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Metro Times.

Posted: August 22nd, 2007 | Author: Zvi | Filed under: DC, Ideas | 2 Comments »

I just came up with an awesome idea.

I was at a bar for a close friend’s birthday last night. I am a morning person, so I tend to go to sleep pretty early at night (usually), and thus didn’t want to be out late. And for sure, I didn’t want to leave the bar early, walk to the Metro, and find out that the next train is 18 minutes away. So I was thinking… why can’t I find this out on my cell phone? I can find this out on my desktop, and can use it on a WAP enabled cell phone (but who has one?). Why can’t I use it on a normal cell phone? Via text? It’s not graphic or information intensive. All you need to provide is the station, and all I want in return is the times of the upcoming ones.

I could flesh out the idea more… but I’m busy writing it :-)

Anyone know a good SMS gateway?

2 Comments on “Metro Times.”

  1. 1 With The Band - Zvi Band » Blog Archive » Metro Times said at 7:58 pm on August 23rd, 2007:

    [...] case you need a reminder, Metro Times is an application I hacked together in a few hours that allows you to check DC metro [...]

  2. 2 With The Band - Zvi Band » Blog Archive » Metro Times - Check DC Station Times via TXT Message said at 8:05 pm on September 25th, 2007:

    [...] first wrote about this here and here. But now, it’s done.Metro Times – Get DC Metro Train Times on Any Cell Phone – [...]

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