February 2009
2 posts
The Case For an Event Listing Format (ELF)
From our experience with the APIs of the big players in the event listing market
(Upcoming, Zvents, Eventful, TicketMaster, etc.), it is evident there is no standard
format being used to exchange event information behind the scenes.
Each API arbitrarily assigns its own naming scheme, date formats and data structure. We’ve had to pick up the slack at Localist by developing customized...
We put our integration with Twitter on steroids
Localist Smash!!
We found it frustrating to see people on Twitter referring to the same event with different hashtags. After all, what’s the point of tagging something if nobody agrees on the name of the tag? A disorganized mess, we say!
Thus, every event and business on Localist now has its own unique hashtag so it can be easily referenced on Twitter. Check out Sonar or Ignite. See the...