I had a call with a very nice lady at Yelp, and it sounds like they'd really prefer I used the API to build up a set of points... not a trivial amount of work, so Yelp listings will have to wait for more important things to get done. … [Read more...] about More Yelp
Accounts
The problem that I've been thinking about recently is that I'd like for people to be able to save their lists of favorite apartments and easily send them to their friends, brokers, etc. The two main approaches that I've been debating between are whether I should implement full-fledged accounts with … [Read more...] about Accounts
Blocked by Yelp :-(
It seems that I was too quick in getting Yelp data for cities up, and Yelp has blocked my server's IP. I'll try to get them to unblock it (switching IPs and resuming wouldn't be very friendly). It might be a while I can get Yelp listings for more cities up, though. Sorry. … [Read more...] about Blocked by Yelp :-(
More Cities get Yelp Listings
I've added Yelp listings for some new cities. This brings the full list to: San Francisco Anchorage, Alaska Albany, NY Albuquerque Atlanta Austin Baltimore, MD Boise Boston Buffalo, NY Charlotte, … [Read more...] about More Cities get Yelp Listings
“Hello world!”, said PadMapper.
Welcome to the development blog for PadMapper! I've actually been steadily working on and improving it for about a month now, I've just been too lazy to run through WordPress' apparently famous 5-minute setup. So, what is PadMapper? It's a search engine for apartments and houses for rent. I … [Read more...] about “Hello world!”, said PadMapper.