Hello everyone! Here we are again discussing bugs and new improvements of the PickMe app! Below is a list of the major bugs reported by our drivers and passengers during the past 2 months. 1. App meter is still not 100% accurate. 2. There is an error that jinxes the waiting clock on the PickMe meter. 3. The map doesn’t pick ...
PickMe is a software solution addressing most (if not all) problems in the local taxi industry. The PickMe software has been developed on Android and iOS platforms using GPS satellite and GIS technology which has been customized locally and to which the PickMe developers have integrated some fantastic features making PickMe not just any solution but the solution to all taxi-hassles! As said, PickMe attempts to ...
Just to clarify, ‘Rasta’ is not a fashion it isn’t even a life style, it is a religion born in Jamaica in the 1930s. It is actually called the Rastafari Movement. The Rastafarian Movement has a Christian background and among the Rastafari, (est. 2,000,000 – 4,000,000) Haile Selassie a former emperor of Ethiopia who was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian, is revered as ...
A few weeks back I travelled to Kandy and on the way passed the now reconstructed Kadugannaawa ambalama (wayside rest) that stood against the thickets of the Kadugannawa hill, when I was reminded of the last verse of the famous poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ by Robert Frost… The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have ...
Sri Lankans are usually known for our warm smiles and good hospitality. But do we know for sure if this is truly the view of the tourists that visit SL? Recently I came across two incidents that questioned this statement. 1. I was lunching at a restaurant when I over heard two tourists (a guy and a girl) who had just ...
So this morning as I was coming to work (in a tuk) I decided to keep track of the colours of tuks I saw. Apart from Red, Green, Blue and Off-White which are the most common colours, there were Metalic Orange, Pastel Orange, Pastel Yellow, Apple Green, Metalic Purple, Pastel Purple, Metalic Brown, Black, White and 1 Pink tuk-tuk! I believe these ...
This is a funny story quoted from ‘NotAlwaysRight .com’. However, the message it does render is important. Won’t Go Down For Downtown (We occasionally get calls from hotels to arrange transportation for their guests. This happened on a Sunday evening.) Hotel Clerk: “Hi, I was wondering if you could take a guest of mine? He wants… Where do you want ...
PickMe ப்ளாகின் முதல் தமிழ் பதிவு இது. இதை வரலாற்றிலிருந்து ஆரம்பிக்கலாம் என நினைக்கிறன். இன்று நாம் அன்றாடம் பயணம் செய்யும் டாக்ஸிகள் முதலில் எப்படி வந்தது என தெரியுமா? ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட வாடகை தொகைக்கு நம்மை ஒரு இடத்திலிருந்து இன்னொரு இடத்திற்கு கொண்டு சேர்க்கும் வாகனத்தை தான் நாம் டாக்ஸி (Taxi), கேப் (Cab) அல்லது டாக்ஸிகேப் (Taxicab) என அழைக்கிறோம். கார்களின் வருகைக்கு முன்னரே குதிரை வண்டிகளை வாடகைக்கு விடும் பழக்கம் பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டில் ஆரம்பித்தது. 1640களில் இங்கிலாந்தில் வாடகை வாகனம் ...
Hello everyone! A clearing-the-air session is called for. Last week we uploaded a revised version of the app to Google play and App Store. The Google play version has been approved but the delivering of it to individual phones is apparently slow. (working on reasons why) Also the iOS version hasn’t been approved yet. So iOS users are still on ...
Hello folks, We have great news for you! PickMe for passengers has finally launched! Well it’s just a baby version but hey… The app is available for FREE on Google Play Store and App Store and will soon be available for Windows as well. The app is compatible with the following OSs: Android 4.1 upwards iOS 7.0 upwards Here is what PickMe ...
So the chauffeur is different from the driver like the butler is different from the regular domestic-help. They both do the same job, only the chauffeur does it like that is the most important thing in his life while the driver does it like it is simply for the money. It isn’t about the attire, the manner or the intention (obviously both drive ...
PickMe is a GPS and GIS based software that provides solutions to most of the pressing problems in the local taxi industry while maintaining a special focus on empowering the lives of the local taxi drivers. The quality of life of taxi drivers in Sri Lanka is quite poor, the job has little respect from the public and the drivers’ ...
I pressed the big yellow button on the side of the traffic-light pole and waited as usual for the red man to turn green… The man turns green, I step on to the crossing line and whoosh a bus whizzes past a few feet in front of me!!! Had that bus been closer to my side of the road I ...
There is a first time for everything and this is an incident from a few years back… A late day at work, my tummy is rumbling I am so hungry and my eyes are hurting from looking at my computer screen for too long… The time is 10:47 pm. I am in no mood to take the bus right now and ...
The young office workers who had a long day at work struggle to get home, cursing their bosses and calling everyone and their mother to fetch them. I myself have sat on stairs well after 9:00 pm with a rumbling stomach, zombie eyes and weary arms waiting for a taxi to take me home. While the latter crowd reach home between 10 pm – 12 midnight ...
It’s nice to be able to go about in your own vehicle. It looks good, its comfortable, you can go out at what ever time you want, you can navigate through the short-cuts and by-roads (unlike if you were riding public transport which would usually take you on a spiraling route round town before getting to where you want to ...
From the ‘taxi mission’ of GTO to several versions of tuk tuk NFS, taxi games or games with taxis in it are not uncommon. But I doubt you would know about the tuk tuk games made in SL… I found the following three: 1. Tuk Tuk Quest – Card game The intro video is kind of melodramatic. I don’t understand why they see ...
