The Datevine launches...

24 Mar 07 @ 06:42 PM  category » tech

So, finally, I've launched The Datevine. This has been a work in progress for a while, but the concept is simple: there are plenty of good sites out there that will tell you where the best Thai in your neighbourhood is, or Google will tell you that the best sailing school near NYC is X. And plenty of magazines will tell you 100 cool things to do outside in the summer, or blogs will tell you about some cool new spot that has opened up in your nabe.

But the problem is that you throw away magazines, and you don't search the archives of blogs or Citysearch or Yelp unless you know what you are searching for. If you know you want Thai, or to go sailing, it's easy, but what do you do if you want inspiration, want some ideas to try something new, that you haven't thought of already?

That's where The Datevine will help. You can search by category (e.g. sporting, shopping, politics, etc) and by price range, and it will give you a bunch of results of cool things to do in a given city - as recommended by ordinary people like you, with interests like you. The stuff that's best rated by users will rise to the top, and the community will contribute the best things they love about their city, so you don't have to rely on paid editorial in TimeOut and Citysearch and outfits like that.

Try it. See if you like what you find. And if you do, give back to the community by putting in some tips for things you love as well.