This New Screen-Sharing App Will Help You Stay Connected A startup based in New York called Mimicr has launched a screen-sharing app for mobile phone (currently Android only) with voice calling capability. A lot of screen-sharing apps facilitate screen-sharing… Johnny Jet , February 5, 2019
Travel Book of the Week: “Shadows in the Vineyard” I’m always looking to feature worthwhile travel books, so I recently asked my friends to share their favorites. One friend recommended “Shadows in the Vineyard” by Maximillian Potter. As… Johnny Jet , February 4, 2019
Travel Instagrammer of the Week: Best Vacations Best Vacations (bestvacations)The curated Best Vacations handle scours Instagram for the best vacation photos and videos and then reposts them for four million followers. (I assume they ask for permission…. Johnny Jet , February 4, 2019
How to See How Long the Security Line Is at Canadian Airports Last week we featured the MyTSA app as our Travel App of the Week. Thanks to reader Ross Craig, I now know about the Canadian equivalent: the CATSA Breeze through… Johnny Jet , January 29, 2019
The Scarf With a Built-In Particulate Air Filter Here’s a great travel gift to give a loved one for a birthday or as a belated Christmas gift. The Bioscarf is a new scarf with a patent-pending design that… Johnny Jet , January 29, 2019
Travel Book of the Week: Lonely Planet’s “The Cruise Handbook” Lonely Planet has just published “The Cruise Handbook,” a practical and inspiring guide to cruise travel designed for first-timers and experts and featuring advice from packing tips to cruise ship… Johnny Jet , January 28, 2019
Travel Instagrammer of the Week: Polabur Polabur (polabur)Polina Burashnikova (polabur) is a Russian girl currently living in Amsterdam and addicted to traveling. She travels the world and shares beautiful photos, which is why she has over 350,000… Johnny Jet , January 28, 2019
The Relay: A Smartphone Alternative for Kids Obviously, my son is way too young to have a phone or a device to communicate with, but if he were old enough (let’s say 5-12), I’d consider getting a… Johnny Jet , January 21, 2019
Video: What It’s Like to Go Through Flight Training As our own Spencer Marker has written, commercial airline pilots must go through a lengthy initial training process and later “complete yearly recurrent training in order to keep [their] skills… Johnny Jet , January 21, 2019
Travel Book of the Week: “100 Things to Do in San Francisco Before You Die” Bay Area residents—and my friends—Kimberley Lovato and Jill K. Robinson have co-authored a great book for anyone visiting San Francisco: “100 Things to Do in San Francisco Before You Die.”… Johnny Jet , January 21, 2019
Travel Instagrammer of the Week: Megan Murphy Megan Murphy (thisgirlcaneat) You’ve gotta love a girl whose Instagram handle is thisgirlcaneat. Megan Murphy is a food and travel writer who travels the world and writes for major travel outlets… Johnny Jet , January 21, 2019
This Collapsible Beach Bucket Is Easy to Travel With We just returned from Hawaii, and while we were at the Four Seasons Lanai, the hotel’s “beach boys” gave our two-year-old son a few beach toys to play with. One… Johnny Jet , January 15, 2019
Video: Man Surfs With Dolphins Have you seen this video of a guy surfing alongside a pod of dolphins? It’s pretty amazing. As ABC News notes, it happened in the waters off Ventura, California, last… Johnny Jet , January 15, 2019
Travel Book of the Week: “101 Handy Tech Tips for the iPhone” by Rich DeMuro My buddy Rich DeMuro is on a mission to help everyday people understand technology and get the most out of their gadgets and apps (of which there are of course… Johnny Jet , January 14, 2019
