May 2012
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Meet the Organizers: Francesco & Katrin
Today we’d like to introduce you to two of our fab Gidsy organizers, Francesco & Katrin. Francesco is the creator of the world-famous Pomodoro Technique, and organizes foodie activities on Gidsy, such as the Italian Cooking Crash Course and the upcoming Healthy Cooking & Diet Tips Course. Katrin organizes the Cheesecaking course, and helps run the FC Garage together with Francesco....
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Adventures in Istanbul, Gidsy style
A couple weekends ago, hot on the heels of its Gidsy launch, our CEO Edial along with Frieda and Katie from the Gidsy Community team took a little trip to Istanbul. As the first city to launch on Gidsy through “Unlock your City!”, we just had to see it for ourselves.
The city is great, the food is delicious (hello, baklava & kumpir!), and the people are so awesome - especially...
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Things to do on Food Revolution Day
The time has finally come, tomorrow is Food Revolution Day! All around this beautiful globe, people will be getting together to celebrate, share knowledge, cook, eat and stand up for real food to support Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. Almost 1000 activities will be happening, in 592 cities across 58 different countries!
Since launch day on April 7th we’ve come a long way, having...
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Gidsy launches in Hasselt & Ghent!
The time has come, Belgian friends! It’s official - as of today, anyone in Hasselt & Ghent can organize and book things to do on Gidsy.
After a neck-and-neck race to the finish, the people of Hasselt & Ghent both showed that their cities had the chutzpah to be named Gidsy’s next unlocked cities, and we were happy to oblige!
Ghent impressed us with a great call-to-action...
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Welcome to the Laboratory!
We’re super exited to announce our new team blog: The Laboratory. Be sure to follow us there if you want to see us nerd out about everything behind the scenes of Gidsy!
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Today, we proudly announce the launch of our new blog, the Gidsy Laboratory!
The Laboratory is our place where we will share the knowledge from our team and the experiences we gain along the way...
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“Boiled leg of camel and its broth; cubed camel stewed with garlic, onions, and...”
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Food might be one of the most exciting ingredients for exciting traveling. Dipping into unknown flavors and exploring tastes and scents can be a great way to really ‘get’ a foreign country and culture. Which kind of food has helped you explore an unknown country?
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Gidsy is launching in Gent & Hasselt!
A classic tale of two Belgian cities, both alike in dignity, passion and probably waffles. Gent and Hasselt dueled it out to see who would prevail as the next Gidsy city to launch.
We have been amazed and very impressed by their community efforts - from blog posts and Tweets to Facebook groups and even newspaper articles! This has made us so happy that we have decided to launch in both cities...
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May 19th - Gidsy Seed Funding
We’re in the middle of growing season, so it’s time to start planting your vegetables and flowers. To give you a head start and to celebrate Food Revolution Day, we’re organizing a Seed Funding. Join us on May 19th at The Makers Loft. All proceeds of the event will go to the Jamie Oliver Foundation. Hope to see you there!
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Mother's Day gifts, Gidsy style.
Mark your calendars: Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday (you’re welcome)!
Still looking for the perfect Mother’s Day surprise? While the obligatory card/breakfast in bed/flowers/hug always makes them smile, why not break the mold this year and do something fun together with mum?!
There are lots of unique activities happening soon that would make great mother’s day...
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Gidsy has launched in Istanbul!
Today’s the big day - the Gidsy community has officially unlocked it’s first city: Istanbul!
As of today, anyone can organize and book things to do in Istanbul, and we couldn’t be happier about it! Istanbul is the first city that’s been launched in the name of “Unlock your City!”, and there are many more to come soon. Stay tuned…
For now, take a look...
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Handle your public Gidsy page like a boss (...and...
Public Gidsy profile pages are a very useful tool for organizers to build and establish their own “brand” around their activity, improve their marketing efforts and share their activities with a broader audience.
We already have some superstars on Gidsy, when it comes to successfully marketing activities and building up a steady fan base. There is, for example, Piet in Amsterdam. He’s a...
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Gidsy joins Berlin Web Week
Berlin Web Week started yesterday. That means loads of presentations, workshops, events, organizers and all sorts of other activities are happening around the city. Bigger than ever, Berlin’s internet scene is thriving. Of course, we can not miss out on this. So, we’re organizing a very special Berlin Startup Crash Course.
If you want to meet the founders of Gidsy (Floris, Phil and...
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Sounds from the Kitchen
We’ve just stumbled on this fun read in the New York Times.
For a new generation of American chefs, one of the most crucial ingredients in the kitchen is audible, not edible: music actively inspires the way they cook, the way they think, the way they live.
In ‘Sounds from the Kitchen’, 10 culinary creators reveal which songs make their cooking a fab time.
So we were...
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Gidsy is launching in Istanbul!
The community has spoken: Gidsy will launch in Istanbul on May 7th! Since this is the first city launch that you have made happen with “Unlock your City!”, we’re that more excited about it. Congratulations, Istanbul!
If you’re in Istanbul, we would love to get you involved! You can start creating your listings now so they’ll be online for the big launch, and get a...
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Strong Opinions @marksbirch: How to Promote Your... →
Marks birch, who organizes the famous NYC Chinatown Dumpling tours on Gidsy, has written this awesome post about how to promote your listings!
Got dumplings? What started as a conversation around a blog post over a year ago eventually led to leading epic tours around NYC in the search for the best Chinese dumplings. Along the way, I learned a whole lot about what makes quality tours, what things...
April 2012
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Food Revolution Goes Global!
Food Revolution Day is only 22 days away, and the campaign is picking up a lot of momentum.
Really great events ranging from farmer’s market tours to cooking classes, community fundraisers, and even a “picnic flash mob” will be happening all over this fine globe of ours, to help raise awareness for our collective right to better food. How exciting!
Here’s just a sample...
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Your most memorable place
Where is the most memorable place you’ve ever been?
This was the question I asked a number of our guests (and founders) at our Meetup this past Saturday.
The answers - spanning from Disneyland to the Serengeti - definitely ignite a bit of wanderlust! So, for your listening pleasure, please enjoy this compilation of their most memorable adventures.
What about you?
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Gidsy wins Gruenderszene's Startup of the Year...
Yesterday, Diana walked up to my desk in a hurry with the message, “a camera team just walked in!’”
Within seconds, Joel from Gruenderszene.de and his camera man were standing in front of us with an award. “Gidsy won the Gründerszene jury prize for the Startup of the Year!” …Still confused, but now with a glass thing in my hand, Joel fires off his next...
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Meet Diana, Gidsy's Office Manager!
Today we’d like to introduce you to Diana, our Office Manager here at Gidsy and the newest addition to the team! Keep reading to learn more about Diana, her baking skillz, and her love for Berlin…
Tell us a bit about your background, and how you ended up at Gidsy! I was born in Alaska, and my parents are from the Dominican Republic. I was an army brat, so I grew up all over the US....
Recap of the 1st Gidsy Meetup
On Saturday afternoon we had our first Gidsy meetup here in Berlin, and we had a blast! Thanks so much to everyone who made it out, it was great to have you! We hope you all enjoyed yourselves, we definitely had a great time. Actually, we’re already looking forward to the next opportunity to get together!
For those who couldn’t make it, here are more pictures:
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Edial and...
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Food Revolution Infographic
Check out this disturbing infographic about the food education, designed by Visually. It’s just one more reason on why we’re happy to support the upcoming Food Revolution Day…
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A trip to the Georgian food markets
It’s Friday afternoon, our week has been filled with exciting stuff, tomorrow we have the 1st Gidsy meetup and finally the sun has come out in Berlin and filled the office with light! We’re in the best of moods here at the Gidsy HQ and want to finish this week with sharing a virtual trip to a Georgian food market, documented and posted by Helen Gravy on her great blog ‘Food...
Get ready for the 1st Gidsy meetup
Only three more sleeps until the 1st Gidsy Meetup at our office in Berlin. We’re super excited to see that so many of you want to spend a nice afternoon with us and, and we’re very much looking forward to welcoming you all!
Just bring your bathing suits and goggles and we’ll have a fun time. Naaah, just kidding.
Here’s what’s gonna happen:
We’ll kick off with a little demo session to...
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The Hudson River Project
Hudson River Project from Hudson River Project on Vimeo.
Hudson River Project: Build a boat from a city’s waste, take it to the source of the city’s river – the river without which the city would not exist – and row the boat back:
“This story connects the source of the Hudson River to NYC, the great city that sits at its mouth. The film follows a man as he makes a boat from NYC’s waste,...
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Food Revolution Day Update
Since the big Food Revolution Day launch, we’ve received a bunch of really great local food event submissions from all across the globe. It’s been really exciting to see people from all walks of life getting involved with this great campaign, and we can’t wait for what’s next.
Here are some examples of events happening around the world on May 19th;
In Nashville, join...
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Gidsy wins Dutch Startup of the Year award!
Floris and I took a train to Amsterdam yesterday morning to attend the Dutch Startup Awards. And thanks to your votes, we won the ‘2012 Startup of the Year Awards’. We’re super thrilled and honored about this…! You’re the best.
If you can speak Dutch, you can read more here, here and here.
Thanks to your votes, we also have a new pair of Dutch sneakers:
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Flower Power
Hungry for hibiscus? Craving chrysanthemum? Today’s your lucky day!
To all you urban foragers, green thumbs & curious cooks - learn how to spice up your salads and gardens with some…edible flowers? That’s right! Here’s a handy list of 42 edible flowers that you can plant, pick & enjoy, courtesy of Tree Hugger.
And in case you got inspired, Gidsy has partnered...
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Gidsy partners up with Jamie Oliver
We’re extremely excited to team up with Jamie Oliver and play an important role in the upcoming Food Revolution Day, happening on Saturday, May 19th.
From the very beginning of Gidsy, food has played an important role in our community. Actually, failing to find wild mushrooms was one of the sparks behind starting Gidsy 9 months ago! And since our launch in November, we’ve come a...
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Amen for Dumplings, Gidsy and NYC Chinatown →
Here’s a great report from our friend Candy B. (aka @digital_sweet) at Amen, enjoying Mark Birch’s famous NYC Chinatown Dumpling Tour on Gidsy.
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Have you ever wanted to explore the streets of NYC Chinatown and feast on dumplings while learning some background history of the area, the dish, and Chinese culture? Then Gidsy has brought to you an experience that...
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Gidsy is Hungry!
Over the past months we have become inspired by the countless “foodie” activities that have been popping up on Gidsy! To name a few, there’s the Spring Catalan Cooking class in London, the Allgäuer Kässpatzen class in Berlin, the Dumpling Tour in NYC, the Mission District food tour in San Francisco, plus many more.
So as you can imagine, our mouths are all watering here at...
March 2012
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Going places...
A little procrastination never hurt anybody, and The Cool Hunter’s picture series on ‘Amazing Places to Experience Around the Globe’ is just pure golden eye candy. Take a short imaginary trip and stimulate your travel bug. There’s always a place to explore…
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Meet Jannis, Developer at Gidsy!
Today we’re happy to introduce you to Jannis Leidel, one of our back-end developers and resident Trekkie here at Gidsy. Keep reading to learn more about Jannis, his love for coffee and all things Django…
[[MORE]]Tell us a bit about your background, and how you ended up developing at Gidsy!
I grew up and went to school in Gera, which is a small town in Thüringen. In high school I...
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WatchHere’s a video interview Mike Butcher, European Editor for TechCrunch did with our CEO and Co-Founder Edial at the London Web Summit. It just got featured on TechCrunch.
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The Evolution of Online Travel
We’ve came across this Infographic on Mashable about the evolution of online travel and wondered what an Infographic about the future of online travel would look like? What do you think is missing and should be in there? (apart from Gidsy, obviously!)?
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New Gidsy Merch!
The Gidsy swag collection is growing! In addition to the cool Berlin edition Moleskines and fancy pins, we’ve added a totally badass stamp and some great notebooks to the pile.
There’s lots more great stuff coming too, so stay tuned! We’ll also announce how you can get your hands on some of it very soon…
Also: Gidsy is now on Pinterest! Know of any inspirational...
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Gidsy Meetup - Berlin
There are plenty of good reasons to invite you over for a fun meetup. Spring is here, Berlin is buzzing, and who doesn’t love a little get together? But still the best reason for us is: you! We are so happy you got involved with Gidsy and joined us on this exciting ride, and so it’s time for a proper Gidsy Meetup to celebrate.
Please, save the date!
Date: 21st of April Time: 2pm to around 5pm...
What's your favorite picnic spot?
The first springlike days are in Berlin and this article in National Geographic made us wonder: What’s your favorite picnic spot?
Tell us in the comments!
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The "Fab Weekend Planner"
Guys, here’s breaking news from the Gidsy HQ: today is an awesome day! Spring has finally arrived in Berlin, and we’re totally smitten with it. Bring on the sweater weather!
Obviously, it’s high time to plan the upcoming weekend. We’re crossing our fingers that the weather in your part of the world doesn’t let you down either, because in this edition of our...
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An update on the Gidsy City Launches...
Last week, we were happy to announce our new approach to city launches. It’s now up to you to bring Gidsy to your city.
Since then, we’ve been super excited to see all the positive feedback, new listings and forum posts dedicated to unlocking your cities. People from all over the world, from small villages in Thailand to big urban centers such as Johannesburg, Barcelona, Toronto,...
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Meet the Organizer: Nadine, from the Sock Monkey...
Happy Monday, everyone! We hope you had a great weekend, and are easing nicely into March.
Today, we wanted to share an interview with one of our organizers, Nadine. Nadine hosts the ever popular “Make your own sock monkey” workshops in Berlin for a great cause! Read more to learn all about Nadine, her partner charity Tara for Children, and the sock monkey revolution…
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Gidsy for Education & Learning!
In the past weeks, you have surprised us with stellar new activities every day. As the spectrum of activities broadened, we realized there was something very important missing. That’s why today we are launching our ‘Education & Learning’ category!
As one Mr. Fischer put it, “All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.”
There are already many great activities...
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Unlock Your City!
We’ve gotten a lot of great feedback in the past couple of months, and one thing has resonated loud and clear: you want Gidsy in your city! So we’ve come up with a plan to let you decide where Gidsy should launch next.
The premise is simple: You show us that your city has got what it takes, and we’ll launch there. Easy as that.
Unlock your City Show us that your city has got what it...
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We've updated our FAQs
We’ve polished up our FAQs and made them all up to date. This was a very rewarding exercise for us, and it’s made us realize how much the members of the Gidsy Community have helped shape our platform. Big thanks go out to everyone for your great feedback and continued support. Merci beaucoup!
Here’s an overview of some of the biggest updates:
Payment: Detailed information on...
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Announcing some new features!
There’s always a whole bunch of stuff happening behind the scenes at Gidsy…
We’re constantly making improvements to parts of the website, and are working hard on the new features you’ve been waiting for. Over the past few weeks, we did a big overhaul of our technical infrastructure which has allowed us to make Gidsy faster and even more reliable.
Here are some of the...
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