JC - Technology and Stuff

So, I read what appeared to be an exciting little article on a blog on Friday about an application called Meetways that allowed you to put in two addresses and it would then work out where you could meet half-way between you both. In theory this sounds wonderful. You can specify coffee shops, pizza restaurants, banks, and a whole lot more besides.

I have a friend who I meet from time to time and we are always trying to find such a place so I thought this would be the ideal opportunity to try it. Normally one of us ends up having to more driving than the other. I live on the Eastside of Lake Washington and he lives more towards downtown Seattle. The challenge is that halfway is the middle of Lake Washington, not an ideal place to meet for coffee! Anyway, I input both addresses and I got the map result below. Hmmm. What’s most interesting is that the first choice to meet for coffee is in Leavenworth, WA. That’s a two hour drive from where I live and I can drive to his house in about 40 minutes!! The next choices were all in downtown Seattle; again not at all good choices.

The article I read seemed to do better, but I don’t think they lived in a city that had a body of water around it. My advice: ‘go back to the drawing board Meetways people’. I can find closer places to meet using my own knowledge!

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