrow Ramblings (I will come up with a better name!), I’ve been experimenting with many plugins to try and customise to each audience.  Here are my favourite plugins, listed because; they worked, they were easy to implement (no coding required); and they served a purpose.

I have always loved to travel, and in my last job with Expedia as Marketing Director for Australia & New Zealand I was lucky enough to do a fair bit of travel.  I always enjoyed travelling for work; provided I had a bit of time to myself to sight-see and play tourist.  What I did work out pretty quickly, was that there were some a few essential items I needed to travel with to make my travelling easier, better, funner …