Other Tour Tracker Blogs

Wow, before I even get started on describing the application, there are lots of links I have to share! Here are some, if you know of more, email me for sure....

From the cycling community....
http://www.tdfblog.com/2007/02/adobes_californ.html
http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archives/2007/2/19/2747203.html
http://www.cyclingfans.com/
http://velochimp.com/2007/02/19/amgen-toc-website-pushes-boundaries-again/

From the geek community....
Mike Potter:
http://www.riapedia.com/2007/02/18/the_absolute_coolest_sexiest_flex_application_ever
Joe Rinehart called it “My dream application!”:
http://www.firemoss.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=DB8C3C60-3048-55C9-437A2E35DD512CAA
Simon Barber:
http://spbarber.com/blog/the-amgen-tour-of-california-flex-2-application/
Matt Chotin: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2007/02/amgen_tour_of_c.cfm
Andrew Spaulding:
http://www.flexdaddy.info/2007/02/20/the-adobe-tour-tracker-real-time-bicycle-race-info/
Ben Forta: http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/2/19/AmgenTourOfCalifornia
Christophe Coenraets:
http://coenraets.org/blog/2007/02/building-the-back-end-of-the-tour-of-california-%e2%80%9ctour-tracker%e2%80%9d-using-flex-data-services/
Ted Patrick:
http://www.onflex.org/ted/2007/02/tour-of-california-live-part-2.php
Francis Potter:
http://www.yottapixel.com/2007/02/18/live-videodataimage-mix-of-california-bike-race/
Jeffrey Veen:
http://www.veen.com/jeff/archives/000962.html

Interestingly, someone thinks that Portent did the design, since they list the website in their portfolio! Not true! The design was a combination of Dave Nelson (original design), myself (added the satelite maps with riders, photos, etc), and Mike Sundermeyer (fixed everything I did wrong).