So, as always, when you go to somewhere new in the world, there are
things you wanna try that you couldn’t usually be so inclined to at home. Here
are a list of a few Apps I wish did exist for these purposes… In fact, if you
choose to take my idea, just give me some credit, alright? Hehe!
Local Guide – App that sets
people up 1-on-1 with clean reputed local either as a blind date or plutonic
friend tour guide
What’s the first thing most people want to do when they experience a
new city? They want to experience the life without the restraining relative or
judgmental friend. This way, you can find someone local who doesn’t know you
and may be just as interested as where you’re from. This is a friendly exchange
unless you plan for it to be a blind date. As for me, I’d love to see what
dating in foreign countries is like, so I’d want to find someone to take me
around and give me the date treatment. The tour guide option is like a friend
option; having a new friend take you around and show you the local highlights.
OMG, that would be fun!
Friend Date – App that lets
you meet people and go on friend dates, like a pre-blind date
I WANT THIS SO MUCH!! For me, I make friends very easily, so without
the pressures of it developing into anything more. Think of it as a pre-date
where you are connected by interest and goals. I go on dating sites for this
and end up closing my account because most guys on dating sites just want to
hook up. There’s no relationship in it. And I’m not looking for that. So, why
can’t we make something that connects like-minded people without the pressures
of sleeping with someone to get to know them? Shouldn’t it be the other way
around anyway?!
Menu Charted – App that shows
me where the foods and cravings I have can be found according to taste and
location
There are SO MANY PEOPLE who love spicy foods and yet… they’re left to
hunt through the city for what they want. So, make an App that rates food on
spice levels and, add something that makes food equivalences to help me, the
foreigner, understand the importance of these foods! Show me the ‘Denny’s’ of
China… or the ‘In-N-Out’ of Taiwan. Where is the ‘Olive Garden’ or ‘Chipotle’
of Africa or Europe! And likewise, the App can go the other way around showing
tourists in America their ‘Denny’s’ and more. Know what I mean? Get what I’m
trying to say? It’s not a replica or mimic, but more like telling me, a
tourist, what I’m eating means what where I am at. This is so hard to explain
without knowing what the abroad restaurants really are. For example, I think I’ll
be safe if I say that the ‘In-N-Out’ of Taiwan is ‘Mos Burger’. Right? Get it?
Treasure Hunt
(Live!) – App that gives me the thrill of a treasure hunt through the city of
my visit
Depending on your budget, any treasure hunt is possible. Instead of
relying on a travel agency, give me an App that lets me customize my time and
route, so that I can see the treasures of the city before I embark on my
journey. The Broad Museum had it synced up so as to digitally show me more
about everything in front of me based off of either a QR code or something that
links me somewhere else where all the information is stored and accessible by
curious minds, like myself. Maybe the hunt can be a competition, to see if we
can find all of them and take photos and experience the city in the way more
locals do. I mean, isn’t that WHY we travel and visit the world?
Knowledge On Call – App that
connects me to people who has answers to my questions
I think about A LOT of things that really blows my mind. I want
answers so I want to have a conversation with someone without physical
appearances getting in the way. Instead of talking to an AI, I want to talk to
someone of that field, and speculate with them. I want them to encourage me to
think and so that I can think more on my own, before coming back to talk to
them. Whether they be old or young, interest is interest. Curiosities need to
be satisfied, especially if I just need to know the POV of one idea that can
take minutes… I don’t want to do hours of research in the wrong direction. Come
on… HELP should be readily available and free!
Okay, these are just a few. But I feel like I’ve vented a lot of my frustrations
and it makes me happy. You got any ideas, any recommendations, and thoughts and
feelings about these? Want to collaborate or make one? I’d love to hear from
you!!
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