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  • 8 December 2008
  • 6:03pm
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Print on Demand trial

AJConroy Lonely Planet author

We’re doing a lot of work to expand Lonely Planet into new formats, from digital downloads to video to wireless.  One of the emerging technologies we’re particularly keen to explore is print-on-demand or PoD, which makes it possible to produce a single copy of a book after an order for it is received.  This offers…

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  • 25 November 2008
  • 5:55pm
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Website technology success part 1: the people

Nigel Dalton Lonely Planet author

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Attending my first Board meeting as the new General Manager of IT at Lonely Planet in April 2007, a board member and key shareholder representative demanded I provide a concise non-technical summary of our failed project to develop a large scale website for Lonely Planet. Filling in my usual IT professional’s thoughtful pause, he proffered:…

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  • 21 November 2008
  • 8:40pm
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Feedback: Thorn Tree profile

AJConroy Lonely Planet author

One of the major changes we’ve made with the relaunched website relates to our user profiles. This is just the latest in a series of changes to our forums.  We started the process in November 2007 when we moved Thorn Tree to the Jive platform. We had no choice.  The old technology was creaking under…

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  • 19 November 2008
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Top ten destinations

AJConroy Lonely Planet author

The last seven days have been hugely enjoyable for the digital teams based in Melbourne, London and Oakland.  After ten months of planning and preparation the new site has been available to users and commercial partners alike. The response has been very positive. We have been working through the comments and the statistics to work…

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  • 14 November 2008
  • 12:39pm
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Working with bloggers

Matthew Cashmore Lonely Planet author

Hi I am the Ecosystem Manager for Lonely Planet, based in Melbourne.    I’ll be posting here on a regular basis.   This week I’ve been back in the UK visiting the World Travel Market in London, and today, the Swn Festival in my home town of Cardiff. I’ve been talking to everyone that will…

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  • 13 November 2008
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Feedback: BlueList and Travel Stories

AJConroy Lonely Planet author

Hi We’ve had a thrilling if long twenty four hours.      The various parts of the new website are now all live with the last two elements now in place -Hotels & Hostels and the Shop. The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive.    The teams in Melbourne and London are chuffed with this response…

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  • 8 November 2008
  • 11:44am
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Website relaunched

AJConroy Lonely Planet author

Hi, I’m the Online Director at Lonely Planet based in Melbourne, Australia. This the first of what I hope will be many entries about all matters digital at Lonely Planet. As you’ll know by now, we’ve relaunched our website.  The focus on this first release are the basics: We’ve increased our coverage of destinations.   You’ll…

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