Interesting Online Events? Yes Please!
Proudly presenting EventBit app 😁
Before I transitioned into software engineering, I spent a few years organizing developer conferences — hello droidcon NYC!
I love events — chatting to friends you haven’t seen in a while, bumping into new interesting people, learning interesting stuff, and of course the parties! Unfortunately, traditional conferences can’t happen in times of COVID-19, which led to online conferences springing up left and right. While I understand the need for conferences to transition to the online format, I was disappointed with how it was done.
The way online conferences are organized is purely functional. You join at a specified time and watch presentations. You may be able to submit a question, but there’s no guarantee it’ll be answered. You don’t really meet people. All in all, while you might be getting the content all right, there’s no feeling like you’re going to an event, and definitely no fun. So my partner and I decided to change it :)
Introducing EventBit — an online event, styled as a retro 2D game!
