Done with star ratings
Posted by mike | Filed under Meta
The number one source of frustration on this site: star ratings. No matter what I do, they’re bound to disappoint someone. If I give a high rating to every place I get excited about (most of them), then I get feedback that my ratings are uninformative. If I stick to ratings of no more than [...]
Introducing the FoodBurgh Meetup
Posted by mike | Filed under Community, Meta
As some of you may have noticed in my Avenue B review, I have started an official FoodBurgh Meetup group. For anyone not familiar with Meetup, it’s an easy way for anyone to organize a group outing for people with a common interest. For example, you’ve probably heard me talk about the Pittsburgh Beer Meetup [...]
FoodBurgh popping up everywhere
Posted by mike | Filed under Meta
Whoa. Talk about a big day for FoodBurgh promotion. Not only did the Pop City blogger article go out today, but my first article outside the confines of FoodBurgh went up on the Living Pittsburgh site. Big thanks to both Pop City and Living Pittsburgh for all the pointers back to FoodBurgh. All the Twitter [...]
A New Theme for a New Year
Posted by mike | Filed under Meta
Almost since FoodBurgh’s inception last year, I’ve been unhappy with the theme. I had tweaked it only slightly from a blog that I maintained through college, and a number of issues and general sloppiness had crept in over the years. The theme was created with an older version of WordPress in mind and crafted to [...]
Meta: Review Score Sheet
Posted by mike | Filed under Meta
I recently received some comments on my excessively high star ratings. I tend to agree; it’s a problem. I general, I have a hard time being critical—especially when I’m looking for something that differs slightly from the norm. After all, I tend to be hugely supportive of independent restaurants and what they do for our [...]
So I’m on Twitter. Sorry.
Posted by mike | Filed under Meta
Okay, I finally did it. I’m now on Twitter. I’ve actually been there for some time for no other reason than listening to others. Not too long ago, I started making an effort to issue some of my own updates: mostly relating to beer and food options in the area.
I’m not quite sure how I [...]
The Locavore: Full Press Release
Posted by mike | Filed under Community, Meta, Reviews
At least one of you was asking for more information regarding the Locavore. There’s a press release on Franktuary’s site, but nobody wants to download and open up a PDF file to skim through a press release. I’m providing the full text of the Locavore release in this post. If you’re interested, you’ll probably want [...]
Review incentives? A Full Disclosure guaranty.
Posted by mike | Filed under Meta
I’ve recently had two different restauranteurs take note of this blog and offer up a free meal in hopes that I might write it up. That has forced me to make a decision: do I accept the meals and write them up, reject them in the interest of maintaining a level of independence. I’m choosing [...]
Helping Little Guys State their Case
Posted by mike | Filed under Meta
I’m going to go out on a limb with this post, and step outside the one-review-after-another format with a bit of a vision statement.
Beer Wars. I had a bit of an epiphany the other night while I was out watching Beer Wars with the members of one of our local homebrew clubs (TRASH). For those [...]
New Sign over at the 61C
Posted by mike | Filed under Coffee, Meta
Has anyone else seen the new sign up at the 61C Cafe (on Murray)?
I rather like it.
