I just finished a minor little project with my friend Kyley, who works in the bulk flower seed industry. I learned all kinds of fascinating stuff about the wildflower seed business. There is quite an interesting set of interaction between growers, wholesalers, and retailers. Often the lines get blurred, as growers buy their own seed mixing and germination equipment, as wholesalers sell seed back to growers, and in turn retailers sometimes go direct to growers.
I’ve been working a little harder on BarFly lately. I realized I was not logging search queries generated by our users. How stupid of me to neglect an asset that helps me learn a ton about what kind of information people are seeking. I started logging this stuff and found ways I could make our listings more accessible. In addition to that, I’ve added “Drinking Buddies” to all BarFly accounts. Basically, it’s just a myspace friends type deal.
I even had time to write some content. Not that I had time, I had far too little, but you know what I mean. Nonetheless, here is a guide to St. Patrick’s Day in Portland.
I’m lamenting the domain name barflymag.com. It’s difficult to remember and unituitive + the magazine (hence the “mag” portion of domain) is all but non-existent, and our content certainly is not magazine style. Yet it has old, old link history so I don’t want to change it.
Okay, I really don’t. Trust me, I’ve seen those baby people. The people who dress like babies. In all seriousness my friend Jason recently had a baby and his fiance is a product reviewer for baby clothing. They recently started a website reviewing all sorts of toddler type clothing, and Megan seems well adept at it. So, hello toddler clothing reviews!