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The weeks of coding have happily paid off; Menuism is thrilled to present a Facebook application. Short of going out to eat with your friends, it’s the best way to share the dining experience. You can enjoy a fully integrated experience — all of the reviews you see on Menuism can be read on Facebook, and the review you write on Facebook will be hanging out on Menuism for everyone to see.

The coolest feature for the food-lover might be the GutCheck option on Facebook; write down that delicious dish you’re eating for all the world to see on your profile. If you’re eating something with truffles, we want to hear about it.

We’re the first application on Facebook related to dining out and food. Time to pause and reflect: the days where we all blindly followed one gourmet expert is long over. (Heck, we used our Zagat guides to smash gross-looking bugs long ago.) One step back for The Man, one leap forward for The Masses!

To play food critic, join us on the “Eating” application at http://apps.facebook.com/menuism.

Anne, Marketing Intern

Did you know that I had a burrito and pizza last night? And that I followed it up with a banana?

You would if you checked out my Menuism GutChecks. GutChecks are a lightweight way for you to track what you’re eating at all times. If it’s something at home or a light snack, just type it in and update your GutCheck. Or if you just ate out at a restaurant, write a review and a GutCheck will automatically get created for you.

Updating

There are a few easy ways to update your GutChecks:

• On the top right corner there’s always a section that says what you’re currently eating along with an “Update” link. Just click that and a form will show up.
• On the right-hand side of your dashboard, there’s directions for a link you can drag to your browser’s bookmark bar that says “I’m Eating…”. Just click that to update your status from wherever you’re browsing.
• If you have a Twitter account, your GutChecks can be automatically imported after you link your Twitter account to your Menuism account (do this on your settings page). For example, anytime I update my Twitter status (see image below) with “ate”, “eat” or “eating”, Menuism automatically updates my GutCheck eating status. Check out the coverage on on Mashable.

Sharing

What good is updating your eating status if you can’t share it? The easiest way to share it is with our image widget that get’s constantly refreshed with your latest GutCheck. My widget is shown in the top right. You can also see mine and John’s on the Menuism MySpace page . Just check the right hand side of your dashboard for the code to copy into your webpage or blog.

So what are you waiting for? Let us in your belly and see what you’re eating!

Justin