About Drew Meyers
Drew Meyers is a travel addict and founder of Oh Hey World, a website setting out to create a travel experience based around those you trust and care about. WordPress and real estate technology enthusiast. In his free time, Drew enjoys reading, traveling the world, spending time with passionate people, and is active member of the microfinance community.
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Drew is currently in:San Francisco, California, United States
Days on the road: 581
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Why the Facebook of Travel is Not…Facebook
I’ve heard multiple people (such as this one) say that the Facebook of travel…is, well, Facebook. Let’s get one thing straight. That’s false. And here’s why. Facebook is known for connecting and talking with people you already know. Nothing more. Google is known for search (and Gmail) — and that took them 15 years. When it comes to massive verticals such as travel, I believe there will be (or already is) a clear cut leader in each major vertical. The way to win a vertical? Be obsessed with creating the most amazing product/experience possible. From my experience, no one cares more about a product than it’s founders. That passion is irreplaceable in an organization. This … Continue reading
My Problem with The Time Suck Economy
Seriously, I’m sick and tired of the ecosystem built around wasting people’s time — which I’ll call the “time suck economy”. Head over to GeekWire to read my thoughts on the subject.
Helping Build Reputation for Key Members
What Richard said. The challenge is to first identify who the stars might be (people with unique charisma, backgrounds, expertise, excellent contributions, skill etc…) and gradually grow both your relationship with them and their relationship with the community.
Is MySpace Going to Make a Comeback?
Myspace has been dead to me for about 4 years now. But they are attempting a comeback. Check out the following video… I’m not sold – but, then again, I’m not a huge music buff. What do you think?
Making A Better Internet
I just read an article by Rian van der Merwe titled Making the Internet Better. A couple quick points. We are capable of such great things, yet we somehow can’t resist the temptation to tear others apart Sad. Yet true. I see it every single day on Twitter, Facebook and blog comments. People tearing each other apart when they should be focused on doing something to make themselves happy. I 100% agree with this quote by Benjamin Franklin, which has been called the best social media policy ever written: Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Whenever … Continue reading
What Does Klout Mean?
A lot of people have written a lot about Klout. I have too. So, what does Klout actually mean? At it’s very core, Klout means F**K ALL. At least to me. It’s wasting valuable mental bandwidth that should be spent on solving worthwhile world problems. End of story. Can Klout please die already?
