Hi all,
After months of anticipation, a winner of the ‘Around the World’ competition and recipient of $15,000 has finally been selected.This lucky individual is Tobias Bullert!
Coincidentally, Tobias had already been planning a trip around the world, unbeknownst that he would win.His moto, however, was to ‘travel on as little money as possible.’ A whopping $15,000 grand is sure to shake things up! Will Tobias stick to his moto or forsake it in favor of indulgences? Will he splurge or get as much mileage as possible? Thankfully, we will all be updated through periodic postings about the planning and execution of his epic journey, so be sure to stay tuned!
For those who didn’t win, we still come equipped with some good news.The countdown to the dodo.com re-launch has begun!
Soon, a new and improved version of the site—both spiffier and more functional—will be up and running. Not to worry though, the current version of dodo.com will be available for a period after the re-launch, to make it a smoother transition for all you users.
As some of you might already know, we have started work on the enhancement of our web page. dodo.com is getting a complete make-over with new and improved functions that will make the website that much more fun next year!
To give you more time to collect lots for the around the world trip, we’ve rescheduled the end of the contest to May 31st. So now, even new members have a chance to win! Isn’t that good news!?!
Hi all!
Finally we have decided on a winner of the travel grant. We received loads of extraordinary applications—which made it very hard for us—but in the end we found a traveller who really deserves it.
And the winner is: Anthony Asael!
Anthony has been travelling around the world for more than 3 years now—steadily changing time zones and circling the globe! However, the purpose of his travels are not only self gratification and pleasure. With his non-profit organisation, “Art in All of Us,“ Anthony promotes artistic creativity and multicultural awareness to children in all 192 countries of the world. The current programs he is involved in incorporate drawing, poetry and photography. Inspiring children around the world is central to their mission.
You will be able to read more about Anthony’s exciting itinerary—encompassing many off-the-beaten-path destinations—on dodo.com. He will be frequently updating his travelogues and photos with new pictures and information and we look forward to sharing his experiences. Be sure to check it out!
On the 1st of September, 2008, a grant of no more than $7,500 will be awarded for the most extraordinary travel plans. Until the 28th of August, all travelers planning on taking a trip to an exotic land can apply on dodo.com.
Please write us a comment, with a link to the travelogue of your planned travel, and explaining to us, and all the other members, why your trip is so special and deserving of the travel grant.
We would also like to know how you plan on reporting about your experiences on dodo.com—while traveling. Apart from travelogue entries and photos, you may also add video diaries or tell other dodo.com members about your adventures via a live chat. So be creative!
Members of dodo.com can now customize their dodo.com profile to their spoken languages. If you speak English and German you can add, if not already done so, the languages under “my languages” in your profile settings. This way you will not only see user entries in one language - according to the chosen site language - but both currently available languages (English and German).
When you are logged out, you can swap between German and English but you will only find travel tips, travelogue entries and videos in the selected language. As our language feature is completely new, there is the inevitable possibility that problems may arise. If that is the case, please let us know via our problem box.
Have fun checking out our new feature!
dodo.com has some new, small, but very helpful features!
Your travelogue entries will now be automatically in order according to your travel dates. More importantly, you can create your travel route - on your travel map - by entering new locations for each of your travelogue entries. Last but not least, you can now maximize the map by pressing on the max button. Try it and enjoy it! More features are coming soon.
Many of you have wished for a search function on dodo.com for a long time.
Have a look on dodo.com! Your wish has come true 
You can now search for members, places, sites and much more. And, even more
important, you will be able to find what you are looking for. Well,
most likely. If not, I guess, you haven’t invited enough friends who
have been to the places you are looking for.
You may have wondered why it took us so long to come up with a search
function. Well, it was complicated.
Check it out and tell us what you think! You can, for example, write a
comment directly to this blog entry or if there are still any bugs please
use our problem box on the bottom of each dodo.com site.
Enjoy!
Our dodo.com blog can now also be found under technorati.com. Our Technorati Profile can be found under dodotravelservices. You’re not familiar with Technorati? Well, Technorati is an Internet search engine for blogs and other user-generated content entries. By the way, when you search for dodo.com on the technorati website you will find many blog posts and reviews about dodo.com.
Our dodo.com community is becoming bigger and bigger. Everyday we have somewhere between 6 and 10 new members. (Without counting users who register but haven’t activated their account.)
We are very happy to see that dodo.com is becoming more and more popular. We would, however, be even happier if all new members would upload a profile picture. We feel this is the best way to begin actively participating in our community. All new member who have uploaded a profile picture will be shown on the main page - under new members. Appearing in this box is often the first step to valuable communication between members.
By the way, did you know? Already logged in members can welcome new members by clicking on the welcome button - under the profile picture of a member - in the new member box.
We are hoping for continuous increase in our number of members. So, please keep inviting your travel mates to dodo.com. Thanks a lot!
