WisSched 2.0 -- The Planning Game

[bcholmes]

App improvements to consider:

• Search bar to find a particular program item
• iPad version (make use of the iPad form factor)
• Android version
• Restaurant guide
• Different colours for highlight function
• More data in calendar API (e.g. location)
• Integration with other data sources -- e.g.: Cloud integration so that panels I mark on the phone are similarly marked on my iPad. Alternatively, stronger integration with wisconDB, so that the things I marked as interests there are marked on the phone.
• redbird reminded me:
  • Include lunch breaks, and let people add notes, like, "dining with Ursula" to keep track of meal plans
  • Add, for example, "I'm volunteering in the green room at this time"

I'm also pondering:

• More cosmetic improvements
• Possibly download Momentary Taste of WisCon
• Better automation of the "panel updates" feature
• Downloads for other content? (imagine if we needed to publish WisCholera notices?)
• Images/Avatars for bios

Comments

[redbird]

Thinking about conversation at-con (I think Sunday evening in the con suite with wild_irises and others), are you still considering adding room to put commitments other than choices of programming: "lunch with so-and-so" in the meal break times, or a note that I'm volunteering at X for a specific chunk of time, or such?

[bcholmes]

Ooo, yes! Thank you for reminding me.

[erik]

I'm in Android Land, so I don't know if I'm asking for things you've already done.

Actual functionality that would be useful and probably easy:
Alarms for panels. Tick the ticky box and a pop-up/audible/vibrate alarm goes off N minutes before this panel.

Dynamically update the spontaneous programming room schedule.

Blue Sky functionality it would be cool to have and use:
Social features. Besides knowing who is on the panel, display those attendees who have chosen to publicize their interest in it. I could for instance choose between two panels based on the fact that you are attending one of them and can tell me about it afterward.

Incorporate Message Board-like features.

[jiawen]

Maybe integration with Twitter, LJ, DW, etc.?