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What is this?

This is my fun little experiment to see if Github's crowd source model could be leveraged, given adequate exposure, for something as simple as a todo list.

Why am I doing this?

Most threads I read regard overseas travel, especially to the US I find overly touristy. I'm not one for hikes through national parks, going to Disney Land.

I want to travel San Francisco they way people should travel Melbourne, Australia. Talking to locals, wandering the cities lane ways for days with no plans. Discovering all the hidden awesomeness it has to offer.

I'll be spending the majority of my time there working with local collegues who I'm sure will show me a great time. But I'd like to break away and get lost :) My intention is to collect, and curate a set of individual, uniquely SF experiences that I can share back with you all, and anyone who stumbles across this is via Google :)

How can you help?

Long story short, I'm travelling to San Francisco for ~2 months (Aug/Sep) this year primarily, but by no means limited to, San Francisco. I've been to the US before, spending the majority of my time in Las Vegas, NV. Looking for some fun stuff to do. The kinds of things the locals do that you don't read about in the travel guides.

Contributing

Please open a pull request or issue with your suggestion. I'll review it, and if it tickles my fancy, I'll add it below. I'll add updates in the form of mini-blogs, vlog, or photos.

If a local's pizza or taco suggestion gets shortlisted, lunch is on me!

For pizza suggestions, please see here.

For taco suggestions, please see here.

About me

I'm a 25 year old Australian web developer working for a successful web start up. I spend most of my days neck deep in (s)css and javascript and love it!

My interests include:

TL;DR I'm an Australian web developer spending two Aug/Sep in the US, primarily but not limited San Francisco. Looking for fun (non- touristy) stuff to do. I wonder if I can crowd source github for ideas.

Please open a pull request, or twitter @xzyfer, with your suggestion. I'll review it, and if it tickles my fancy, I'll add it below. I'll add updates in the form of mini-blogs, vlog, or photos.

Also please make my trip awesome by helping this go viral!

UPDATE response has been awesome, thanks everyone.

TODO

  • Rock out at the Audium. It's like doing acid w/ headphones in the dark.
  • Visit/tour the Google campus
  • Skate around Golden Gate Park
  • Segway around Golden Gate Park
  • Catch a cable car in San Francisco
  • Drive (on the wrong side of the road)
  • See Penn & Teller in Las Vegas
  • See a band play (US rock bands don't often travel to Australia)
  • Attend a tech conference - seeing @paul_irish talk would be all kinds of awesome
  • Eat a sushiritto
  • Eat a Mission burrito
  • Cross the US-Mexico border
  • Get swervy at Tommy's tequila bar
  • Hang out at at a hackerspace like Noisebridge (a few times, get to know some folks)
  • Visit Yosemite National Park, and do some Whitewater Rafting in the Merced or Tuolumne Rivers - check out Zephyr Whitewater
  • Stay in a Yurt at Treebones - thanks @akcreek
  • Visit Lego Land - nerd-gasim
  • Eat at an In-N-Out. Make sure you get a double double animal style.
  • IHOP!! - @fluffyguy
  • Visit Santa Cruz. Only a hour or so south of SF, possible via public transit, and one of the great beach cities in California.
  • Find somebody having a Labor Day party (early September). Get an invite. Or crash it.
  • Drop in and say "G'day" to a fellow Aussie
  • Get a bite to eat at the Farmer's market

Preflight (what I should do/organise before I arrive)

  • Register for Songkick - thanks @paulwithap - done!
  • Simcard \w data - check out T-Mobile thanks @paulschreiber

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Experiment using Github as a crowd soucing platform