May 2012
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Off to Britannia and Caledonia
In 1802, my direct descendants (John and Elizabeth {Betsy} Matheson) took an adventure of a lifetime. They set sail from the Scottish Highlands (Eddrachillis) to the new world. They arrived in North Carolina but were not allowed to land. Within a year (1803) they settled in Scotch Ridge (just outside St. Stephen), New Brunswick. John was 40 when he arrived in New Brunswick. Here is a picture of...
April 2012
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Trekkit Mobile 1.5 Beta
Adventurers,
Thanks for all your feedback so far on Trekkit Mobile. We have been listening and been hard at work incorporating those changes into Trekkit Mobile 1.5. Now that 1.5 is close to hitting the Apple AppStore, we can now focus on getting out the Android and Windows Phone editions! We can’t wait.
Here is a sneak preview of the new interface. Not many new features, we focused on...
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Nokia Lumia 900 Spring Trekk
The best way to try the camera on a new phone is to go on a Trekk. We just landed a new Nokia Lumia 900 at Trekkit Lab to investigate porting Trekkit Mobile to Windows Phone 7.5. As soon as the Android port is done, off to WP7, no rest for the wicked.
So I grabbed my third born son, an ATV, and the Nokia Lumia 900 and went for a Trekk. Spring means, water, mud and fun!
The pictures from the...
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Happy Easter 2012
Here is a holiday Trekk from a group of Christian pilgrims exploring the Holy Land. They arrived home on Good Friday and spent Palm Sunday in Jerusalem.
The group spent time in both Israel and Jordon and photographed many points of interest.
No matter your faith or religious disposition, Israel and Jordon make an interesting adventure —- exploring a land with deep history, diverse culture...
March 2012
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Egyptian Pyramids Trekk
Check out a wonderful Trekk showing these master adventures exploring the Egyptian Pyramids.
This “Egyptian Pyramids Trekk” was created by just using a GPS equipped camera (or smartphone), which can be the easiest way to create Trekks when adventuring to far away places. You just have to take pictures, upload them to Trekkit, and it creates the Trekk, like the one below (easy eh!)....
Happy Pi Day
Trekkit is wishing all Trekkers a Happy Pi Day this March 14th.
Trekkit Help Videos
We think a picture is worth a thousand words. We also think having to read manuals all the time is about the most boring thing we could think of.
That’s why we have launched a series of Howto Videos to help you out.
While not as sexy (No horses or ATV’s here) as the adventure videos, they will still give you a chance to see how Trekkit works.
The videos are available all through...
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Trekkit Goes to Hollywood!
Well…not really but we have posted 4 new Trekkit videos to show you how to use Trekkit with an iPhone or a GPS/Digital Camera combo. Check them out!
Shout out to our video stars Paul, Claire, Jacob, Kristy, Ryan, the Horse and a Windows 8 tablet. Gotta watch them all to find the tablet!
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International Trekks!
Trekkit adventures have gone international!
Check out the latest Trekks from China, Qatar and South America.
Trekks by Carloe Liu in China
Sand Dunes Outside of Qatar
Ray Zahab and I2P Crew in South America
February 2012
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We Made The Paper!
Trekkit has been a great team effort! Thanks to Paul Archer, Kristy, Eddy, Ric and gang from OrangeSprocket to get Trekkit this far. Now Phase II can begin.
Check out Ray’s Expedition across the Andes from the story below.
Click Above Image for Full Size
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Free Premium Subscription: Get the App by Mar 31,...
To celebrate our first iPhone App in the Apple AppStore we are giving away a 1 year premium Trekkit subscription for everyone that downloads and registers for Trekkit by March 31, 2012. Please sign up with a valid email address as it is the only way we can send you your upgrade code.
The premium version will be out in March (or maybe sooner) and will add the following features:
Password Protect...
January 2012
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Jeff in Cuba
Check out Jeff in Cuba. Jeff is the lead designer for the Trekkit look and feel. He might work for Orange Sprocket but he is a part of the Trekkit family. Thanks Jeff for letting us use your vacation as a featured Trekk.
Click on the Trekkit logo above to see his Trekk in full screen. Safe and Happy Trekks everyone!
New Website is Live!!!
We are super pumped to start letting people see the new website this weekend.
The site is about 80% done and we will aim to have it all finished in the coming week.
Lots of new features so take a look…http://www.trekk.it.
December 2011
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Don’t Have An iPhone? No Worries!
Along with our new website design (which we are super pumped about) we have added a new feature for users of Android, Windows or Blackberry devices.
Although you won’t get all of the features of using the TrekkTrakker for iPhone, you can still take pictures and geotag the photos. The photos will show up on Trekkit as any other photos would.
You won’t get the trail to connect the pics (until we...
Need Help?
Looking to find your way around Trekkit? We have a number of useful links for you. All links can be found from the website under the ‘Help’ menu item.
To get started, you can check out the FAQ here or look at the knowledge base. Both of these get updated regularly so check back often.
If you can’t find the answers in there, you can always contact us or leave feedback. We read every entry,...
November 2011
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Trekkit Logo Design
The design phase of our logo from scratch. Some very cool concepts.
Thx to all at Orange Sprocket.
Adventurers Wanted!
Hello everyone,
We are looking for a few adventurous souls to help us in the final leg of our journey. Our destination is to get our TrekkTrakker iPhone app to the Apple App Store. But in order to do this we have to test, test, test and get the final bugs and gremlins out of the system.
If you have a Apple iPhone 3GS or newer we would love your support and feedback.
Here are some links to get...
Becoming a Trekkit iPhone AppBeta Tester
If you are familiar with Beta Programs for the iPhone and want to jump right in, start with the Quick Start section of this blog.Following the Quick Start section is the Becoming a Trekkit Beta Tester section for those who would like to read more about the process.
Quick Start
Best is to follow these steps on your iPhone. Please forward this webpage or the link below to your iPhone. Makes it...
Trekkit iPhone Beta Roadmap
Roadmap to 1.0
We will be adding additional features over the coming months to our iPhone app. We are looking at releasing a new version every two weeks until 1.0 is golden and ready to be submitted to the Apple App Store. There may be releases between Betas to fix critical bugs along the way.
We will also be listening to you, our beloved Beta Testers as to what features you would like to see....
New Website Posted
We just launched our new beta2 (second test edition) of the website @ http://www.trekk.it .
We will be launching 1.0 by March 2012 but we will be posting updates every few weeks as we add features and fix bugs along the way.
The next major update will be a new look and feel with integrated UserVoice Help Desk and user feedback system.
Please drop us a note and let us know what you think.
Safe...
Back from New York
Kristy, Ryan and I had an awesome week in NYC. We got a lot of new ideas that will now be making their way into the build…and hey, NYC is just such a fantastic place and full of energy, we couldn’t help but get inspired.
Safe and happy Trekks
Paul
Chief Trekking Officer
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Trekkit won't be supporting IE 6 →
As the world approaches less than 1% usage of IE 6, Trekkit will be not actively support it. We will test with IE 6 to make sure the core functionality works BUT some of the fancy features may be disabled when using IE 6. I loved IE 6 in its day, but time to move on.
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New York Bound
All our bags are packed and we’re ready to travel!
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Adventures to New York City
Paul, Kristy and I are all heading to the Big Apple on Sunday. The Trekkit Team is in search of a few cool companies that share our sense of adventure. We are meeting with small biz all the way up to the largest in NY. We will be posting Trekks as we go so stop by and see what we are up to.
Safe and Happy Trekks,
Ryan Groom, Chief Adventure Officer