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March 29, 2005
EVDB launches
Brian Dear writes:
Thanks for your interest in the early beta preview of the EVDB service. We're going live this evening!
I have been way excited about something like this for a long time. EVDB's main message, "find out what you've been missing," is spot-on. With so many public events and performances happening, it happens quite often to any consumer of culture that an event that would've been great to attend just somehow slips under the radar.
Now that EVDB is in beta, I have tried it out, and I must say I was hoping for so much more. EVDB does not let me create a single calendar for all the events and venues I would ever care about. If it has any recommendation engine-driven aspects, I do not see them, nor do I see any integration with other public data sources such as Audioscrobbler or Flickr. Entering events is difficult and does not sufficiently encourage entry. It has odd interactions, like choosing to delete a smart calendar before you see a list of them.
Ross Mayfield says, "IMHO, Next year's Flickr and icon of obsession." That is my honest hope as well, but I think EVDB has a long way to go.
Posted by bengel at March 29, 2005 07:16 PM
Comments
I hadn't heard of this site before. I spent about 5 minutes playing around, got bored and confused and left... Of course, I had the same experience with Flickr about a year ago, and now I absolutely it.
Is EVDB basically the same thing as upcoming.org ?
Posted by: BenJ at March 30, 2005 02:43 PM
Purdy darn near the same. I think neither of them does it right. Fast, local, and personalized are the keys.
Posted by: Blake at March 30, 2005 03:10 PM