Wednesday, December 3, 2008

MePowder

It's official... this is my first post that's not about photos. My first in 24 posts... you peeps must be getting so bored with me... I'm becoming more predictable than your postman...
Speaking of which, my favorite man in orange payed me another visit today delivering a highly anticipated package that looks a bit like the following.


Now I hear you thinking. What's that? A Bible? Nope. Hmm... The winter edition of your Donald Duck subscription maybe? Not quite, can't wait for that one though. Oh wait, is it a datebook planner for next year, so you will remember all our birthdays? Ehm... no, sorry.

This is a book based on the white substance we all love most... snow.
During the last years the folks at VerseSneeuw and those of White magazine have been collaborating on setting up a whole new concept in last-minute powder-hugging.
The book not only features all the info you'll ever need to ski the best lines in the most powder dumped places in Europe, it also tells you how to read those thermal maps you never understood on the news, so now you can predict where the snow will be falling.

And the biggest feature of all is the community they are building around it this instant, with the latest snow predictions, more practical info on resorts, and mobile messaging to your powder-hungry friends! It's great!

This all is great, and the WePowder guide is pretty much your new golden standard for hunting snow, but the only way you' get it is by invitation.

However, I'm sure if you show some dedication and do your best, one will find it's way to your doormat. ;-)

5 comments:

  1. And I got one! :) By the way, Peter-Paul, do you already happen to know more about the community or mePowder-account functionalities?

    Ciao,
    Fernao

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  2. Hi F! Good you got one! And nope, haven't heard anything about the community stuff yet... I do know, they're pretty active in their #versesneeuw channel on Jaiku. If you're not on Jaiku already, let me know by mail, and I'll hook you up. :-)

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  3. Speaking of the devil.
    The mailman just dropped by again.

    Hi Poederjunk,

    Even een kort, maar langverwacht mailtje: zojuist is de eerste versie van de wePowder site namelijk live gegaan! Check hem op www.wepowder.nl.

    Hoe haal je het meeste uit de site? Eenvoudig. Klik op de site rechtsboven op registreren en volg daar de drie stappen van het registratieproces. Als je je registreert met het emailadres dat bij ons bekend is, dan wordt automatisch je prorider membership geactiveerd. En dan wordt het leuk...

    Je eigen emailadres is namelijk wederom de sleutel naar de poeder. Het regionale weerbericht lezen, je vrienden volgen in de sneeuw, het laatste lokale lawinebericht via mePowder lezen en nog veel meer. Hoewel we deze winter nog veel meer functionaliteit gaan toevoegen, kunnen we nu al met zekerheid zeggen dat wePowder een perfecte aanvulling zal zijn op jouw gids!

    Veel plezier op de site!

    Stay stoked!

    Arjen, Bart & Maurice

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  4. P.P.

    The site looks very nice idd!
    Although it need some minor changes (like the navigationbar and stuff) but it looks very cool!
    Any plans for a ski trip this season?

    ciao

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