Super Punch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Go here to see more photos of this Yelp Elite Lunchbox. Doesn't look like it's available in the Yelp store . And a few more links: 1. Jersey Gods as Peanuts characters . 2. The winning costume in the Kidrobot/Patricio Oliver Cucos contest. 3. Papercraft cyborg with removable helmet. *Previously: Lunch box roundup . * Buy vintage lunchboxes at eBay.
Eater SF (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Following the business owner/Yelper brawl earlier this week, Valleywag points out that the entire situation may have been diffused if only Yelp had given the time of day to the upset business owner, who actually went to Yelp HQ before...
Archinect (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
News Did you know that Yelp was co-founded by an architect that once worked for Norman Foster? Did you know that this same ex-architect also helped define the RSS standards? Well, now you know! Learn more about how David Galbraith in the newest Working out of the Box feature. Gabby Uvidia is the winner of Archinect's "Why are you studying Architecture?" contest . Here answer; Architecture...
Techtvforever.net (Free subscription) | yesterday
On this week’s This Week in Fun, Sarah and Martin discuss whether Axe has all the effect the commercials claim it does, people fight over restaurants on Yelp, and much more. This Week in Fun // Episode 42 [ episode notes | audio download ]
The World According to Melchizedik (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I woke up at 9 in the evening after a few hours of sleep. I felt so tired from a work I did the whole night. Famished but having no money to eat outside, I was planning of making a sandwich. But a friend of mine who claimed he has also no money, wanted to splurge his last centavo. He wanted to treat me to Jollibee. For quite a while now, I haven't had my Jollibee. So I agreed. Already I pictured chicken...
I Must Try Harder (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
At it’s heart, that is all Ironman is: a series of challenges to face and overcome. Even race day itself is three challenges (swim, bike, run – just to be explicit) with some wardrobe changes in between. And everything before that day, is just yet more of those challenges. You have to overcome the idea of attempting an Ironman. You have to overcome the challenge of how to train for it....
The Lowdown on Creative Content (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
This week, CC director Ali Muirden talks about a very particular problem for those working at home. As I begin to write this week’s blog, every word on this screen is being scrutinized by a demanding, aloof and occasionally sinister working companion…. My cat Indy! She is sleek, black and white, half Burmese (her mum had a one night stand with the local Tom!) and totally and absolutely...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Yelp couldn't have guessed one of its reviewers might end up in a vicious wrestling match with a store owner, right? Wrong: the owner had visited Yelp HQ the day before the fight, been ignored, then...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Yelp couldn't have guessed one of its reviewers might end up in a vicious wrestling match with a store owner, right? Wrong: the owner had visited Yelp HQ the day before the fight, been ignored, then...
ReadWriteWeb (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Ben Behrouzi came from the shadowy Lead Generation business, but some people in that field said he played too dirty. Now he's got a real-time search engine that just came out of beta today, called Leapfish , and he says the company will already report $10 million in revenue this year despite having barely launched to the public. This is a strange story, but no one said the path to the future wouldn't...
SFist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Earlier this week we told you about the owner of Ocean Avenue Book who, after receiving a less than glowing Yelp review, went crazy on Yelper "Sean C.," showed up at his front door, and tried to attack him . Now we're hearing that this may not have been the case. Valleywag reports that it might have been "Sean C." who was the batshit one . (We're going to call it a draw for now.)...
FWM Websites for Attorneys Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Have you ever heard of Yelp (Yelp.com)? It is a website worth checking out, as it publishes millions of reviews about local businesses to help people find the services they need, including law firms. According to Yelp, the website “allows consumers to share the experiences they've had with local businesses and lets business owners share information about their business with their customers. Simply...
Pulse2 (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A man complained left a negative review on Yelp about a bookstore. The bookstore owner tracked the guy down on Yelp and actually broke into the person’s house. The man whose house got broken into filed a complaint to the police and updated the Yelp review. The reviewer is known as Sean [...]
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Yelp’s Best of Solar Now, there’s plenty of “yelping” going on about solar energy across the greater blogosphere. But what do real Yelpers have to say about it? In an effort to find out, we canvassed Yelp reviews of solar contractors in cities across the country. For solar, when reviews are given, [...]
Gawker (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The Yelp reviewer supposedly attacked by a store owner just got a zero-star rating for honesty. The store owner says it was the reviewer who attacked, even though the owner came in peace to...
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Peter Brooke | 04/17/2009
Yelp is a website with the slogan, “Real People. Real Reviews”. Users of Yelp are free to post reviews of local businesses such as restaurants, nightclubs and more, a useful resource developed with the customer in mind-think TripAdvisor. In a surprising move, Yelp is scheduled to begin allowing small business owners to publicly respond to posted reviews next week. Previously, the site stringently adhered...
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