Yes it’s true! PickupPal for the iPhone®, and iPod touch®, is available today as a free app in the iTunes store. We’re super excited about this, and we hope that you will be as well.
This is a phenomenal addition to our existing service, but most importantly it is the ultimate app for all [...]
Category Archives: Building a Company
May 4, 2010
October 21, 2009
This Saturday is the International Day of Climate Action. Lets hope it is a day that will long be remembered as the time when science and society finally acted in unison to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere!
Scientists say that 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere is the safe limit for humanity. We [...]
September 28, 2009
So far the greatest thing about this 300 mile trek to Washington, DC has been meeting SO many dedicated, smart people who are committed to interesting and valuable projects in sustainability.
Today riding through Amish country I think everyone was struck with a couple of thoughts:
1. How does the climate change msg get effectively communicated [...]
May 13, 2009
Pickuppal is a very particular virtual community in this era of virtual communities. Many of us belong to at least a couple of the big ones, be they myspace, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. And of course there are others, many companies and organizations have some form of online community they want us to [...]
April 18, 2009
This post is inspired by a letter I got from a grade one student called Ethan. He is working on a class project called “Nobody” and he wanted to talk about PickupPal. The idea behind his class project is that you go from being a “Nobody” to a “Somebody” when you do something [...]
February 14, 2009
PickupPal is changing and evolving all to make Ridesharing and Carpooling easier. We get a lot of great feedback from our members and one thing that we hear over and over again is that our members want us to make it easier to connect up with other members.
NOTE: O.K. you are wondering why on [...]
January 26, 2009
Warped Tour is back and so is ridesharing with PickupPal.
It’s funny…2008 was a very rocky year..think of soaring and falling gas prices, the historic American elections, the disastrous banking crisis and…the innovative PickupPal - Yes, I include our “ridesharing site that grew and grew” in that rocky mix.
We launched in January [...]
January 24, 2009
Seems like every day we have a new partner joining in on our Eco-Rideshare Program. I have not been updating this blog with the list of new and exciting partners as often as I should be over the past few months - so my apologies for that. However here are a few of [...]
January 19, 2009
For many people around the world this Presidential Inauguration in the US is the one to watch. An estimated 2 million people will be descending on Washington D.C. to take part in the event and PickupPal is right there with you. We have put together a Inauguration 2009 ERP site that is helping [...]
November 21, 2008
One thing that we have learned at PickupPal is the need to work together. I am not just talking about Drivers and Passengers working together - but partners working together. For those who are not aware of this initiative, the CBC has created an inspiring goal - to get Canadians to work together [...]