Datamining. Conferences. Parc. Driving Directions to the NASA Exploration Center. San Francisco Bay Area ACM » DM SIG Meeting. Jason Calacanis to Keynote Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2006. Silicon Valley WebGuild. BarCamp - The password is c4mp. A Look at 19 Social Activities Services. [11/17//2006 - version 2 adds BusyTonight, Submate, Vibely] After reading the TechCrunch article on nascent activities-centered websites , I decided to take my own look at the activities space.
I wound up examining nineteen ventures by the end. Their aims may seem too desparate to lump together in one examination. However, in the abstract, they all attempt to catalyze social interaction, and, technically, there are only a dozen or so features that they all try to implement in various combinations. For your visual stimulation, I've produced two graphics, one a venn-type diagram attempting to categorize each service and the other a feature set chart. Evite Well-established for young professionals. Meetup Another reference standard. Facebook Events and Myspace Events The two parent sites need no introduction. HeyLetsGo HeyLetsGo is for Boston what Craigslist was for San Francisco.
Surprisingly, given the dominance of MySpace and Facebook, HLG's social networking component seems strong. Ilcu.