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What do you wear to Seven Magic Mountains?
Seven Magic Mountains is an art installation located in the Nevada desert, and the weather can be quite hot and dry. Therefore, it is recommended to wear comfortable and breathable clothing, such as shorts, t-shirts, and sandals or sneakers. You may also want to bring a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen to protect yourself from the sun. It's also a good idea to bring a bottle of water to stay hydrated. While there is no strict dress code, it's important to dress appropriately for the weather and…
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On Spain's east coast, you say? That's news to me. Worse, this is not from some fly-by-night little blog; this is from about.com:
http://goeurope.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=goeuro...
What other goofs have you found lately?
This had to be stopped, of course, but I'm concerned this kind of story will be used by a certain political party to bash welfare and justify further cuts. Of course we have to curb the abuse, but isn't there a real need to protect the neediest in our society?
Yep, Lee was one of the panelists. The other panelists were from Sutro Media which produces iPhone guidebook apps.
Betcha a quarter one of those Bay Area journalists was Lee Foster.
1) I've just returned from a trip to British Columbia. I took along a print guidebook (Lonely Planet) and an e-guidebook (Frommers). I used both, but consulted the printed guidebook more often.
2) At a Bay Area Travel Writers/American Society of Media Photographers meeting in San Francisco earlier this year, two guidebook writers gave a detailed comparison of their printed guidebooks and iPhone apps. They were spending far less time updating the iPhone apps, which would potentially have greater sales and produce more income than their print versions.
3) I recently wrote a three part blog post entitled "The Guidebook In Your iPhone". Here's the link to the first installment: http://bit.ly/bg8ago
"Earlier this year, I uploaded a fictitious nine-bedroom guesthouse – the 111 Hotel – using the address of the Telegraph Media Group and a picture of the office canteen. I added a couple of "over-the-top" reviews (with blatant hyperbole and five-star ratings). After 10 days of my constant tinkering it was finally spotted – but it was time enough for it to be rated in London's top 70 guesthouses (out of more than 300) and time enough for an unsuspecting traveller to be potentially duped into parting with a deposit or turning up at an address to be met by someone whose intentions would be unclear."
And now it looks like there'll be a class action suit against Tripadvisor because of unsubstantiated, business-killing comments.
1. At a recent meeting of SATW's Editors Council, more than one panelist argued that writers will make more money creating an iPhone app than writing a guidebook.
2. After six years living part-time in Greenwich Village, I'm still impressed by the overwhelming tendency of tourists to wander around my nabe with guidebooks in their hands. What's more, it's almost always open to the map pages.