We finally got our own server for TripTouch. It was a difficult decision, but finally we chose LiquidWeb as the host. It’s not easy because there are so many of those hosts, and many sites who have reviews and user testimonials, and monitoring - it’s just too much information.
The new server is actually a lot faster than the shared hosting we had before, and hopefully will be able to manage many more users. When we have them, that is 
Facebook (A social-network site) has opened up their site, and introduced the ‘facebook platform’. Basically it’s an API that let’s you write application for facebook. The idea is pretty cool, and there was a lot of press about it.
We at TripTouch decided to see what’s what, and wrote a small application called TripRecord. Basically it lets you choose the countries you visited, and it displays the list in your profile. Simple, but rather nice, we think.
The application is written using PHP. It’s actually hosted on our own servers. The facebook API is very easy to learn, and quite robust. The documentation is somewhat lacking. Luckily there’s an example in PHP and you can just test and try all sorts of things till you get it right.
If you have a facebook account, click here to get your country list. If you don’t have an account yet, try it - I really like Facebook, it’s an excellent site - those guys are brilliant.
We’re working on a small side project - an internet cafe directory. The site is called CafeTouch. We’ll start adding content (i.e. actual cafes) slowly. There are several internet cafe directories on the web, but the information is usually not updated (most places are closed. We also hope that CafeTouch will be used as a community site by internet cafe owners - with a blog, links, and later a forum and other features for these guys.
This time I used the Joomla CMS (usually I use Drupal). It was just better for this kind of site, and I must say it is quite nice. I still find Drupal easier (well, I have been using it for more than a year…).
Well, it’s time to tell the world a bit about TravelFully.
The idea is to create a web page for travelers during their trip. We have several ideas on the kind of information you would need in your trip. In the last couple of weeks we have started to write a first beta, and it is now online. We have 3 pages, for Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem and Eilat. All in Israel. You can view them with the following links -
http://www.travelfully.com/Tel_Aviv_Israel
http://www.travelfully.com/Jerusalem_Israel
http://www.travelfully.com/Eilat_Israel
Please note that the design is still not finished (it’s not even started, really), but the main idea of the widgets and some information is already there.