Comments on: Finally figured out why I dislike Confabb http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb Digital Lifestyle Aggregation - helping to establish open source infrastructure Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:41:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kingsley Idehen http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-167392 Kingsley Idehen Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:32:23 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-167392 Mark, Nice critique. One item I would add (assuming I missed this in your critique): "Where are the RSS and/or Atom Feeds?". Ditto REST or SOAP APIs? Walled-Gardens and Silos are pretty much dead, right? Mark,

Nice critique. One item I would add (assuming I missed this in your critique): “Where are the RSS and/or Atom Feeds?”. Ditto REST or SOAP APIs? Walled-Gardens and Silos are pretty much dead, right?

]]> By: Benjamin Curtis http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-166421 Benjamin Curtis Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:14:32 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-166421 It sounds like you (and Julian, from his post above) might be interested in a project I'm working on: ConferenceMeetup (http://www.conferencemeetup.com) It helps attendees interact with each other, ask questions of and give feedback to presenters, etc. It sounds like you (and Julian, from his post above) might be interested in a project I’m working on: ConferenceMeetup (http://www.conferencemeetup.com)

It helps attendees interact with each other, ask questions of and give feedback to presenters, etc.

]]> By: Scripting News for 12/2/2006 « Scripting News Annex http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-166103 Scripting News for 12/2/2006 « Scripting News Annex Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:26:26 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-166103 [...] Marc Canter explains why he doesn’t like Confabb.  [...] [...] Marc Canter explains why he doesn’t like Confabb.  [...]

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Salim says he believes in iterating in public - and I buy that http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-162117 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Salim says he believes in iterating in public - and I buy that Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:24:09 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-162117 [...] There are a few comments on my earlier post - suggesting features to Salim and team.  He’s also put up a ‘Coming soon….’ page.  Those are all good things. [...] [...] There are a few comments on my earlier post - suggesting features to Salim and team.  He’s also put up a ‘Coming soon….’ page.  Those are all good things. [...]

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Cork links http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-162084 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Cork links Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:07:11 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-162084 [...] Salim defends himself and gets into horse backing riding speeds.  There are a few good suggestions posted as comments on my post - that hopefully Salim will pay attention to. [...] [...] Salim defends himself and gets into horse backing riding speeds.  There are a few good suggestions posted as comments on my post - that hopefully Salim will pay attention to. [...]

]]> By: Salim Ismail http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-161642 Salim Ismail Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:37:52 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-161642 Marc, thanks, as always, for your comments. Sorry you didn't see our roadmap on the "Coming Soon" tab right off the main nav bar. We thought of having it blink and flash, but then other folks would have gotten annoyed. Most of the comments we've received are of the following ilk: -- "Wow, this is awesome!" -- "Great site by the way, sorely needed" With an unlimited budget, we could have built in all the features you're mentioning. Unfortunately, we are human and thus limited. Our users first asked for research capabilities and we'll be adding the rest as fast as we can. One must get to a "canter" before one gets to a gallop! Re: your "ask a speaker a question" suggestion - that's a great one!! It's an extension of an idea we had around providing pre-conference discussion boards. We'll definitely add that one to our roadmap... please keep the suggestions coming!! Cheers, Salim Marc, thanks, as always, for your comments. Sorry you didn’t see our roadmap on the “Coming Soon” tab right off the main nav bar. We thought of having it blink and flash, but then other folks would have gotten annoyed.

Most of the comments we’ve received are of the following ilk:
– “Wow, this is awesome!”
– “Great site by the way, sorely needed”

With an unlimited budget, we could have built in all the features you’re mentioning. Unfortunately, we are human and thus limited. Our users first asked for research capabilities and we’ll be adding the rest as fast as we can. One must get to a “canter” before one gets to a gallop!

Re: your “ask a speaker a question” suggestion - that’s a great one!! It’s an extension of an idea we had around providing pre-conference discussion boards. We’ll definitely add that one to our roadmap… please keep the suggestions coming!!

Cheers,
Salim

]]> By: Jonathan Marks http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-161637 Jonathan Marks Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:18:44 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-161637 Bumped into a group of Eastern Europeans (I think there were from Latvia) who had an interesting package for people running festivals. You created your own page and then if you wanted to change a booking the software sent the booking changes to the hotel. As a conference go-er I am interested in what Confabb is up to, as a speaker I am not interested in their Technocrati ratings. Technocrati does not read foreign language blogs and I have never found interesting people by checking their ratings. Bumped into a group of Eastern Europeans (I think there were from Latvia) who had an interesting package for people running festivals. You created your own page and then if you wanted to change a booking the software sent the booking changes to the hotel. As a conference go-er I am interested in what Confabb is up to, as a speaker I am not interested in their Technocrati ratings. Technocrati does not read foreign language blogs and I have never found interesting people by checking their ratings.

]]> By: Julian Bond http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-160303 Julian Bond Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:50:49 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-160303 There's a missing piece of software in here somewhere. A packaged conference management suite that includes all the communication software to build community around the conference and let the attendees talk to each other before and after. And to help the attendees talk to the speakers. As far as I can tell, every conference organiser rolls their own website and they all suck. The few that include wikis, IRC channels, blogs and forums tend to be very badly integrated. I think upcoming.org are the site most likely to cover this. There’s a missing piece of software in here somewhere. A packaged conference management suite that includes all the communication software to build community around the conference and let the attendees talk to each other before and after. And to help the attendees talk to the speakers. As far as I can tell, every conference organiser rolls their own website and they all suck. The few that include wikis, IRC channels, blogs and forums tend to be very badly integrated.

I think upcoming.org are the site most likely to cover this.

]]> By: David Gratton http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-159943 David Gratton Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:23:53 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/11/finally-figured-out-why-i-dislike-confabb#comment-159943 It's a pretty good critique. I think your suggestions are good; they should adopt them. However, I am puzzled by: "Ruby-on-Rails’ software - which I hate." Why? I think any language or framework has it's time and place. Perhaps sometimes "that time" is passed (i.e. Pascal). What exactly about Ruby-on-Rails do you hate? Note: The majority of our work is based on PHP and Drupal which we use as a framework rather than a typical CMS, so I have no axe to grind here. I am just curious. It’s a pretty good critique. I think your suggestions are good; they should adopt them. However, I am puzzled by:
“Ruby-on-Rails’ software - which I hate.”

Why? I think any language or framework has it’s time and place. Perhaps sometimes “that time” is passed (i.e. Pascal). What exactly about Ruby-on-Rails do you hate?

Note: The majority of our work is based on PHP and Drupal which we use as a framework rather than a typical CMS, so I have no axe to grind here. I am just curious.

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