G'day everyone, I was at TechCrunch Disrupt NY this week and pretty much every volunteer i spoke to (on Wednesday) wanted to see Brian speak!
Only saw 3 other Aussies there which was a surprise. I'm going to put my notes/experience down at http://blog.roboinvest.com. Cheers Mike On May 26, 1:32 am, Matthew Ho <matt.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ben & Bec, > > Airbnb used to have Tripit Integration. But now that we have > reformatted the confirmations, the TripIt system no longer reads it. > > I use TripIt as well, so I agree it would be an awesome feature to > have! I will check with our team if we will be doing any further work > around this. > > We've also announced today that Ashton Kutcher has joined Airbnb as an > investor and advisor. Rock on!! He has investments in Foursquare, > Path, Ubermedia, Hipmunk, Flipboard and has his own twitter app as > well. > > http://blog.airbnb.com/no-were-not-punking-you-ashton-joins-airbnb-t > > If you have any further Airbnb questions / feature suggestion, please > email me directly. Would love to hear from you! > > Cheers, > > Matt Ho > Airbnb > @inspiredworlds > > On May 25, 11:24 pm, Bec Coleman <b...@becfaye.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi second the TripIt suggestion. > > I'm a big fan of Tripit and Airbnb. > > > Keep up the great work! > > > Thanks > > Bec > > > On 25/05/2011, at 9:00 PM, Ormagord wrote: > > > > Nice work, Matt. I am a big fan of Airbnb. Living in Italy and travel a > > > bit to the UK where we book our stuff through the service. > > > > I was checking out Melbourne properties in the beginning to see what it > > > was all about. Cracked me up that one of the top-rated places sounded > > > absolutely great. It was only after reading quite a few reviews that it > > > was apparent that the hosts slept on a sofa bed in the living room, while > > > the punters were in the one bedroom! I have no problem with this and > > > neither must the clients, as most made no mention. > > > > To my mind it is somewhere between couch-surfing and paying for a hotel > > > which may or may not be good value. A fabulous idea. > > > > Good luck with it. I think Airbnb will kill the pig. > > > > Can I suggest some functionality? I think if there was a TripIt sytle > > > itinerary agreggator, that would be really helpful in keeping all the > > > accommodation plans, notes and communication in one place. > > > > Rgds, Ben > > > > On 25 May 2011 12:45, Brendan Quinn <bren...@cluefulmedia.com> wrote: > > > Congratulations Matt! That sounds like a fun role, best of luck with > > > it and remember us SBers when you're rich after the AirBnB IPO next > > > year ;-) > > > > Brendan. > > > > On 23 May 2011 20:31, Matthew Ho <matt.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I've recently joined Airbnb. I'm their first Australian based hire. > > > > I'll be launching them in Oz, with a focus on signing up new > > > > properties and new users. We also have another Airbnb'er in > > > > Melbourne! > > > > > Airbnb summary: "We connect people who have space to spare with those > > > > who are looking for a place to stay." Reid Hoffman has called us "The > > > > eBay of space". We're funded by Sequoia and Greylock. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > > > Australia mailing list. > > > > Guidelines on > > > discussion:http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e13... > > > > No lurkers! 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