It’s not particularly surprising to hear the eye-candy-licious Moleskine City Notebooks aren’t very practical, fuelling my speculation of a niche for an online, map-driven, bookmarkable, printable, mobile-ready, downloadable, experience-based, community-focused publication of detailed city guides. Is another project on the horizon? Maybe.
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So – perhaps you could text the page number, or section number of the book, and you’d receive a URL to download the PDF of that section… The first travel book which is fully digitally integrated. I like it.
That’s right Zac, fully integrated – you got it. I’m also thinking iPod-ready downloads (how many backpackers don’t have one?) and a fully enabled mobile or ‘m’ site (e.g. the recently launched Newsvine mobile site). Would be super handy en route from the airport. Glad to hear you like it!
Totally agree. When the contents about cities/travel on the net becomes so rich and so fresh, there is no need for any offline guide, a simple drag and drop to create a customized notebook would be soooo easy.
Moleskinecity.com is aiming at selling more notebooks but the good thing about it is that there is a potential to have strong community to contribute like wiki. If all these can be shared like wiki, these ‘projects’ can spring out like wild fire.
Definitely Patrick, nice idea. Building a community and sharing thoughts would no doubt lead to innovative products and services catering more closely to what the community requires.
Thanks for stopping by… love your photos on Scription btw!