It might be better to encourage a road widening scheme rather than car pooling at the moment! Someone has to spend all that stimulus money into the economy after all. :-)
No seriously it is a good idea. I made a London group: http://simplifyconnections.appspot.com/?place=ApproachableLondoners for friendly people. Not quite sure how the group would expand its membership though but I guess if anyone else in London is using it then they would see the pin? On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote: > J Folks, > > This chat is completely off topic. I have been > developing an application which you can see at the URL in > the subject. This application fosters social communication > among "neighbors" or other afinity groups via the web. It's > main distinction from other such apps is that users need not > register or sign in and it is hosted completely by Google. > > If you go to the link, take a look at my canonical > neighborhood group by typing MMMPath into either of the > input fields and you will see what inspired me to create > this Google based application. Originally this application > was developed to promote carpooling. > > Or play around by typing in Playground. Or create > your own group by typing in whatever you want to one of the > fields on the homepage; but there is one difference if you > want to create your own group, you will be asked to register > for a Google account or to sign in to your existing Google > account. > > I would love for you to start your own group or to > tell others how to do so. > > There is one unique kind of group that I would like > to promote, which involves USA Interstate Highway travelers. > You can see a little of this special type of group by typing > in one of the Highway examples listed on the bottom of the > homepage, such as I75S-Atlanta. This Interstate application > will not likely get off the ground because I cannot think of > a way to publicize it. But I think it would be sort of like > a free version of the truckers' old CB-radio system if it > ever got widely used. Or maybe someone will develop a > similar one for a hiking trail like the Appalachian Trail. > > If you have any comments or questions, I would love > to hear from you. > > Brian > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- http://www.ixquick.com/ Ixquick Protects Your Privacy! The only search engine that does not record your IP address. http://www.vivapalestina.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
