I find Lanyrd quite slow on my lazy internet connection. Crowdvinde uses much fewer resources and is responsive even on dial-up internet.
Because of the many people currently using Lanyrd, I will probably use it for meetups. Otherwise, I still plan to use Crowdvine for my conference schedule. Steven J. Hathaway > On Jan 22, 2013, at 10:19 AM, J.Lance Wilkinson wrote: > >> Steve Holden wrote: >>> For the moment we are on both. Lanyrd does allow you to create a >>> personal schedule, but apparently only through the mobile (iPhone, >>> Android) apps they promote. Lanyrd is more modern, and I suspect that >> >> Don't find any Lanyrd mobile apps in the Google play store; went >> to m.lanyrd.com and indeed there's a mobile optimized website >> there but nothing to suggest it has the ability to build any >> personal schedule either. >> > http://lanyrd.com/mobile/, but I think they are taking a few liberties > with the phrase "personal schedule," since there doesn't appear to be any > way of flagging sessions for individual attendance. As a conference > organizer this feedback is invaluable. > >>> over the long haul they will overtake Crowdvine, because they seem able >>> to make more effective use of web APIs, they are better known, and >>> don't expect the individual users to do as much work. >>> regards >>> Steve >>> On Jan 22, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: >>>> For whatever it's worth, Lanyrd has the advantage that more people >>>> have heard of it, and CrowdVine is superior in every other way, >>>> especially the itinerary planning tools. >>>> >> Most conferences I've attended (e.g., Brainshare, Adobe Max) >> had their own web-based personal scheduling tool. Never used >> Crowdvine before Apachecon, never used Lanyrd before yesterday. >> Personal scheduling is about the only reason I'd used either >> since almost everything else is back on the main conference >> site. >> > Looks like you'll be going with Crowdvine for the moment, then. > > regards > Steve Holden st...@holdenweb.com +1 571 484 6266 @holdenweb > -- > Python classes (and much more) through the web http://oreillyschool.com/ > Conferences and technical event management at http://theopenbastion.com/ > > Next event: ApacheCon NA 2013: Feb 26-28 http://na.apachecon.com/ > Community events: Barcamp Feb 24 Hackathon Feb 25 Development Mar 1/2 > > > > > > > >
