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Sched

If Wordpress were built for conferences and festivals

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Taylor McKnight ✈
@gtmcknight · Founder, Sched
Thanks @WareSarah! We haven't fully explored the "nearby friends" idea but it's something I've often wanted at festivals too! While we do have a friend-finder to show you connections from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Foursquare that are also attending (and their schedules), exact location sharing is challenging for big festivals because the network gets s… See more

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Taylor McKnight ✈
@gtmcknight · Founder, Sched
Thanks for hunting @sched! I'm the founder and happy to answer any questions and hear what you guys think. We're a small, bootstrapped team spread around 5 time zones. We're as passionate about improving events as we are about creating a company we're proud of.
Peter Corbett ✈
@corbett3000 · CEO, iStrategyLabs
We've used Sched a number of times for conferences and festivals we've produced. Love the tool - and the team is really responsive.
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Taylor McKnight ✈
@gtmcknight · Founder, Sched
We also have an excellent API in case you guys want to build something awesome around an event that you're attending :)
sarah ware
@waresarah · Markerly, CEO
I like this a lot @gtmcknight - would be cool for you to bring in a "nearby friends" sort of feature (like FB or Social Radar) that lets you see who is where at the event. If it's a festival I could see which friends are at a stage. It would also be neat for something like FourSquare where it can show you where the highest concentration of people are - with … See more
David Spinks
@davidspinks · CEO, CMX Media
I've been pitched something like 20+ conference apps recently. They all basically do the same thing. Curious what makes this unique?