Author: Jason
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How to backup and restore inMyCellar database
Probably the most frequent question I hear from inMyCellar users is: “HELP!! I got a brand new shiny phone, installed inMyCellar and my cellar is now empty! How do I get it back?”. I hear your concern. It pains me that I haven’t had enough free time to complete the uber cloud based backup solution…
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Hey Google, talk to the Beer Judge Exam Trainer!
It’s finally here… my first app for the Google Assistant has been approved. You can get all of the details here, but the basic gist is that it’s a straightforward helper for studying for the BJCP exam. It’s available on Google Home, Android 6.0+ phones (soon to be 5.0+), TVs and iOS 9.0+ phones. I basically used this as an example…
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Who’s the Phoneme?
Ever since attending Google I/O (one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended… seriously Google, please have me back next year!) earlier this year, I felt I needed to build a dedicated app for the Google Assistant. I kicked around a ton of ideas and at first felt daunted by all of the things that I…
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Using the Physical Web to Drive Subscriber Growth and Engagement
NOTE: As of December 6, 2018, Google will be discontinuing Nearby Notifications on Android, making much of the information in this post no longer relevant. Read more here. Threddies recently made the transition from existing online only to having a B&M boutique shop. The Threddies shop specializes in items that are noticeably distinct from the…
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Fermenting Solutions
My email newsletter is entitled Fermenting Solutions. It started years ago as an effort to ‘dog food’ AWeber’s Curate mobile app. It’s a semi regular chronicle of a current project that I’m spending time on… the trials, tribulations and the interesting beverages I’ve had to drink while trying to work through them. You can read…