Lanyrd feeds: never miss out on a conference

Post by saurik » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 1:27 AM UTC

simonw wrote: post #4

Lewisham wrote: post #2

I think this is pretty neat, and I do like the Twitter integration a lot. I'd also like to see Facebook integration, so people can announce their attendance. Also adding the event to TripIt might also be useful. Here's one I just set up in http://lanyrd.com/2011/gas/

We're thinking pretty hard about Facebook and LinkedIn integration. The problem is that we're not just using Twitter for sign-in and as a source of friends: we're also using it as a conference speaker identity directory. Lanyrd lets you list the speakers for a conference, e.g. "@timbray is speaking at AndroidCon" - without those people necessarily having signed up for accounts on the site. Since speakers often have l…

Post by simonw » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 1:30 AM UTC

saurik wrote: post #11

simonw wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're thinking pretty hard about Facebook and LinkedIn integration. The problem is that we're not just using Twitter for sign-in and as a source of friends: we're also using it as a conference speaker identity directory. Lanyrd lets you list the speakers for a conference, e.g. "@timbray is speaking at AndroidCon" - without those people necessarily having signed up for accounts on the site. Since speakers often have l…

I don't think Lewisham meant "for authentication". Once logged in with Twitter, you might still want to easily send a message to your Facebook account. One might also imagine the conference could have an associated Facebook event. Nome of this would require dropping the current "use Twitter as primary login" concept you are describing.

Post by ericflo » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 1:43 AM UTC

bootload wrote: post #9

"... we were fed up of missing out on great conferences because we didn't hear about them in time. .." What else besides time determines your likeliness to attend a conference? The might/might-not attend space is multi-dimensional. You might also not attend because it is a long way away, too expensive, the attendees are stupid and nobody I know is attending and there are few sessions you like. I do like these kinds o…

Post by simonw » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 2:01 AM UTC

DTrejo wrote: post #16

I wish I could sign up for email updates, instead of dealing with feeds.

Post by Swannie » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 2:05 AM UTC

simonw wrote: post #18

gojomo wrote: post #8

With that name and tagline, I first thought this was going to be resources (like printable templates) for creating counterfeit conference badges. Badgester/Wikibadges.

We're a bit worried about our "the social conference directory" tagline, since we've had a few people think the site is only for social media conferences.