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Hey, I'm Thomas, serial entrepreneur, tech geek, adventurer, admirer of fast cars, motorcycles or anything capable of giving an adrenaline rush. :) thomas@eaglemountaindata.com

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If I could do it all over again, I would say screw the startup, the money, the IPO and all that crap. I'd run away to an island and spend maximum time with my first partner - who I lost far too soon in life. No money will ever bring them back. The time lost was not worth it. It's the biggest regret in my life that can still bring me to tears as a write this. I would give up everything to go back and tell my younger self to change that one fateful decision.

Let's hope they didn't actually waste money building this. Lets break this down.

- Travefy already does itineraries and has an API.

- Who needs SIM Activation? We all have virtual sims and global roaming.

- Visa submissions cannot be automated - tricky government websites.

- Local time, weather and air quality? iPhone does that.

- Idea for a destination? Ask Chatgpt

- Airline Check-in? Airlines have moved to auto-check-in

- Hotel Check-in? Front desk in most international hotels needs you to be present to show passport and credit card with PIN.

Nothing truly useful here. Do some more brainstorming.

Amazing read, to get a glimpse of 'gripes' of Americans back in the day. Reminds me of the whole "Freedom Fries' fiasco. Times may change. Some gripes stay.

I haven't had cable in over 15 years. I recently tried Pluto.TV on Firestick from my usual Netflix, CBS App watching routine. I quickly realized how many darn commercials regular cable viewers have to suffer through. The repetition is insanity. cringes in disgust

I love Mailchimp I really do. And at first glance it sounds exciting. But ya gotta love how an across-the-board price increase is always sold as "added features". Must be some Jetsmarter people jumped ship and went to Mailchimp. :))) ...joke.

Listen to Wikipedia 11 years ago

Listen to the English version and then the Chinese Version - you will see the Great Firewall of China in action. :/