Comments on: Starbucks Challenge 2.0 http://greenlagirl.com/2005/11/02/starbucks-challenge-20/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: manolo http://greenlagirl.com/2005/11/02/starbucks-challenge-20/#comment-101254 manolo Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:59:25 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=188#comment-101254 starbucks has always overcharged everyone for a simple cup of joe. mom and pops are vanishing for starbucks eats them all.... free enterprise?? i went to a local mom and pop and had a better cup (fair trade) than starbucks burnt/ocult blends starbucks has always overcharged everyone for a simple cup of joe. mom and pops are vanishing for starbucks eats them all…. free enterprise??
i went to a local mom and pop and had a better cup
(fair trade) than starbucks burnt/ocult blends

]]> By: Kathleen http://greenlagirl.com/2005/11/02/starbucks-challenge-20/#comment-64148 Kathleen Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:53:07 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=188#comment-64148 Starbucks is not an ethical company, which is why they do not actually keep their promise about Fair Trade Coffeee. They are probably delighted to have this attention, you know, "any publicity is good publicity". I think we should be finding locally owned coffee shops in our area that already or are willing to carry Fair Trade/Organic/Shade Grown coffee and publish their websites and locations, and then go drink coffee there. Starbucks is over. Starbucks is not an ethical company, which is why they do not actually keep their promise about Fair Trade Coffeee. They are probably delighted to have this attention, you know, “any publicity is good publicity”. I think we should be finding locally owned coffee shops in our area that already or are willing to carry Fair Trade/Organic/Shade Grown coffee and publish their websites and locations, and then go drink coffee there. Starbucks is over.

]]> By: aussie http://greenlagirl.com/2005/11/02/starbucks-challenge-20/#comment-616 aussie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=188#comment-616 ok... so just for the dummy record... i didn't understand what it meant that they needed to "french press" a cup of coffee... so i never really took part in the challenge! i now understand what it means... so next starbucks visit... i'm gonna ask for a cup of free tradde coffee!!! YAY! ok… so just for the dummy record… i didn’t understand what it meant that they needed to “french press” a cup of coffee… so i never really took part in the challenge! i now understand what it means… so next starbucks visit… i’m gonna ask for a cup of free tradde coffee!!! YAY!

]]> By: Robert 'Groby' Blum http://greenlagirl.com/2005/11/02/starbucks-challenge-20/#comment-617 Robert 'Groby' Blum Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=188#comment-617 If you can get people to tag their posts with either a store ID or a zip code, I can try hacking the automatic frappering... If you can get people to tag their posts with either a store ID or a zip code, I can try hacking the automatic frappering…

]]> By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/2005/11/02/starbucks-challenge-20/#comment-618 Siel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=188#comment-618 aussie -- A couple other people were confused by that too. BTW -- FAIR trade. I think we're so used to reading and hearing free trade that the phrase automatically rolls out -- even when that's really, really not what we mean --<BR/><BR/>Groby -- Cool -- Al of City Hippy and I do the tagging, so we'll always include a zip from now on -- Thanks for taking a crack at the hack! aussie — A couple other people were confused by that too. BTW — FAIR trade. I think we’re so used to reading and hearing free trade that the phrase automatically rolls out — even when that’s really, really not what we mean –

Groby — Cool — Al of City Hippy and I do the tagging, so we’ll always include a zip from now on — Thanks for taking a crack at the hack!

]]> By: aussie http://greenlagirl.com/2005/11/02/starbucks-challenge-20/#comment-619 aussie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=188#comment-619 oops! my bad! <B>FAIR TRADE</B> <I>(how embarassment!)</I> lol oops! my bad! FAIR TRADE (how embarassment!) lol

]]> By: Robert 'Groby' Blum http://greenlagirl.com/2005/11/02/starbucks-challenge-20/#comment-620 Robert 'Groby' Blum Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=188#comment-620 Before you get too carried away with the tagging - a store key might be even better. It looks like I can get the location of each Starbucks fairly easily with a StoreKey. (Until they change their web site, at least ;)<BR/><BR/>And that location is also in a Google-Map friendly format. <BR/><BR/>Now, if we also tag the link as challenge_passed or challenged_failed, we could do different icons, if you so choose... (And you have skills to make them. My art looks like a three-year old running with crayons....)<BR/><BR/>Still working on the ZIP code thing, but that's actually harder. The only places that map ZIP to geo-locations charge for it... :( Before you get too carried away with the tagging - a store key might be even better. It looks like I can get the location of each Starbucks fairly easily with a StoreKey. (Until they change their web site, at least ;)

And that location is also in a Google-Map friendly format.

Now, if we also tag the link as challenge_passed or challenged_failed, we could do different icons, if you so choose… (And you have skills to make them. My art looks like a three-year old running with crayons….)

Still working on the ZIP code thing, but that’s actually harder. The only places that map ZIP to geo-locations charge for it… :(

]]> By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/2005/11/02/starbucks-challenge-20/#comment-621 Siel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=188#comment-621 Did they change their website? Can't find the store keys. Or is it just me? Did they change their website? Can’t find the store keys. Or is it just me?

]]> By: Robert 'Groby' Blum http://greenlagirl.com/2005/11/02/starbucks-challenge-20/#comment-622 Robert 'Groby' Blum Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=188#comment-622 They're still part of the search URL. After you selected a specific store, it will show "StoreKey=xxxxx" as part of the URL. That's the only way to find them out, AFAIK.<BR/><BR/>That's also my secret in to find out where they are. BTW: You mind if I don't use Frappr? They are a bit too limited for what I'm trying, and they have no web API. (For shame!)<BR/><BR/>If things go as planned, we'll have our own Google Map, fed by the RSS feed. No user annotations, though... They’re still part of the search URL. After you selected a specific store, it will show “StoreKey=xxxxx” as part of the URL. That’s the only way to find them out, AFAIK.

That’s also my secret in to find out where they are. BTW: You mind if I don’t use Frappr? They are a bit too limited for what I’m trying, and they have no web API. (For shame!)

If things go as planned, we’ll have our own Google Map, fed by the RSS feed. No user annotations, though…

]]> By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/2005/11/02/starbucks-challenge-20/#comment-623 Siel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=188#comment-623 To readers: Groby and I are working on the del.icio.us conversion to map deets via email. More later :) To readers: Groby and I are working on the del.icio.us conversion to map deets via email. More later :)

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