Choice: Best of 2008 in Madrid

by irenet - August 25, 2008

We took the hint. Some places just stand out for whatever reason. And there are five hundred places in Madrid that now stand out in particular thanks to recommendations by locals and visitors on 11870.com.  We thought these businesses would like to share this recognition with their customers,  so we sent each of the 500 a sticker like the one you see below.

This is the front of the restaurant Integral Artemisa, for a full list of the places go to Best of 2008 in Madrid.

If you’re walking through Madrid and happen to spot one of these stickers,  you might like to add a picture of it to our Flickr pool.

About the sticker

Note the gray area in the bottom part of the sticker, it includes the name of the service and the address of its 11870.com page. What’s that black and white square to the left? It’s a datamatrix code, this bar code can be scanned with a cell phone to access the 11870.com page with information related to the service in question. A site tracking the use of datamatrix featured our initiative, they’re an interesting source if you’d like to find out a little more about 2d codes.

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Mobile-friendly version

by irenet - June 27, 2008

Answering users requests for a better integration of 11870.com with mobile phone platforms, we’ve created a new light-weight version of 11870.com. It’s available at http://m.11870.com and features keyboard shortcuts and a practical link to a list of services in the vicinity of your original search.

The idea was to create a simple, easy to use and fast tool that would keep the amount of data transfer low so as to not run up your phone bill.

Right now the version is only available in Spanish, sorry! Though if you look at the screencaps below you can see that all you really need to know to get around it is the word “buscar”.

You’ll be able to see the exact address and phone number for each service matching your search, and to dial that number as well… great for booking a reservation when you’re on the move!

You can also see a map, which is quite handy.

We’ll keep you updated on further developments as we continue to perfect this version.

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