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| I no longer keep very close pulse of our hometown daily, The Oregonian, so I missed the news that they were putting together a beer app. I don’t think I’ll be sending in jaws to the floor when I report that it’s … not good. One of the biggest complaints locals have had, going back well over a decade, is the abysmal quality of OregonLive, the online site for the paper. The paper’s app is actually worse. And even if the digital products were well-designed, they would be hamstrung by the fact that the paper has spent the last five years assiduously ridding itself of competent reporters. (Skip to the last paragraph is you’re interested in seeing how they plan to replace them.)
On top of all that, it’s really hard to make a decent beer app because of the sheer magnitude of beer information out there (beer, breweries, events). It’s nearly impossible to collect it all and, when you do, it begins to fall out of date instantly. Everyone can visualize the perfect app: it contains detailed descr … |
Source: Beervana
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