Giovanni Bajo wrote: > On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 14:30 +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> Hello, >> >> in some other context, Charlie Clark pointed to a mobile app that appears >> to be exactly what we'd need for EuroPython. It's called "The Conventionist" >> and available for iPhone and Android: >> >> http://www.conventionist.com/ >> >> I'm not sure how exactly the data feed works, but it appears as if you >> just need to point the company to the conference website and they take >> care of adding the data to their backend: >> >> http://www.conventionist.com/contact/ >> >> The website is clear about the costs of the app or the setup, but >> I suggest contacting them for details, since it would avoid having >> to create an app specifically for (each) EuroPython. >> >> Here's a screencast explaining the app: >> >> http://www.conventionist.com/screencast/ >> > > Yes, we were aware of this app. > > In fact, since we read Charlie's email (or was it a blog post? > anyway...), we have been in touch with the company behind that > application, and we are trying to find out a solution that can work out > for EuroPython. In a word, it looks like it won't be free for us. > > At the same time, we were going to follow the progress of the free > applications that are being developed by the volunteers here. If they > can come up with something that works by the time we need it, we can > save some money.
Some more options for similar apps, I found: * http://www.twoppy.com/organiser/promo/ (free or premium with very reasonable pricing) * http://www.grupio.com/how-it-works.html (probably a similar setup as conventionist) and a whole list of commented, custom apps: * http://michaelheipel.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/exciting-iphoneandroid-apps-for-conferences-and-trade-show-best-practices/ -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Apr 05 2011) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list Europython-improve@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
