Bobby Trazzler??

A few thoughts. Where in the world are we going??.. that is when we travel, and what do we do when we get there?
One company is having a go at this called Trazzler.com and with some very good pedigree in respect to management, founded by two Adam's; one being Adam Rugel and the other Adam Weller who both started 71miles.com.
Recently; they formed Trazzler with backing from Evan Williams and Biz Stone of "Revenue?? Yeah we thought about that" Twitter fame, so it should be quite interesting what these guys come up with.
I think they have a lot of work to do in integrating the booking engine etc but the UI is quite clean albeit it doesn't leave much room for other stuff due to the text size etc.
However it looks like they have some seasoned travel writers on board; but the UGC side of things seems rather lacking, but in summary; the management team does seem have a passion for travel experiences, and I guess their strategy is for filtering/editing through professional content.
But the problem with that is that it could lead to a monolithic site which cuts of the air supply for inspiring choices which in the end ultimately creates that special and unique travel adventure. One last thing what does Trazzler mean?
I do wish them luck in what is a very crowded space, albeit one with lots of noise and confusion.
Maybe they should just make it a widget.. now widgets..don't get me started!!;-D

Air Free60°

My recent post about the current state of the airline industry left me wondering what the actual future holds for air travel.
With airlines contributing to over 5% or more of annual C02 emission and by 2025 possibly >10%; some forward thinking organisations are already considering alternatives to flying (no teleports are not quite their yet!!).
The Delft University CleanEra project based in the Netherlands called is looking ahead to the way cutting emissions in Co2 and Nitris Oxide by 50% beyond 2025, with a surprising and inspiring solution. (See above) .

The idea of circular based aircraft is certainly the stuff of 1950s science fiction and in some ways it makes perfect sense, with potentially perfect aerodynamics and with great views and space to walk round would possibly give a whole new flying experience.
The current generation of airlines are fundamentally based on technologies and airplane design from the early jets in the late 1940’s and all require runways in order for lift-off, and with this potential design vertical take-off could be possible , thus all the current problems and news with a need for another Heathrow runway etc could be looked at in the future as somewhat quaint. (Not sure if that’s the right word to use) .

So maybe the skies of the 2050s will hum silently with small and medium flying saucers taking us to above and beyond!