There can hardly be a more nondescript building in Belfast than the First Presbyterian Church in Rosemary Street, Belfast. At the same time though, there’s also probably no other structure that is as underestimated than the First Church. For a start, the recently renovated façade doesn’t easily show it’s almost quarter of a century age. [...]
Archive for July, 2009
A religious gem in Belfast
Monday, July 13th, 2009
Radioactive tours in Chernobyl
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
Not for the faint-hearted or paranoid – there’s now tours to be booked around the Chernobyl radioactive zone. Tourists, or rather, ‘visitors’ as they are being curiously referred to according to a Times article are being thrown into the deep end of where the Geiger Counter would no doubt have a field day. Sight-seers are [...]
Not for the faint-hearted or paranoid – there’s now tours to be booked around the Chernobyl radioactive zone. Tourists, or rather, ‘visitors’ as they are being curiously referred to according to a Times article are being thrown into the deep end of where the Geiger Counter would no doubt have a field day. Sight-seers are [...]
Traditional guides are dead!
Friday, July 10th, 2009
We’ve just uploaded a video of iGuidez.com on an iPhone. The quality is not the best but the message it presents is astonishing. It’s the first time we’ve really put it through the mill and the results are surprisingly good. What this has really proven now is that traditional travel guides are dead in the [...]
We’ve just uploaded a video of iGuidez.com on an iPhone. The quality is not the best but the message it presents is astonishing. It’s the first time we’ve really put it through the mill and the results are surprisingly good. What this has really proven now is that traditional travel guides are dead in the [...]
The “Spoken” Web
Friday, July 10th, 2009
An interesting article in the Economist magazine really puts into perspective how the internet can be used by illiterate users as a means to develop their own web services. Before, there was plenty of talk about how Google and others wanted to design apps to make mobiles easier to use simply with voice recognition. This [...]
An interesting article in the Economist magazine really puts into perspective how the internet can be used by illiterate users as a means to develop their own web services. Before, there was plenty of talk about how Google and others wanted to design apps to make mobiles easier to use simply with voice recognition. This [...]
Churches are not just for the faithful!
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Here’s an edited version of a blogpost we were asked to contribute to Travel2Educate: Next time you hit the European shores with your travel guide in hand spare a moment’s thought for the sights you want to visit if you really, really want to absorb some of the local culture. For the truth is travel [...]
Here’s an edited version of a blogpost we were asked to contribute to Travel2Educate: Next time you hit the European shores with your travel guide in hand spare a moment’s thought for the sights you want to visit if you really, really want to absorb some of the local culture. For the truth is travel [...]
Rimini is not just about the beach.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
With summer well and truly here everyone is making tracks for the beach these days. Rimini in particular is visited in droves so its safe to assume that if you don’t appear at some stage here you may be missing something. As a matter of fact, the past weekend when notterosa hit town Rimini was [...]
With summer well and truly here everyone is making tracks for the beach these days. Rimini in particular is visited in droves so its safe to assume that if you don’t appear at some stage here you may be missing something. As a matter of fact, the past weekend when notterosa hit town Rimini was [...]
Profiting from video guides
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
It’s still quite clear that many businesses are wary of video guides and are probably unaware of the real potential that they are missing out of. So, what exactly is a video guide and how does it help a business? -a video guide is a mini documentary (a behind the scenes look) of your [...]
It’s still quite clear that many businesses are wary of video guides and are probably unaware of the real potential that they are missing out of. So, what exactly is a video guide and how does it help a business? -a video guide is a mini documentary (a behind the scenes look) of your [...]
A Googlist: Google’s new soldier.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Google have taken a rather novel approach to increasing their unparalleled street mapping services by employing cyclists on ricksaws to map tourist attractions off the beaten track. Reported by the Times, since cars or vehicles cannot get anywhere near these monuments and points of interest that are located in the middle of parks, fields and [...]
Google have taken a rather novel approach to increasing their unparalleled street mapping services by employing cyclists on ricksaws to map tourist attractions off the beaten track. Reported by the Times, since cars or vehicles cannot get anywhere near these monuments and points of interest that are located in the middle of parks, fields and [...]