Comments on: Introducing: The Bay Area Technology Event Groupcast http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/introducing-the-bay-area my personal blog Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:02:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Maura McNulty http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/introducing-the-bay-area/comment-page-1#comment-150930 Maura McNulty Wed, 09 May 2007 07:27:01 +0000 http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/groupcasting-bay-area-technology-events/#comment-150930 <p>I love the idea, I agree foopee is ideal for short term planning, like buying concert tickets. But where's a list of Bay Area technology conferences posted with submission deadlines for speakers, so I find out about them 3 - 4 months in advance - that's what I'm looking for! Thanks Nivi.</p> I love the idea, I agree foopee is ideal for short term planning, like buying concert tickets. But where’s a list of Bay Area technology conferences posted with submission deadlines for speakers, so I find out about them 3 – 4 months in advance – that’s what I’m looking for! Thanks Nivi.

]]> By: Alison Chaiken http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/introducing-the-bay-area/comment-page-1#comment-739 Alison Chaiken Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:17:28 +0000 http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/groupcasting-bay-area-technology-events/#comment-739 <p>I'm quite fond of this simple calendar:</p> <p>http://www.foopee.com/punk/the-list/</p> <p>The format is google-like in its simplicity. Maintenance is presumably low-effort. Maybe Graham Spencer, cool rich guy that he is, would make his script available.</p> <p>Mozilla's Sunbird calendar program is supposed to run on a variety of platforms unlike ical, which I believe is now only supported on the Mac. Sunbird has allows user to import HTML-formatted remote calendars from the web.</p> I’m quite fond of this simple calendar:

http://www.foopee.com/punk/the-list/

The format is google-like in its simplicity. Maintenance is presumably low-effort. Maybe Graham Spencer, cool rich guy that he is, would make his script available.

Mozilla’s Sunbird calendar program is supposed to run on a variety of platforms unlike ical, which I believe is now only supported on the Mac. Sunbird has allows user to import HTML-formatted remote calendars from the web.

]]> By: nivi http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/introducing-the-bay-area/comment-page-1#comment-559 nivi Mon, 08 Aug 2005 18:56:49 +0000 http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/groupcasting-bay-area-technology-events/#comment-559 <p>Brian,</p> <p>What I meant by friction was that I imagine a lot of my readers already have del.icio.us accounts but I imagine most of my readers don't have EVDB accounts.</p> <p>So if I used EVDB for this, my readers would probably have to sign up for a new service. That would raise the barrier to their participation.</p> <p>I wonder if there is an interesting way to solve this problem?</p> Brian,

What I meant by friction was that I imagine a lot of my readers already have del.icio.us accounts but I imagine most of my readers don’t have EVDB accounts.

So if I used EVDB for this, my readers would probably have to sign up for a new service. That would raise the barrier to their participation.

I wonder if there is an interesting way to solve this problem?

]]> By: Brian Dear http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/introducing-the-bay-area/comment-page-1#comment-558 Brian Dear Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:38:26 +0000 http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/groupcasting-bay-area-technology-events/#comment-558 <p>Nivi,</p> <p>Anyone can visit del.icio.us and browse the bookmarks. No need to register. However, to create bookmarks on del.icio.us, one needs to click on the "register" link on del.icio.us, where you're asked to create a user name, type in a password, confirm password, type in an email address, and type in the text that's garbled in an image ("we need to check that you are human").</p> <p>Anyone can visit EVDB and search for events or browse the calendars. However, to create personal or shared calendars, one needs to click on the "register" button, where you're asked to create a user name, type in a password, confirm password, and optionally type in an email address.</p> <p>Why do you think EVDB has "too much friction"? It's easier to sign up on EVDB than it is on del.icio.us. And there's no need to sign up for anything if you don't want to. You can search all day if you want, find stuff, subscribe to the iCalendar or RSS feeds, no registration required. I don't see friction. Perhaps you could explain why you do.</p> Nivi,

Anyone can visit del.icio.us and browse the bookmarks. No need to register. However, to create bookmarks on del.icio.us, one needs to click on the “register” link on del.icio.us, where you’re asked to create a user name, type in a password, confirm password, type in an email address, and type in the text that’s garbled in an image (”we need to check that you are human”).

Anyone can visit EVDB and search for events or browse the calendars. However, to create personal or shared calendars, one needs to click on the “register” button, where you’re asked to create a user name, type in a password, confirm password, and optionally type in an email address.

Why do you think EVDB has “too much friction”? It’s easier to sign up on EVDB than it is on del.icio.us. And there’s no need to sign up for anything if you don’t want to. You can search all day if you want, find stuff, subscribe to the iCalendar or RSS feeds, no registration required. I don’t see friction. Perhaps you could explain why you do.

]]> By: nivi http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/introducing-the-bay-area/comment-page-1#comment-535 nivi Fri, 05 Aug 2005 00:26:19 +0000 http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/groupcasting-bay-area-technology-events/#comment-535 <p>Brian,</p> <p>Can you explain exactly what you have created? Does it integrate into the del.icio.us feed or is itseparate. The problem with getting people on EVDB is that you need to sign up for an account which I think is too much friction given that people already have del.icio.us accounts.</p> Brian,

Can you explain exactly what you have created? Does it integrate into the del.icio.us feed or is itseparate. The problem with getting people on EVDB is that you need to sign up for an account which I think is too much friction given that people already have del.icio.us accounts.

]]> By: Brian Dear http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/introducing-the-bay-area/comment-page-1#comment-532 Brian Dear Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:45:38 +0000 http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/groupcasting-bay-area-technology-events/#comment-532 <p>Here's a <a href="http://evdb.com/calendars/1647" rel="nofollow">bayarea.tech.event SmartCalendar</a> on EVDB, with RSS and iCalendar feeds.</p> Here’s a bayarea.tech.event SmartCalendar on EVDB, with RSS and iCalendar feeds.

]]> By: nivi http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/introducing-the-bay-area/comment-page-1#comment-524 nivi Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:43:31 +0000 http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/groupcasting-bay-area-technology-events/#comment-524 <p>This was a low-friction way to start this up since lots of people already are using del.icio.us and I want to encourage participation in the groupcast. I will try to spend some more time with EVDB though.</p> This was a low-friction way to start this up since lots of people already are using del.icio.us and I want to encourage participation in the groupcast. I will try to spend some more time with EVDB though.

]]> By: Brian Dear http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/introducing-the-bay-area/comment-page-1#comment-521 Brian Dear Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:44:29 +0000 http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/groupcasting-bay-area-technology-events/#comment-521 <p>Why not just use EVDB for this? It is exactly what it was built for. It's free, it supports everything you need, and was built to share events, unlike del.icio.us which was built to share bookmarks.</p> Why not just use EVDB for this? It is exactly what it was built for. It’s free, it supports everything you need, and was built to share events, unlike del.icio.us which was built to share bookmarks.

]]> By: nivi http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/introducing-the-bay-area/comment-page-1#comment-444 nivi Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:57:16 +0000 http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/groupcasting-bay-area-technology-events/#comment-444 <p>Alison, you are totally right the way to do this is with hcal or something else. del.icio.us does not yet support the structured features we are looking for.</p> Alison, you are totally right the way to do this is with hcal or something else. del.icio.us does not yet support the structured features we are looking for.

]]> By: Alison Chaiken http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/introducing-the-bay-area/comment-page-1#comment-439 Alison Chaiken Sun, 31 Jul 2005 01:39:12 +0000 http://www.nivi.com/blog/article/groupcasting-bay-area-technology-events/#comment-439 <p>Is there any way to expire events after their occurrence? Or to time-order events submitted by different posters? I suppose that's what you're getting at with the hcal extension. The basic idea is great though.</p> Is there any way to expire events after their occurrence? Or to time-order events submitted by different posters? I suppose that’s what you’re getting at with the hcal extension. The basic idea is great though.

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