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I used to be a member of one of the first social networking sites, the legendary SixDegrees. I used this service to keep track of a large number of my acquaintances, Sadly, this site was closed down in 2001.
Apart from allowing you to keep track of your friends' and colleagues' contact information, there was a service that I have been missing ever since SixDegrees was closed down: Let's call it "travel tracking". Travel tracking allowed you to put your travel itinerary on the site, and you could then see which of your contacts would be in the town of your destination at the same time as you. Great for meeting up and having a drink.

Finally, after over five years, someone has taken up this idea again and made a web service out of it:
DOPPLR

Presently in "Beta" (like most of the Web 2.0), Dopplr allows the user to enter their travel plans, and then to publish these to other site memebrs. Additionally, there is the ability to publish the details via a Facebook applet. Sadly, the modes for uploading contact info into the site is presently limited to Gmail, Twitter and Facebook contacts. But then again, it's only in Beta at present.
Membership is presently by invite only, but if you would like one, just drop me a line, or head over to InviteShare.

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