Feasable for some maybe. I'd find it jolly well hard living in some places and very easy in others. Eastern Europe, and heck, a lot of Europe is difficult (if you don't have access to a kitchen).
I've ended up stranded in parts of the UK, where about the only option on the menu is to eat chips and salad. That gets a little boring. In Scotland I was even served powdered potato mash! In Italy I was constantly subject to ridicule. At least near the med there are vegetable options.
I'd second this. I read the word vegan as being 100% vegetarian with that being practically impossible to attain. But it's something aim for.
I think I was overtly strict for the first decade of being vegan. Going to the extreme. Consulting the Animal Free Shopper with each purchase.
These days I don't beat myself up so much about it. I'll even take a local ale (probably non-vegan) over a bottled lager. I'll avoid heavily packaged products even if they are vegan. I'll avoid flown in exotic veg.
I think you've got to find a line that you are comfortable with and be prepared to move it.
From the vegan society:
A vegan is someone who tries to live without exploiting animals, for the benefit of animals, people and the planet. Vegans eat a plant-based diet, with nothing coming from animals - no meat, milk, eggs or honey, for example. A vegan lifestyle also avoids leather, wool, silk and other animal products for clothing or any other purpose.
If you take:
A vegan is someone who tries to live without exploiting animals.
I'd take that and read it with an emphasis on 'tries'. Easier said than done.
In my mind most steps towards being 100% vegetarian is good. I know meat eaters that are careful to source their meat, and are actually mainly vegan except for say eating meat at the weekend. Who just as much have an issue with some agricultural and farming practices. The only difference between us is that I'm not comfortable with murder for my own personal gain where I can avoid it.
What do the coloured markers represent? You are missing some info from your key.
Could you also add some help text to the key? As in how you define vegan/veggie/vegan-friendly.
How about providing a method whereby people can suggest other places? Perhaps for you to go and sample their wares at a later date.
I think you could squeeze in more info into your pop-ups. It's annoying going back and forth.
You are missing some direct links to websites (tibits).
If you hover over markers near the top of the map the popups are lost.
Slow on my 1.4 mb line.
Personally I think it would be better to use a frame like approach, especially for those with the real estate. Click on a marker, get the text in a side column.
I've seen these mini directories fall by the wayside in the past, but I wish the author the best.
As someone that likes to eat vegan food and having worked in a vegan cafe, I think it's important to clearly state if an outlet has a vegetarian/vegan kitchen. That's very appealing to me. To be honest I've gotten lazy at asking in a lot of places about how they prepare their food.
We have something called a chip shop in the UK, where you can buy deep fried chips, sausages, chicken and fish. Some places keep the vat of fat for chips separate to the meat and fish friers, others mix it all up, and some chip shops (especially up norf'), use animal fats to fry in. I've bought countless bags of chips only to discover small bits of fish, or find the chips taste of chicken. Even in some places where I've asked and they've assured me otherwise. To be frank some people are too thick to even answer the question if posed or just don't care. I know for a fact the veggie burgers in Grubbs in Brighton were fried in the meat friers (though that might be past practice). It's also a bit of a turn off for me to watch someone make me a sandwich after they've just prepared someone elses and handled meat.
I'd like a veggie chip shop friendly list (if you can ever call a chip shop that)! I should cobble something together myself.
Where others have ascertained that the kitchen is veggie friendly, that's good information to share.
We have a loving hut nearby (Brighton, UK), and I can't say that I was particularly taken with the menu. I'm not even sure if I'd class it as food and I'm a champion for veganism!
The quality of their branches doesn’t seem to be consistent. For instance, they have a branch in Palo Alto that is a cafe where they reheat food prepared in advance. The food in this branch is kind of meh. I guess that is one of the reasons I didn’t fell compelled (yet) to go to any branch in London (where I leave now). There’s good (and cheap) vegetarian food everywhere in London!
Generally when doing web work our team is ultimately pushed for time. The solution normally complies with the request, but most of us are embarrassed with the code, and hope for a time to sort it out later, only to never get that time. There's always a flaw.
Well, I wouldn't call demeaning comments about code (that we aren't actively looking at, written by someone who isn't present) a "code review." Usually words like "shitty" and "really bad" are thrown out without any specifics given. And the work environment is not so different at our company. The CEO wants it done yesterday, and he cares more about it working than what the technical founders think of your coding style ...
I actually quite like my job, so I shouldn't be complaining so much. I just wish that some of the people I work with weren't so judgmental.
I think you can genuinely believe that you know something until you are called out on it, only to realise that you can't even explain it.
If you don't know something just reply 'I don't know.' followed by 'Can you explain that to me?', you might be met with stunned silence. Or better still someone will have a go at explaining something. Sometimes the process of explaining it helps you cement your understanding. When working alone I really miss that type of interaction.
> I think you can genuinely believe that you know something until you are called out on it, only to realise that you can't even explain it.
When I was a young boy, my mom always used to tell me that the true benchmark of whether you understand something is whether you can explain it to someone else. It's a great self-checking habit to form indeed, because relating knowledge forces one to organize it and whittle it down to essentials, and often new insights spring forth in the process. So I really frequently grab someone blessed with curiosity and just talk at them about what I'm doing.
I've ended up stranded in parts of the UK, where about the only option on the menu is to eat chips and salad. That gets a little boring. In Scotland I was even served powdered potato mash! In Italy I was constantly subject to ridicule. At least near the med there are vegetable options.