Side B.
A map of record stores worth the trip.
Collectors share record stores the way they always have: notes, pins on a map, messages from friends. Maps and review sites rank by stars. Side B puts taste over ratings, and the map first. I built it for myself, then friends wanted to use it, and now it's an iPhone app for every record collector.
The app
Refining the data
A good map stands or falls with data you can trust. I designed that data as carefully as the interface.
The first 3,300 stores came from an earlier web version. Good enough to start, too thin to trust: only 1 in 5 had a genre, and some pins pointed to shops that had closed.
I added opening hours and closures from place data, and genres from seller profiles and Instagram. Every genre has to come with a source.
Stores check their own details, and anyone can flag what's wrong. It all goes through a queue that gets reviewed.
Light and dark
Each with its own map style, tested in both for contrast and accessibility.
Where it stands
Coming soon to the App Store for iPhone.
More at sideb.cc.