irl encourages you to participate more in the world around you by providing a time-limited, ultra-local index of fun and novel events. At a glance, you can locate interesting things to see and do in your immediate environment.
Technology can encourage us to be passive, anonymous observers who become isolated from the world around us. Too often, we confine ourselves to a self-reinforcing information bubble by visiting the same websites and physical locations each day.
irl provides a tool that encourages participation and immediacy by showing you what's happening now in your area. You can create spots for your own events, share them publicly or privately, and browse the spots around you to join in and have more interesting life experiences.
To see what's out there, just start browsing the map!
You can filter by spot category (food, entertainment, etc.) right on the map. You can also search for a particular spot or user.
To create and share a spot, click or tap the plus button in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Choose a category and fill in the details. Then you can share the spot via Twitter, Facebook, Google+, email, or SMS message.
"As a small business owner, I use irl every day to create a temporary listing with our daily specials." -Steve, Owner of Tiny Little Bakery
"irl is really useful for spreading the word about my public dance class in the park every Sunday. We see a lot of new faces that we otherwise wouldn't." -Janice, Dance Instructor
"One of my favorite things to do with irl is to subscribe to my favorite food truck. I can see exactly where they'll be on any given day." -Marlin, irl User
"irl lets me share my gigs to fans of local live music. I can create a spot for my gig tomorrow, and people looking for something to do get the notification on their feed. I've been getting a lot more subscribers lately, which is great because it encourages local musicians like me to keep gigging." -Bill, Jazz Guitarist
irl makes it easy to live more. Try irl now and see what's happening!