A new release is just around the corner
May 20th, 2008
Tweetwhatyoueat is putting the finishing touches on some exciting new changes to bring you an improved, one-of-a-kind food diary experience with unparalleled ease of use. We’ve added this News section to keep you informed of the upcoming changes. Here’s what’s in store for the new Tweetwhatyoueat!
- Sticky Food Profiles – Anytime you enter calories for a food in your diary, TWYE will remember that value and automatically apply it to all subsequent entries. We call these “Sticky food profiles.” You can override the profile on an individual basis by editing an entry directly.
- Zero calorie, calorie look-ups – Enable the new “use food profiles” setting and TWYE will automatically try and match uncaloried foods in your diary with calorie entries submitted by other users. It’s calorie crowd sourcing and it’s a first, only from Tweetwhatyoueat.
Below is a sneak peak of how your diary will look when the new “use food profiles” setting is on. “n/a” entries in your diary will be auto-filled with calorie amounts if someone else in the community has eaten that food and assigned it a calorie value.
Clicking the calorie amount opens the food profile dialogue (as seen above) revealing the available calorie profiles for that food. Profiles in the dialogue are weighted. Any profile submitted or selected by you appears at the top of the list and is designated with a “me” icon. Profiles are then ranked by the number of users using them.
The calorie value of the active profile is shown in-line in your diary. If you haven’t selected or submitted a profile directly using the food profile dialogue, the highest ranked food profile will be used by default when the setting is activated. You can always select an alternate food profile from the dialogue at any point by clicking it. This will retroactively apply the profile to all previous entries for that food.
We’d love to hear from you about these changes so please post your questions and comments.
10 Responses to “A new release is just around the corner”
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May 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 AM I am a lapsed twye user, and the fact that you had to enter the calories every time for the same food was the main reason I stopped using twye! Now I'll definitely be better at tracking my eating habits. Good work and great idea guys, keep it up!
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:52 AM Sweet!
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:03 PM These are great changes! I can't wait to see them in place. Thanks for this great, simple, and easy to use site.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:35 AM That really looks amazing. I've been very impressed with this website so far. Looking forward to what's coming up next! Any plans for a way of including a diary on a blog or facebook?
May 23rd, 2008 at 02:22 PM Another thought... Having a way of saying something like: "d twye Total:Day" And have TwitterWhatYouEat.com send the total calories for the day up to that point would be really helpful. It would help with keeping track of where you're at, and make the whole program a more helpful tool.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:53 AM Thanks for the comments thus far! We're happy to hear that people are excited about the new changes. Pat, great suggestions - while there aren't immediate plans for Facebook integration, you can include your food diary on your blog through RSS. Here's how you do it - In My Diary, next to your screen name, you'll see an orange RSS icon. Click on that to get a link an XML version of your diary which can be parsed by any RSS reader. Many blogging solutions have RSS reader capabilities built in. Let me know if you need more help with this. We love the daily total suggestion! In fact, it's been in the works though we do like your proposed syntax better then what we had in mind. We'll keep you posted on this....
May 29th, 2008 at 11:06 AM I'd recommend parsing the tweet for the number of servings, perhaps using the asterisk followed by the number. Doing so will also make calorie look-ups more accurate. For example: d twye Cheeseburger:600*10 Alternatively, if someone doesn't know the calorie count: d twye Cheeseburger:*10
May 30th, 2008 at 08:00 AM Hi Michael, thanks for the feedback! TWYE will eventually parse entries for serving size and quantity as well as tie-in to diet programs such as Weight Watchers for tracking points. TWYE has, and will continue to grow organically. We'll keep an eye on the community and watch how the service is being used to help determine how and when new features are prioritized and released. More accurate calorie counting is a definite goal, and your suggestion would certainly help. We also need to be careful not to compromise the simplicity of the service which is something we're sensitive about. Thanks again for your suggestion.
June 5th, 2008 at 01:47 PM could you show the average calorie eaten a day? i think that's more helpful that showing the regular average. thanks :)
June 9th, 2008 at 02:44 PM This is so helpful! As someone new to the food journal game, I appreciate the process being as easy as possible. Thanks!!!!