Comments on: A transportation app that plans your route, with coffee pick-up, wins City 2.0 award http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-city-2-0-award/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TED Talks video, the TED Prize and more. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Noah Cohen http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-city-2-0-award/comment-page-1/#comment-40675 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:08:41 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=63893#comment-40675 I live in Chicago. This app is silly. The trains, metros and busses are everywhere and easy to navigate, and if you can’t figure it out, you just use iphone/android’s native navigator apps, which have ridiculously good support. And if my route takes me by a Starbucks, and I happen to want coffee, I think I’ll be able to see the huge STARBUCKS sign without this app’s help, thankyouverymuch.

And there are plenty of useful new apps out there; this just isn’t one of them.

For example, check out http://www.larky.com. That’ll knock you out. They have an app that stalks you through your smartphone and pushes discounts/coupons to your phone based on your realtime location. Like, with the Larky app, when I pass by a Starbucks, my phone will actually DO something for me…

Conclusion: Designing Chicago is useless. I’m sorry, there are so many better apps. Thumbs down.

]]> By: Mike Biddle nos explica acerca del reciclaje de plásticos « TEDxCondesaRoma http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-city-2-0-award/comment-page-1/#comment-22417 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:02:40 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=63893#comment-22417 [...] Derechos reservados a http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-c… [...]

]]> By: Is this transit app idea the best ever? | SmartPlanet http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-city-2-0-award/comment-page-1/#comment-20517 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:30:01 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=63893#comment-20517 [...] if videos aren’t your thing, here’s a description from the TED Blog: They are currently designing a transportation app that will not only remind users of line [...]

]]> By: nick smith http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-city-2-0-award/comment-page-1/#comment-20430 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:25:51 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=63893#comment-20430 Good app, hoping to better the introduction http://www.okwomenshealth.com/

]]> By: Sara Aye http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-city-2-0-award/comment-page-1/#comment-20428 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:15:48 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=63893#comment-20428 Hi Kate, just a quick fact check: I used to work at IA Collaborative, not Information Architects. Thank you so much for the article!

]]> By: Una app de transporte que planea tu ruta gana el premio City 2.0 « TEDxCondesaRoma http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-city-2-0-award/comment-page-1/#comment-20421 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:07:18 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=63893#comment-20421 [...] Derechos reservados a http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-c… [...]

]]> By: enes noxe http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-city-2-0-award/comment-page-1/#comment-20398 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:53:23 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=63893#comment-20398 harika bir yazı.noxemedia web tasarım

]]> By: samantha grey http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-city-2-0-award/comment-page-1/#comment-20389 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:56:51 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=63893#comment-20389 Wow. that’s cool! Heads up: for educational app that will teach us how we can save the earth, try Maddie & Matt’s Happy Earth!

]]> By: JezApp http://blog.ted.com/2012/10/15/a-transportation-app-that-plans-your-route-with-coffee-pick-up-wins-city-2-0-award/comment-page-1/#comment-20377 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:06:37 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=63893#comment-20377 Great app idea – simple and practical.

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