CT handles

Randy_Sloan · April 29, 2009, 8:32pm

babnik

Nancy_Dolce · April 30, 2009, 4:53am

Sweet Nancy

Jud_Reis · April 30, 2009, 12:53pm

jreis

M_M_c_C_a_l_l · April 30, 2009, 2:16pm

Awwww, now that’s perfect!

Jorge_Henriquez · April 30, 2009, 4:57pm

JorgeH

Guillaume_Deschamps · April 30, 2009, 10:18pm

BTW I’m still going to push for more fleshed out profiles in CT

My handle is Will (and #291 for bragging rights).

Eric_LeVine · May 1, 2009, 5:40am

When I relaunch the site later this year there will be a much stronger push on this.

Guillaume_Deschamps · May 1, 2009, 12:45pm

Great news. Will really help in sorting out my favorite tasters and connect with the rest of the community!

Jim_Brennan · May 1, 2009, 1:09pm

Eric:

Any thoughts about a beta testing group?

zachary_l_a_n_g · May 1, 2009, 4:47pm

What do you guys mean by this? more fleshed out profiles?

Guillaume_Deschamps · May 1, 2009, 5:30pm

User profiles in CT are pretty basic right now, at least from my point of view. Basically CT profiles allow you to see: the user’s TNs, the user’s cellar (depending on privacy settings), the user favorite regions and favorite tasters (other users).

By more fleshed out I mean maybe the option to publish real name, where the user ranks on the enjoyment vs hardcore totally impartial tasting scale, the user’s experience with wines, connections to the business, picture … literally whatever could help me know some ppl better and get some context on their TNs. Also an email to get in touch with them for X or Y reason. All of this on a 100% optional basis.

That would turn CT into even more of a community, where now it’s more a collection of anonymous users.

Tim_Corliss · May 2, 2009, 6:17am

tim corliss

Eric_LeVine · May 2, 2009, 8:11pm

Jim, I may well do a small closed beta earlier. But that is also not really in the general spirit of transparency. So what i will likely do is offer a parallel site when I am ready. For everyone. Running against the same database. So you can easily switch back and forth from new site to old with no issues. But I need to get a bit further first.

BTW, people can add a photo and bio in their profile, their region, can make their real name public etc. I just haven’t created a lot of visibility around these features. And the current CT site (apart from the forum) doesn’t let you message publicly or privately etc.

Eric_LeVine · May 2, 2009, 8:12pm

Go here. Now: http://www.cellartracker.com/editprofile.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(Link will only work for a logged in user.)

Randy_Sloan · May 2, 2009, 9:55pm

Seems like everytime I spend time with Cellartracker beyond entering the simple bottle or tasting note, I discover a new feature.

It may be old news to you, but I never knew that when looking at another user’s profile, you can click on Wines In Common and see exactly that.

Not sure what I would ever do with such information in CT’s current version, but it’s pretty cool anyway.

M_M_c_C_a_l_l · May 2, 2009, 10:42pm

I didn’t know about that feature either! I am headed over there to see if Mike Pobega and I have any wines in common. If we do, it has to be some sort of metaphor for peace and harmony among the many peoples of the world.

(Shoot, not one!)

Eric_LeVine · May 2, 2009, 10:45pm

Nice! Can’t we all just get along…

mike_pobega · May 3, 2009, 4:22pm

Not unless you drink ‘manly’ wines.
No wimpy wines.

Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m · May 4, 2009, 5:16am

This is one of my favorite features of CT. I’m looking forward to a tool that will spotlight the cellars of others whose cellars are most similar to mine.

“Favorite Tasters” is another feature that adds much value to the site.

Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m · June 30, 2009, 8:14pm

[bump] … because the population here has more than doubled since the last post was made.