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32 lines
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date: 2009-12-05
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tags:
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- programming
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- beertraq
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title: Beertraq Beta!
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---
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I'm glad to announce that my recent pet project, Beertraq, is now in a
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(somewhat closed) beta stage! The basic idea is there and functioning,
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but the extra functionality isn't done and it's far from polished.
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Nonetheless, it's time to take her for a test drive!
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---
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> Note from future-Nick
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> I got lazy and never finished Beertraq, and Untappd ended up releasing not long after. Though it took them _years_ to implement a barcode scanner in the app, which was going to be a core thing in Beertraq.
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So what is Beertraq, you ask? It's a way for you to keep track of which
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beers you've tasted, compare those with others, read beer reviews, and
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most importantly discover new beers to try. I originally got the idea
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from The Flying Saucer's UFO Club, where members work toward a goal of
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drinking 200 different beers. Once they complete the task, they get their
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name on a plate which gets put on the wall of the bar. The cool part about
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the UFO Club is that it's all computerized, using a magstripe card to login
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at a kiosk in the bar. You can also log in to their website to check your
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progress and read reviews on there. I figured that if The Flying Saucer can
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have that system for their bar, I could do the same for the world.
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If you're interested in becoming a BeerTraq beta user, send an email to
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beertraq (at) beertraq (dot) com with the email address you want to use for
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your account. All I ask is that you give feedback by filling out issue requests
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with bugs you find or suggestions you might have.
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