Dopplr is not a service. It’s a pretty and fun toy that the Dopplr folks built for all of us to play with. And while we play with it, they get to play with it some more.
They’ve just published the Raumzeitgeist (see quote below), leading to a lovely image of where Dopplrs have been (heavily European and North American).
For me, the scary thing is that HEL-LHR was a top route (gosh, how many times did I do that one?) and Finland was in the top ten destination countries (albeit, 10th).
Go see more interesting tidbits on their site (link below).
Link: Dopplr Blog » Dopplr Raumzeitgeist 2007: Where we went last year:
Zeitgeist of course means “Spirit of the times”. You’re probably familiar with Google’s wonderful ‘zeitgeist’ report they publish annually, reflecting culture in what people were searching for that year.
“Raumzeitgeist” translates literally as “Space Time Spirit” and that’s precisely what we’ve got here. It’s about where we, the users of Dopplr, travelled through space and time on our little planet last year…
Charlie – just to be clear, we don’t think that fun/beauty/playfulness and utility/service/tool have to be an either/or thing.
We call Dopplr a ‘Beautility’ and beautilities are both/and… 😉
Charlie – just to be clear, we don’t think that fun/beauty/playfulness and utility/service/tool have to be an either/or thing.
We call Dopplr a ‘Beautility’ and beautilities are both/and… 😉
I enjoy Dopplr, next to Twitter, it has been my fave web spot/app/place in the last 12 months.
It is fun to see where folks are and where they will be next and really how many of us are going to SXSW next month.
Although, no one that I am friends with will be in India when I am there…
;o)
> For me, the scary thing is that HEL-LHR was a top route (gosh, how many times did I do that one?) and Finland was in the top ten destination countries (albeit, 10th).
Not that surprising that given Matt J. Dopplr is an ex-Nokialainen, that initially invites were personal, and that when invites were opened up to 100 global countries, Nokia was one of them.
@Matt Yeah, what I meant is that it’s not ‘just’ any old service, but something funner than that. Beautility, indeed.