Last year I'd given a presentation about AlertMe.com, but this time I just gave a short talk on Talks.cam (and by extension, EGRET). This was well-received, and it was fascinating to get feedback from audience members, who were a cross section of Talks users, people who used Talks but hadn't really realised they did, and those for whom it was new (many of whom had a go with the website on the day).
There was a lot of interest in syndication, unsurprisingly for a techie audience generally familiar with Ruby, RSS and iCal, and a wide range of ideas about how social features could tie in with Talks.cam, as well as some concerns. Some users felt the documentation was lacking and couldn't figure out how to get started with the site - definitely something which we'll be looking at, and an important consideration as projects get bigger, and users become less expert (or get less individual help to get them started). EGRET will definitely be looking into this issue. Others said they thought some kinds of social network functionality would be great (such as Amazon-style recommendations) but that "just having a facebook app" would be rather pointless; a range of interesting points, which will feed into our work on scoping out social networking.
Thanks to Matt Wood for organising another great event!
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