Gerben’s posterous

Dear Gerben,

We've released a new version of Dopplr (codenamed "Copenhagen"), and it's
packed with new features.

Public profiles

Every Dopplr traveller can now publish their own public profile page,
visible to anyone on the internet, which displays a short summary of past
and future trips on Dopplr. You get complete control of your profile: you
can hide it from view, or choose exactly what pieces of information it
displays about you and your travelling. The profile page is split into
modules which you can switch on and off. You can even embed modules on your
own web pages, if you like.

To publish, hide or edit your public profile, click this link:

http://www.dopplr.com/traveller/me/public/

Automated trip input via email, SMS and Twitter

Many of you have told us that you'd like easier ways to get information
about your trips into Dopplr. We've been working on ways to automate this as
much as possible. Now you can add trips to Dopplr via email, SMS message, or
Twitter.

You can email your itineraries, e-tickets, bookings, or just a short note to
trips@dopplr.com. Dopplr will look for dates and places and create a draft
trip, which you can confirm later. Once the trip is active, you can forward
relevant emails like hotel reservations to us, and they will be
automatically attached to that trip.

If you register your mobile phone number with us, you'll be able to add
trips via SMS text message:

http://www.dopplr.com/account/sms

And finally, Twitter users can send a trip details to @dopplr on Twitter:

http://www.dopplr.com/account/twitter

There's more about this on our blog: http://tinyurl.com/5jztrx

And if you'd like to read more about how it works behind the scenes, there's
also
http://blog.dopplr.com/2008/07/23/how-dopplr-learns/

We hope this new release makes it easier for you to get your travel details
into Dopplr. We value your feedback, so please do let us know what you think
of the new features. To keep up-to-date with our news, keep an eye on the
Dopplr blog: http://blog.dopplr.com

Wishing you safe travels as always,
The Dopplr Team.

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