lanyrd-ing sceners
category: general [glöplog]
I've decided it's about time the demoscene existed on lanyrd.com, so I've added a page for Revision.
For those who aren't aware of it, Lanyrd is a directory of conferences of all kinds, loosely tied in to Twitter handles so that you can keep track of what your friends and follow-ees are attending / speaking at / organising. I figured that:
1) demoparties are sort of like conferences, if you squint a bit (especially if they have seminars), and a site where we can keep track of visitors/seminars etc is a useful thing to have around (even if it partly exists already at places like demoparty.net);
2) there's a fair amount of crossover between demosceners and people-who-tend-to-go-to-conferences, and if those people start using Lanyrd more then there's a wider benefit in knowing who's attending what;
3) having more visibility in the wider tech/geek community is always good (I'm sure we all have colleagues who blatantly should be sceners but aren't, and maybe if they're using Lanyrd already and see a bunch of people they know attending a scene event, that might just swing it...)
4) Having interlinked data is generally neat and awesome because I have OCD and need to make lists of things.
If this sounds good to you, why not head over there and add yourself to the Revision visitors list, and/or set up pages for whatever other parties you're attending (making sure to tag them as demoscene)?
For those who aren't aware of it, Lanyrd is a directory of conferences of all kinds, loosely tied in to Twitter handles so that you can keep track of what your friends and follow-ees are attending / speaking at / organising. I figured that:
1) demoparties are sort of like conferences, if you squint a bit (especially if they have seminars), and a site where we can keep track of visitors/seminars etc is a useful thing to have around (even if it partly exists already at places like demoparty.net);
2) there's a fair amount of crossover between demosceners and people-who-tend-to-go-to-conferences, and if those people start using Lanyrd more then there's a wider benefit in knowing who's attending what;
3) having more visibility in the wider tech/geek community is always good (I'm sure we all have colleagues who blatantly should be sceners but aren't, and maybe if they're using Lanyrd already and see a bunch of people they know attending a scene event, that might just swing it...)
4) Having interlinked data is generally neat and awesome because I have OCD and need to make lists of things.
If this sounds good to you, why not head over there and add yourself to the Revision visitors list, and/or set up pages for whatever other parties you're attending (making sure to tag them as demoscene)?
Great idea. Looks pretty, too :)
nice idea! :)
Just added BeRos talk to lanyrd.
now, if we just could cross demoparty.net with lanyrd :)
is it related to Lynyrd Skynyrd?
