[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":52},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f1dtjvp1yd6c0j":3,"recommended":21},{"title":4,"path":5,"date":6,"updated":7,"tags":8,"excerpt":10,"readingMinutes":11,"commentCount":12,"html":13,"comments":14,"next":15,"prev":18},"Idea time: wikitours. Spoken guides on public transportation.","\u002F2011\u002F12\u002Fidea-time-wikitours-spoken-guides-on\u002F","2011-12-14T09:42:00.001Z","2011-12-14T12:21:53.818Z",[9],"idea time","This idea dates from 2007 when I was strolling around Paris and is very simple: Free, guided tours of cities on your smartphone. dictate a lot of wikipedia entries on building, statues, parks etc. mark the entries with…",1,0,"\u003Cp>This idea dates from 2007 when I was strolling around Paris and is very simple: Free, guided tours of cities on your smartphone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>dictate a lot of wikipedia entries on building, statues, parks etc.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>mark the entries with gps\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>map public transportation routes\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>find corresponding wikipedia entries along the way\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>get on a bus, open the application, enter the number of the route\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>sit back, watch out the window and learn about everything you pass by\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\u003Cp>In 2011 I was reminded of this idea by some apps that were actually developed. \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.windowsphone.com\u002Fen-US\u002Fapps\u002F13f2ab42-da74-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8\">Wiki Talking Tours\u003C\u002Fa> for instance. In 2007 I was thinking about this for a couple of weeks, but the project was simply too big. It's essential parts were non-existent so everything needed to be done from scratch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is very promising to see that all these basic parts: the device itself (smartphone), a map interface (Google maps), spoken wikipedia entries (\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWikipedia:Spoken_articles\">Spoken Wikipedia\u003C\u002Fa>), transportation routes (Google transit), have all come forward in the last couple of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creative innovation is much cheaper, easier and faster now that this "idea-infrastructure" is in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",[],{"title":16,"path":17},"Idea time: Language Acquisition 2.0","\u002F2011\u002F12\u002Fidea-time-language-acquisition-20\u002F",{"title":19,"path":20},"Idea time: supermarket navigation","\u002F2011\u002F12\u002Fidea-time-supermarket-navigation\u002F",[22,27,32,35,39,42,45,49],{"title":23,"path":24,"note":25,"series":26},"Mapping out Dark Code","\u002F2026\u002F03\u002Fmapping-out-dark-code\u002F","2026",false,{"title":28,"path":29,"note":30,"series":31},"The software that I love","\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Fthe-software-that-i-love\u002F","Series · 36 posts",true,{"title":33,"path":34,"note":25,"series":26},"Navigating the Fog of War: Age of Empires, AI Agents, and the Rise of Dark Code","\u002F2026\u002F05\u002Fnavigating-fog-of-war-age-of-empires-ai\u002F",{"title":36,"path":37,"note":38,"series":26},"The Future of Programming Systems - four thoughts","\u002F2024\u002F09\u002Fthe-future-of-programming-systems-four\u002F","2024",{"title":40,"path":41,"note":38,"series":26},"Always Optimize the Feedback Loop","\u002F2024\u002F07\u002Falways-optimize-feedback-loop\u002F",{"title":43,"path":44,"note":38,"series":26},"\"Security Is Our Top Priority\" is BS","\u002F2024\u002F07\u002Fsecurity-is-our-top-priority-is-bs\u002F",{"title":46,"path":47,"note":48,"series":26},"10x teams","\u002F2025\u002F02\u002F10x-teams\u002F","2025",{"title":50,"path":51,"note":48,"series":26},"Hiring, from the Other Side","\u002F2025\u002F10\u002Fhiring-from-other-side\u002F",1792876809227]