I'm less interested in the sessions (I can read a conference guide!) and more interested in the parties, networking events, flashmobs, etc. Where to be and who to meet. Have you guys thought about this angle?
Lanyrd (YC W11) launches session planner / coverage tracker for SXSW Interactive
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Re: Lanyrd (YC W11) launches session planner / coverage tracker for SXSW Interactive
#22I'm less interested in the sessions (I can read a conference guide!) and more interested in the parties, networking events, flashmobs, etc. Where to be and who to meet. Have you guys thought about this angle?
Yes - we thought about it pretty extensively, and in the end decided to stay away. There are literally dozens of startups trying to help people navigate the SXSW party scene, including big, well resourced teams like Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook. We figured we could have the most impact by focusing on sessions, speakers and coverage - all things that are baked in to Lanyrd's DNA - rather than trying to become yet another networking tool in a crowd of networking tools.
Re: Lanyrd (YC W11) launches session planner / coverage tracker for SXSW Interactive
#23This looks great. The "recap" email after SXSW with videos, photos, etc from the sessions sounds interesting...how often does Lanyrd send these types of emails?
These will be the first we've sent! We've been planning a single follow-up email a week or so after any event you attend highlighting coverage for a while now, so we're using SXSW as an excuse to build the feature.
Re: Lanyrd (YC W11) launches session planner / coverage tracker for SXSW Interactive
#24This looks great. The "recap" email after SXSW with videos, photos, etc from the sessions sounds interesting...how often does Lanyrd send these types of emails?
These will be the first we've sent! We've been planning a single follow-up email a week or so after any event you attend highlighting coverage for a while now, so we're using SXSW as an excuse to build the feature.
Sounds great. A key section to this email could be showcasing the sessions I actually attend (which is often quite different than what I RSVP for!). Will there be any check-inesque functionality for sessions?
Re: Lanyrd (YC W11) launches session planner / coverage tracker for SXSW Interactive
#25I'm less interested in the sessions (I can read a conference guide!) and more interested in the parties, networking events, flashmobs, etc. Where to be and who to meet. Have you guys thought about this angle?
Yes - we thought about it pretty extensively, and in the end decided to stay away. There are literally dozens of startups trying to help people navigate the SXSW party scene, including big, well resourced teams like Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook. We figured we could have the most impact by focusing on sessions, speakers and coverage - all things that are baked in to Lanyrd's DNA - rather than trying to become yet…
Fair enough. I think people pay special attention to the SXSW party scene, too; but a general solution for all events would be pretty interesting.
Re: Lanyrd (YC W11) launches session planner / coverage tracker for SXSW Interactive
#26I love it, and I didn't even need to tell it the session I was speaking at, it just knew and told me I was speaking at that session once I logged in. The 'official' SXSW event calendar has always been clunky even as they upgrade every year.
P.S self plug: http://lanyrd.com/2011/sxsw/sctmq/ In one of the new venues at the Hyatt across the river.
Re: Lanyrd (YC W11) launches session planner / coverage tracker for SXSW Interactive
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
These will be the first we've sent! We've been planning a single follow-up email a week or so after any event you attend highlighting coverage for a while now, so we're using SXSW as an excuse to build the feature.
Sounds great. A key section to this email could be showcasing the sessions I actually attend (which is often quite different than what I RSVP for!). Will there be any check-inesque functionality for sessions?
We're hoping we can convince people to go back and mark themselves as attending on the sessions they actually did attend.