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Boston Restaurants On Twitter

Mon, May 4, 2009

If like me, two of your habits involve messing around on Twitter and eating at restaurants (sometimes at the same time), the list below may actually be of interest to you. Based on my hunting and pecking around THE INTERNET, I have compiled the rather exhaustive (but likely still missing many) list of Boston restaurants, pubs, hotels, and food related profiles on Twitter.

If you know of others, please leave them in the comments.

Restaurants/Bars/Pubs/Hotels

Other Boston Food Related Feeds

http://twitter.com/BostonCheapEats
http://twitter.com/OpenTable
http://twitter.com/BostonTweet
http://twitter.com/BostonFoodDiary
http://twitter.com/bostonfoodwhine
http://twitter.com/GastroSpkBoston
http://twitter.com/RWboston
http://twitter.com/Boston_Bakes
http://twitter.com/GrubHub
http://twitter.com/TheSecondGlass
http://twitter.com/edibleboston
http://twitter.com/HubEats
http://twitter.com/bostonfoodwhine
http://twitter.com/yelpboston
http://twitter.com/BostonBubbleTea
http://twitter.com/GlobeFood
http://twitter.com/eatboston

Markus Frind Quote

Mon, Feb 23, 2009

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As someone that is involved in building community based sites, a quote from Markus Frind (Plenty of Fish) in a recent INC Magazine article really resonated with me.

Frind has resisted adding other commonly requested features, such as chatrooms and video profiles, on the same grounds. “I don’t listen to the users,” he says. “The people who suggest things are the vocal minority who have stupid ideas that only apply to their little niches.”

Though what Markus says isn’t totally true all of the time, it is mostly true most of the time. Noah’s post on Twitter about Tropicana’s un-redesign made me think of this.

Adding Yelp Reviews To Twitter

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

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Just thought of something interesting that those who are Yelpers and Twitter…ers might find interesting. There is a super easy way to have a new Tweet posted to your Twitter stream, any time you post a new review on Yelp.

The automagic output post to twitter that would happen, in case you are wondering what the hell I am talking about, would look like this….

http://twitter.com/andrewteman/status/1189982213

Now…to do this, follow these steps.

Go to http://twitterfeed.com, and login using OpenID
Click “create a new feed”
To get an RSS feed of your most recent reviews, hit up http://www.yelp.com/rss (be logged in to get YOUR feeds). Click the little “RSS” link and icon to the right of “Your recent reviews” line, and paste this into the “RSS Feed URL” box on http://twitterfeed.com
Set all of the options the way that you want. I set the update frequency to be every hour, and to post one update each time. This basically tells twitter feed to check every hour for a new post, and only post one update per hour if it finds anything new. Set the frequency however you want, but I find that this is a good level to set at.
You should basically leave all of the other options set as is, with the exception of adding something like “New Yelp Review:” in the “Prefix each tweet with:” options. Be sure and leave a whitespace at the end of whatever you put there, so the appended text from the feed isn’t humping your prefix text.

If you set this all up correctly, a new Tweet will happen within the next hour, pointing your followers to your most recent Yelp review. Remember, if you set this up, you don’t need to post a new review for this to start working. The system will automatically grab the latest update on it’s own based on your settings. After THAT, each time you post a new review, the script should fetch that review and post it to Twitter based on your settings.

Enjoy!

Blogging Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Different Now

Tue, Dec 30, 2008

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Not to get all Jason Calicanisy here, but I’ve been thinking for a while now about my blog and blogging in general (NERD ALERT!). More specifically what the latter means these days, and as such, and what to do with the former.

It’s been ages since I posted anything even vaguely unique or substantive - something that wasn’t a just quick snippet, photo, video, or link. Which is why I have found myself moving more towards posting shorter, more frequent items to Twitter and Flickr, and finding a lot more satisfaction in doing so (though this wasn’t always the case).

Paul Boutin said it well in a recent Wired article:

Writing a weblog today isn’t the bright idea it was four years ago. The blogosphere, once a freshwater oasis of folksy self-expression and clever thought, has been flooded by a tsunami of paid bilge. Cut-rate journalists and underground marketing campaigns now drown out the authentic voices of amateur wordsmiths. It’s almost impossible to get noticed, except by hecklers. And why bother? The time it takes to craft sharp, witty blog prose is better spent expressing yourself on Flickr, Facebook, or Twitter.

I think this is pretty dead on, particularly the last line, and so from now on, this site will mainly lay in state, and my new short-form world will exist on AndrewTeman.COM. Be sure and update your RSS feeds here if you want to follow along. It’s riveting I know.

The new site, as I said, will mainly be Twitter updates, Flickr photos, and some ancillary info pulled from my Delicious, Yelp, and Last.FM feeds, nice and simple. Granted there will still be things that I want to get out there that just won’t fit neatly into JPG format, or in 140 character strings, and for that, the blog will remain here in it’s current form, but with grossly sparse updates at very best.

It’s been a good run. Since May of 2004, there have been 815 posts, over 1,200 comments, and well over one million visitors.

See you over at the new place.

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Updates From Twitter

- Michael Jackson Breaking “Weather” News. Huh? http://flic.kr/p/6BkCm3 #
- The cashier at Starbucks gave me 5 Panamanian Centesimos instead of a nickel for change today. I guess this isn’t actually that interesting. #
- Heading to @tentables in JP for dinner. Still my favorite Boston restaurant. #
- Julie and I saw this video on TV last night and it cracked us up. http://bit.ly/lJ9i1 #
- This is so lame. Why is there always some dink that complains about stuff like this and ruins things for everyone? http://bit.ly/lgaaD #
- New Flickr Photo: Sad Weather http://flic.kr/p/6B8EzC #
- I can’t believe my soccer game tonight is still on. I guess it’s a turf field, but still. Looking forward to playing if we get to. #
- This is awesome. Some cool baseball info-graphics http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/ #
- I think I consume way too much sodium. #
- Good thing this drought is over. #
- I never realized Jordan’s Furniture was a Berkshire Hathaway company. #
- @LESPALIER Glad to see another beer night coming up in August. The last one was awesome! #
- Semi-invented salad for dinner: red onion, shrimp, strawberries, almonds, blue cheese, balsamic, salad greens #
- Time for a run so I can feel better about sitting on the couch for 2 hours later watching the Confederations Cup Final. #
- It’s tourist season in Boston. Can’t go outside without getting buzzed sightseeing trolleys or asked for directions by someone with a map. #
- Now Billy Mays is dead? #

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