When travelling around the world, it normally takes a bit of time to adjust yourself to your surrounding, but it takes longer to really explore a city or location once you get past the traditional tourist destinations. The best way of getting a feel for a location is to have a local show you around and take you off the beaten track. That’s the idea behind this concept app created by two students from the Miami Ad School in Brooklyn, Lalita Salgaokar and Freschta Sahibi.
Designing the app for Lonely Planet, ‘Friends For Friends’ uses Facebook to help you connect with friends of friends around the world. The idea is that if the average Facebook user has 400+ friends, then there is a great chance. Therefore the Facebook app connects you with friends who live in the region. If there are no immediate friends living there, the app then trawls through your friends’ friend list to find people who are. You’re then allowed to pick the person who you feel would be the best in showing you around.
It’s a simple but terrific idea as it takes advantage of the social elements associated with Facebook and gives you a new reason to connect with friends who are living in different countries.
[Via Adverblog]