18 October 2008

MeetWays.com

Tree Hugger ran an interesting story about Meetways.com.

The article reads, "Meeting half way is an old concept for cutting down the distance two people have to travel to get to one another. With everyone warily eyeballing gas prices and taking up bikes or a good pair of shoes as a preferable mode of transportation, shortening the travel distance and meeting half way seems even more appealing.

"But how do you pick where to meet, especially if you’re unfamiliar with the area? There’s a cool website that does the work for you and makes meeting in the middle more of an adventure.

"Meetways.com lets users enter in two addresses plus the type of place where two people would want to converge. So say you’re trying to get together with a client from across town and you’d like to talk over coffee. Enter in your two addresses and “coffee” and Meetways figures out the exact middle point, then gives you coffee shops surrounding that point. Users can find a favorite place that’s equidistant, or discover a place they’ve never tried before to make it an adventurous outing."

It's a small step, to be sure, but every little step helps!

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