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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 their gravestone. (Matheson is misspelled on the stone and the location is in Gaelic “Adra Chiolla”)
Turning 40 this year myself, my brother and I decided it was time to journey back to the where our DNA came from. For some cosmic reason I want to put my hands in the dirt where my Scottish ancestors toiled.
But this adventure has grown! Trekkit is making an adventure TV show for the new Bell Aliant Community One channel, 13 whopping episodes starting to air in September. (Guess what! The show is called Trekkit!). So 2 of the episodes are going to be about our adventures in Scotland. Because off all the gear we needed to carry for filming we have recruited the wives to come with us :) .
We will be filming not just Scotland, but also a bit in England, so stay tuned for webisodes on Stonehenge, an interview with a Master Swordsmith, a scramble up Ben Nevis, and our first experience munching some Haggis and local brew.
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Kids are off to their grandparents, the dog is in good hands (thanks Aunt Kathy and Veronica). The clothes and camera gear are packed. Time to head to the airport … starting what feels like a journey home.
Safe and Happy Trekks,
Ryan, Kristy, Peter and Monica
P.S Going to do all the filming on a Canon 60D (plus accessories) and using my Windows 8 Tablet instead of a traditional laptop on the trip.
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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 making it EASY!! Thanks to Jeff at OrangeSprocket with your ninja graphic guidance.
Stay tuned to this blog and we will post when Trekkit Mobile 1.5 hits the Apple App Store. Remember you can alway visit us at http://www.trekk.it/ .
Thanks!
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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 phone where not modified, just taken with the 8 MP camera, imported into Lightroom and exported out without any editing.
As most smartphones, the Windows Phone embeds the location data right in the photo so I could upload them right to Trekkit and make a Trekk.
Check out the rest of the pictures taken with the Nokia Lumia 900
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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 and full of archeological wonders.
Come re-live the adventure with the pilgrims.
Click here to view the full Trekk.
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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!). Its that simple — snap photos, upload to Trekkit, share, share, share!
Super-duper thanks to Steven and Dawn taking the Canon PowerShot SX230 HS GPS camera and doing this Trekk.
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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.
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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.
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Free Premium Subscription: Get the App by Mar 31, 2012
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 Trekks
- Give unique URL for your profile, Trekks and images
- Priority Tech Support Queue
- Advanced Trekk editing features
- Embed Trekks into your personal blogs and personal websites
We may add a few new premium features by the time we are done so stay tuned.
