Comments on: Tracking Startup events in Ireland… http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/ Musings on a web space interface... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Anton http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-174 Anton Fri, 02 May 2008 21:35:04 +0000 http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-174 You're a bit vague there Heather. Give me a few more details and I'll get back to you. You’re a bit vague there Heather. Give me a few more details and I’ll get back to you.

]]> By: Heather http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-173 Heather Fri, 02 May 2008 20:51:21 +0000 http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-173 I have a project in social studies for Ireland. What are some interesting things in Ireland. I have to keep the attention of 12 and 13 year olds for at least five minutes and still pass my assignment. I have a project in social studies for Ireland. What are some interesting things in Ireland. I have to keep the attention of 12 and 13 year olds for at least five minutes and still pass my assignment.

]]> By: Anton http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-144 Anton Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:02:32 +0000 http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-144 Thanks Conor. Appreciated. We'll see how it goes anyway Thanks Conor. Appreciated. We’ll see how it goes anyway

]]> By: Conor O'Neill http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-143 Conor O'Neill Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:09:18 +0000 http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-143 Nice one Anton. The whole Upcoming/Eventful approach was only working patchily here and was never definitive. It'll be good to have one place to check out. Nice one Anton.

The whole Upcoming/Eventful approach was only working patchily here and was never definitive. It’ll be good to have one place to check out.

]]> By: Anton http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-142 Anton Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:46:30 +0000 http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-142 Absolutely James. I agree that the best thing would be that it always be free for anyone to list an event so in that spirit I've taken that out. Start as you mean to go on and all that. If people od have an interest in a little service like this then getting enough sponsorship to pay for it's upkeep shouldn't be too difficult. For now though I felt it was more important to get the idea out there and see how people feel about it and what they think. I take your point on the name, I suppose my view would be, it's not meant to be a cool web 2.0 application it's just a list really. I felt it better that it be functional and easy to find rather than aesthetic. iCal suggestion noted though and I'll see about adding this later. Absolutely James. I agree that the best thing would be that it always be free for anyone to list an event so in that spirit I’ve taken that out. Start as you mean to go on and all that. If people od have an interest in a little service like this then getting enough sponsorship to pay for it’s upkeep shouldn’t be too difficult.
For now though I felt it was more important to get the idea out there and see how people feel about it and what they think.
I take your point on the name, I suppose my view would be, it’s not meant to be a cool web 2.0 application it’s just a list really. I felt it better that it be functional and easy to find rather than aesthetic.
iCal suggestion noted though and I’ll see about adding this later.

]]> By: James http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-141 James Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:49:07 +0000 http://antonmannering.com/19/03/2008/tracking-startup-events-in-ireland/#comment-141 As I said in Kilkenny, the idea is good and this is something I would like to use and opencoffee.ie would be a great place to track upcoming events in a shared calendar. The domain name is awful (worse than techludd), and the site is overkill, but that's rarely a problem these days.. The underlying idea is still sound though, so well done on getting the ball rolling. At worst, I'll subscribe to the RSS and check back occasionally. Would be good to have it in my ICAL. My one concern is "for those running free events the service will always be free" - if you intend to make money from this down the line by charging people to list, it means that I can't rely on this as a definitive list of interesting startup events. I would prefer a community oriented site, with a guarantee that it will always be open and free to list an event. If you want to make some money back, then sell featured advertising/sponsorship because that does not affect your users. As I said in Kilkenny, the idea is good and this is something I would like to use and opencoffee.ie would be a great place to track upcoming events in a shared calendar. The domain name is awful (worse than techludd), and the site is overkill, but that’s rarely a problem these days..

The underlying idea is still sound though, so well done on getting the ball rolling. At worst, I’ll subscribe to the RSS and check back occasionally. Would be good to have it in my ICAL.

My one concern is “for those running free events the service will always be free” - if you intend to make money from this down the line by charging people to list, it means that I can’t rely on this as a definitive list of interesting startup events. I would prefer a community oriented site, with a guarantee that it will always be open and free to list an event. If you want to make some money back, then sell featured advertising/sponsorship because that does not affect your users.

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