Priorities, Priorities.

For a long time GarnishBar - or a variation of - has been a passion of mine. And throughout this adventure I’ve been helped by many many people. Whether they offered emotional, financial, development, UX, business advice, or simply encouraging words, I am extremely grateful to each and everyone of them. I say all of this because I don’t want their support to seem like it was for nothing or unappreciated.

The past few months have been busy ones for me.

On February 26th my wife and I were blessed with the birth of our twin boys, Jacob and Rai, and it has been all diapers and giggles since.

As things begin to settle into normalcy and routine I’m getting the itch to return to making GarnishBar the best cocktail community on and off the interwebs.

The first thing I’m going to begin doing is giving more details on the status of all things GarnishBar. This will be done in monthly posts here on the dev blog. Here’s the first…

GarnishBar Status Check:

If you’ve noticed there haven’t been many updates to GarnishBar.com that’s because I’ve been working on a redesign that I’m really excited about. The new design makes better use of the lefthand column where the current navigation lives and gives more space for the cocktail recipes, ingredient info, and new features. I hope to preview the design here before it goes into development to get your opinions and feedback.

I’m also still in the hunt for a developer to help bring this new design to life. Of course, finding a developer to partner with me would be financially beneficial (especially with the arrival of the twins), I realize I can’t continue to hold off moving forward forever.

I’ve also been planning the start of GarnishBar Tv, a series of videos on everything from how to mix cocktails, ingredient reviews, bartender interviews, and discussions on industry trends. This is an exciting but scary step that I’m really looking forward hearing your reactions to.

That wraps up the first GarnishBar Status Check.

If you’re not doing so already follow us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest GarnishBar updates and to know when I post the first GarnishBar Tv video.

Cheers,
Ben 

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GarnishBar is looking for dev support

We’re currently looking for a passionate web developer to join the GarnishBar team.

If you’re fluent in HTML/CSS, MySQL, S3, jQuery, Django, and are looking to join an early stage startup we’d love to talk with you. Compensation is negotiable in either equity partnership, revenue sharing, or payment plans.

If you’re interested in helping us out, even just a little bit, get in touch with us on:

Twitter.com/GarnishBar
Facebook.com/GarnishBar
By responding to this post,
or by emailing garnishbar@gmail.com 

Cheers,
Ben 

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