Design: For the lonley traveler
I have spent a good amount of time traveling alone. On one hand, I find it very freeing. There is no planning, scheduling or accommodating other people. On the other hand, it can be a bit lonesome. My travels alone have inspired the following concept.
The idea is that a person traveling alone can sign up for a service that allows you to find other lonely travelers with similar interests. Before I explain the concept, I want to let it be known that this design was intended for use on an iPhone. So here it goes. You sign up for an account. Rather than having to fill out another personal profile, you point the ‘Lonely Traveler’ to other social networking services that you have accounts with. From these accounts, it aggregates your interests. A person should also be able to supplement their pulled interests with new ones to be entered in to the system. When signed in to our account, the “Lonely Traveler” matches your location with other account holders’ locations and subsequently informs you of those with shared interests. Based on shared interests, the system searches your local area to make suggestions about where you can meet up with other lonely travelers.
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I hope I’ve explained this concept well. If not, feel free to drop me a message (nquaglia at gmail dot com)
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