June 4, 2009


Not For Tourists iPhone App

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Espen Tuft of Tuft and Co. — mentor, guru, friend — one of the people most responsible for my professional development, the designer of the first version of clusterflock, and someone I hold dear, has co-developed Not For Tourists, an iPhone app for New York City.

Not For Tourists (NFT) is launching their very first iPhone app. First stop is Manhattan.

With beautiful custom maps and thousands of essential listings, NFT will help you accomplish any task in just a few seconds.

I’ve been beta testing, and although I don’t live in New York, I know when Amy and I visit for the textiles convention in August, this app will be essential.

Not For Tourists goes live in 8 hours. If you are interested, let me know in comments, and I’ll buy the first five people a copy of their own.

Jason Kottke, Jim Coudal, Chris Glass, and Espen Tuft have been essential to the success of this website. Returning something even to one of them would make me very happy!

Update: The app will be submitted to the app store in the next eight hours, then, once the app is accepted, it will take a few days to a week to go live. (Of course, the offer still stands, just wanted to clarify the time frame!)

posted by Deron Bauman in cities, design, friends, software, technology 

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15 Responses to “Not For Tourists iPhone App”

  1. Michael Smith on June 4th, 2009 at 10:18 am

    This is awesome and it gives me an excuse to go to NY again.

    If one of the New Yorkers wants one of the 5 you’re buying, please give it to them, not me.

  2. Deb on June 4th, 2009 at 10:20 am

    Avid reader though I never comment. Would really enjoy the NFT app. All of the New York centric apps just don’t do it for me….

  3. India on June 4th, 2009 at 10:22 am

    Me me me!

  4. Deron Bauman on June 4th, 2009 at 10:26 am

    thanks, Deb. consider it done. is the email address you used for your comment connected to a paypal account?

  5. Deron Bauman on June 4th, 2009 at 10:28 am

    you betcha!

  6. Patrick Burleson on June 4th, 2009 at 10:45 am

    That looks great! I wish I still lived in NYC so I can make use of it!

  7. Espen Tuft on June 4th, 2009 at 11:05 am

    Hey Deron, thanks for the shout out! The NFT guides are chock full of great content and editorial goodness – we’re hoping we can do a good job bringing it to everyone’s fingertips.

  8. Amy Mabli on June 4th, 2009 at 11:41 am

    Yay, Espen! I can’t wait to buy it.

  9. Jonathan McNicol on June 4th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    I want it! It’s hard to tell if I’m in the five, and that’s really too high for me to count anyway, but I want it either way! (Which is to say I’d be happy to buy it too…)

  10. Phil Bebbington on June 4th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    I could have done with this when I was set adrift in bloody Iowa. I assume it might filter out to the provinces before I croak it?

    I’d love to say me me me, but, as I have never been to NYC it would be wasted, although, I could play and imagine I were there.

  11. Deb on June 4th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    hey deron, it’s not… but i could make it be…

  12. Deron Bauman on June 4th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    cool, Deb. or you can email it to me. I use gmail. my first and last names.

  13. Lex A on June 4th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    I vote MikeD get one – of the 5. We can share.

  14. Not For Tourists iPhone App : clusterflock on June 16th, 2009 at 9:29 am

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  15. Lissette on August 14th, 2009 at 9:40 am

    Sounds great! I wish it would’ve been around when we were in NYC back in May! Can’t wait to try it when we return. Any other cities on tap? Live in Miami, would love to see it featured.

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