Have you ever attempted driving with a paper map when it is blowing? Like grappling with a hard-headed octopus. And then there’s RouteBuddy, the Mac OS X-only mapping app that uses GPS to make even the most directional of scavengers a Magellan. You open your Mac, open RouteBuddy and a magic is released and those spaghetti highways untangle like the frog in the egg. Digital traveller and urban-traveller saves the day. Its GPS-GPS synchronization is almost too good to be true, as if it were butter on a frying pan.
Imagine you’re taking a winding road in the Napa hills, on a lazy wine tour, and you get lost. Cue the panic, right? Not with RouteBuddy. The app re-routes you faster than you can say "merlot" and you’re back on course before your heartrate starts to shoot. It’s the difference between a romantic weekend away and a stress-filled shouting match over who was holding the map inverted. Been there, done that.
Now, let’s talk about visuals. Did you ever look at some GPS apps and see they’re stone-age built? RouteBuddy is just the other way around, as clean and uncluttered as a cup of coffee in the morning. You’ve got topographic maps, street maps and more layers than a mille-feuille. It’s not a route, it’s an experience.
Switch gears to something completely different, such as the pyrotechnics of Online Casino Winph. If RouteBuddy is the smart tour operator in a tailored suit, Winph is the sparkly, sequinned magician who keeps you in suspense. I’ll give you an idea: the lights are on, the music is screaming, the excitement is as close to a hot pizza crust as you’ll get. You sign in, and it’s like you’ve come to Vegas but without a suitcase or even a couch.
The first time I opened Winph I didn’t expect much. I mean, an online casino? How exciting could it be? Oh boy, was I wrong. So I started out by playing a quick game of their slots, and all of a sudden I was playing poker like James Bond. It’s exciting, tactical and, if you’re good, a bit profitable. And let’s face it, nothing beats an upset. That’s like 20 bucks in a tattered coat pocket — only better.
RouteBuddy and Winph both in their own ways realise that we human beings are competitive : we love to win. Whether it’s taking that one trick with no mishaps or achieving a royal flush that makes you squeal like a Cheshire cat, it’s that one big win. And they do it with ease. RouteBuddy plots your win like a coach yelling the right directions and Winph confetti-espressos it with fanfare.
RouteBuddy’s simplicity has a nice ring to it. So imagine hiking in the Rockies with the sun low and no cell service. : The vast majority of us would pantomime like a cat after a bath. But with RouteBuddy’s offline maps? You’re cool as a cucumber. You get out your MacBook, load up the trail map, and run like a boss.
In Winph’s favour, it is an accident. It’s life on a roulette wheel: random and thrilling. You might not always win but hey, isn’t that the fun part? It reminds you sometimes the best things in life come to you when you least expect them.
Life is like that, no? Half knowing the route and half going for it. RouteBuddy is you – the master navigator, the mapmaker. You are the entrepreneur with Winph, the glimmering star-gazer with Winph. Both roads get you high, with a different flavour of satiation.
And here you are, tracing a route around the map, or betting on a casino table, like you’ve got an invisible bomb in your pocket. For, because come on, who doesn’t love the advantage when it comes wrapped in the kind of charisma and practicality these two give? It’s win-win in my book.