Items in Feb, 2013
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What new apps were used most at SXSW 2013, and why?
Lanyrd will be at SXSW again this year, and we’ve continued to refine our unofficial schedule guide and session planner for SXSW Interactive. Here’s our site for this year:
[... 367 words]How many women are raped each year at tech conferences?
The geek feminism wiki maintains a comprehensive list of incidents at tech conferences: Timeline of incidents
[... 33 words]Are there specific elements of SXSW that make it a successful conference?
SXSW is a great event because of the people who go. There is no other technical/creative conference I can think of which attracts talented, interesting people at the same scale (20,000+ attendees).
[... 140 words]Which web/software development conferences a student should attend and why?
Offer to volunteer at conferences. If accepted, you’ll get in for free and you’ll get to meet loads of people (including spending time with the speakers)—in exchange for a full days work manning desks, finding speakers in time for their talks, giving people directions and generally helping organise and clean things up.
[... 104 words]What is the best 30-minute sitcom ever?
I’m shocked it hasn’t been mentioned already, but seriously: where’s the love for Father Ted?
[... 49 words]What are Startup Friendly Event Venues in Berlin?
We have a list of conference event venues in Berlin here (it’s a semi-unreleased feature, so I’d love to get your feedback on if it helps solve your problem): Venues in Berlin | Lanyrd
[... 108 words]Where do I find out about interesting upcoming events in London?
I’m a big fan of Ian Visits: London Events Listings Guide for finding out about some of the more obscure events going on. Ian is an excellent curator with impecable taste in cultural events, and frequently lists guest lectures, guided walks, tours and other events that you may not hear about anywhere else.
[... 120 words]Is Lanyrd any good?
For some verticals, we’re excellent: we have by far the most comprehensive listing of tech/programming/startup-related conferences anywhere online, curated by our growing community of event enthusiasts. If you’re interested in events in those niches it’s absolutely worth signing up, trying out our recommendations and subscribing to our email updates.
[... 180 words]What data structures are used to implement the DOM tree?
You may enjoy this post from Hixie back in 2002 which illustrates how different browsers deal with incorrectly nested HTML. IE6 used to create a tree that wasn’t actually a tree! http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=103791...
[... 49 words]Which restaurants in London serve orange or lemon sorbet served in a hollowed out orange or lemon?
Thanks to Twitter I’m informed that Ciao Bella on Lamb’s Conduit Street has the lemon version.
[... 58 words]What concert would you wish to go back in time to witness?
Queen Live at Wembley Stadium in 1986
[... 33 words]What would be the best design conference to attend in 2013?
That’s a pretty tricky question to answer... there are a lot of excellent UX conferences around (we’re listing 69 upcoming UX events on Lanyrd at the moment, and more get added frequently). A few things you should consider:
[... 198 words]What are the most commonly used or most interesting open-source packages and software?
I’d say the open source browser engines, Gecko (Firefox) and WebKit (Safari, Chrome, iOS, Android) are probably some of the most important and widely used pieces of open source code these days.
[... 51 words]Is there any way to visually quantify, or show your total github activity (public or private) across all projects?
The new GitHub public profile pages do a pretty great job of this:
[... 49 words]What do convention goers want most from an convention location?
I’m sure this varies wildly for different people, so I’ll give you my personal opinions here:
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