The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117902   Message #2543266
Posted By: Jack Campin
19-Jan-09 - 02:13 PM
Thread Name: Folkmap versus 'the others'
Subject: RE: Folkmap versus 'the others'
Nice interface, if your computer supports it. I normally read forums on a machine that doesn't, so this is the first time I've actually looked at it.

It doesn't know about any sessions in Edinburgh or the Lothians, which suggests it's got a problem.

The main problem with all session/club info sites is that they don't share data. It's a waste of time updating one in isolation when you don't know how popular it is, with who, or how long it's going to last.

And it would help if you could update the thing by email instead of having to use some heavyweight non-automatable web interface.

I would only contribute to a site like this if I knew that all its raw data was available by a straightforward protocol to any other site that wanted it. Info sites should differentiate themselves by interface (maps like this, RSS, automated mailings or Usenet postings) and by selection (regional, genre) - they should all be working from the same database and should all be sharing any changes they get, along with whatever attribution and date info they have for their sources.