Ignorance is bliss. I went through Philly's health code reports page and didn't eat out for a few weeks.
have you ever been to San Jose....I literally get scared to eat out more than 2-3 places that I have eaten at for years.
DontEat.at: Check into a NYC restaurant, get texted of health code violations
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Re: DontEat.at: Check into a NYC restaurant, get texted of health code violations
#22Wow, thanks for submitting my app. DontEat.at is my submission to the NYC BigApps competition ( http://nycbigapps.com/ ). Let me know what you think.
I was wondering if you had an api or something I could use for my site http://www.onebigmenu.com I think it would be fantastic to get an idea of the health code violations for a place. :) drop me a line. (conrad.twizzle at gmail dot com)
I happened be looking to NYC violations earlier at http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/rii/index.shtml You could probably make use of it. It's NYC only.
Your city probably has a similar site.
Re: DontEat.at: Check into a NYC restaurant, get texted of health code violations
#23A bunch of us decide to go out to eat. We look up retaurants on yelp, menupages etc and pick a place to go. When we get there, we check into donteat.at and we get notified of a bunch of health code violations, at which point we decide to find a diff place to eat.
Wouldn't the user experience be better served by allowing ppl to enter a restaurant name into donteat.at from anywhere (like from their desktop after reading about it on yelp) and getting the health code violations? Wouldn't this save a lot of time and hassle?
Whats the point of getting notified after getting to the restaurant?
Re: DontEat.at: Check into a NYC restaurant, get texted of health code violations
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Re: DontEat.at: Check into a NYC restaurant, get texted of health code violations
#25A bunch of us decide to go out to eat. We look up retaurants on yelp, menupages etc and pick a place to go. When we get there, we check into donteat.at and we get notified of a bunch of health code violations, at which point we decide to find a diff place to eat. Wouldn't the user experience be better served by allowing ppl to enter a restaurant name into donteat.at from anywhere (like from their desktop after readin…
> Whats the point of getting notified after getting to the restaurant?
I don't know about you, but I'm not adding another step to the list of things I have to remember to do (manually) when picking a place to go. Foursquare is one of those things that some people will always use when they arrive somewhere, and so for them it's a 0-extra-action way of saying "Careful."
Now, I don't actually use Foursquare, but I get why this would be neat for someone who does.
Re: DontEat.at: Check into a NYC restaurant, get texted of health code violations
#26thats nice .. how will you monetize it ?
Re: DontEat.at: Check into a NYC restaurant, get texted of health code violations
#27The FourSquare integration is kinda neat, but it seems like the inspection data would be more useful before you go.
In Seattle/King County you can look up that info on a website or use the iOS app 'Seattle Inspections' -- http://inspectapp.com/
Re: DontEat.at: Check into a NYC restaurant, get texted of health code violations
#28Wow, thanks for submitting my app. DontEat.at is my submission to the NYC BigApps competition ( http://nycbigapps.com/ ). Let me know what you think.
Do you plan on making an Android app that uses GPS? I don't use foursquare, nor do I intend on using it just for the functionality of DontEat.at. I'd prefer to just open up my DontEat.at app and it immediately informing me about the health code status of the restaurant I'm at/next to. Due to it not being limited to the limit of a text message, much more could also be explained in the analysis. Also, if you do make an…
I'm not sure. I'll have to see what the users demand. First step: bring the app to other cities.
Re: DontEat.at: Check into a NYC restaurant, get texted of health code violations
#29A bunch of us decide to go out to eat. We look up retaurants on yelp, menupages etc and pick a place to go. When we get there, we check into donteat.at and we get notified of a bunch of health code violations, at which point we decide to find a diff place to eat. Wouldn't the user experience be better served by allowing ppl to enter a restaurant name into donteat.at from anywhere (like from their desktop after readin…
> Whats the point of getting notified after getting to the restaurant? I don't know about you, but I'm not adding another step to the list of things I have to remember to do (manually) when picking a place to go. Foursquare is one of those things that some people will always use when they arrive somewhere, and so for them it's a 0-extra-action way of saying "Careful." Now, I don't actually use Foursquare, but I get w…
I'm with rumpelstiltskin on this. Being persuaded to not eat somewhere after getting there (maybe you made a reservation, even) and then having to make the decision to leave and find another restaurant is a total pain in the ass. Especially during, say, dinner time when the whole area is trying to eat as well. Maybe you went way out of your way to get to that restaurant. Maybe you told your date where you were going and she got all excited about it, now you're stuck eating there -- health code violations or not.
That said, I think the idea of this service is totally cool. It just needs the ability to check before getting to a restaurant. That will complete the service IMO.
Re: DontEat.at: Check into a NYC restaurant, get texted of health code violations
#30A bunch of us decide to go out to eat. We look up retaurants on yelp, menupages etc and pick a place to go. When we get there, we check into donteat.at and we get notified of a bunch of health code violations, at which point we decide to find a diff place to eat. Wouldn't the user experience be better served by allowing ppl to enter a restaurant name into donteat.at from anywhere (like from their desktop after readin…
I hear you. I'm working on it. :)