Tosh | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 17 2008 | iphone, urbanspoon, startups
Heh.
Quoted: New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni details his frustrating experience trying to find restaurants in New York using Urbanspoon's new restaurant locator application for the iPhone.
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Asked about the review, Urbanspoon founder Ethan Lowry says he is "pretty happy that (Bruni) spent half his weekend playing around with Urbanspoon."
- Tosh | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 11 2008 | iphone, urbanspoon
So Cool! This is my favorite app from the App Store so far. This will help to avoid those embarassing pauses on 1st Ave where we try to decide on where to eat.
Quoted: Have you ever had trouble deciding where to eat? Maybe you're going out with a group and you're suffering from collective paralysis. Or maybe you just want to discover a new restaurant. We have a solution for you. If you have an iPhone old or new, download Urbanspoon for the iPhone.
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Urbanspoon on the iPhone is part Magic 8 Ball, part slot machine. You shake your phone and it finds a good nearby restaurant for you. Keep shaking it until it comes back with something you want to try.ShareViewed: 1 Time - Tosh | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 11 2008 | urbanspoon, iphone, startups
Now this is something I would use. Great.
Quoted: The application works with the iPhone's built-in accelerometers, which measure movement. It also ties into the phone's GPS functionality.
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That allows a person in a select neighborhood to shake the phone -- which sets off a slot machine style interface that returns the highest rated nearby restaurants on Urbanspoon.
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Lowry, who has been testing the device in Seattle, said the idea was to help people find a good place to eat when they are "seized by indecision."ShareViewed: 2 Times
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