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FestiGram

History of FestiGram: January 2013

In January 2013, my friend asked me if I knew of any apps for keeping track of bands at a festival. I remember I was sitting in the cafeteria at BMW, waiting to meet to with someone there about a project. And while I waited, I created the first blueprint for FestiGram. The basic idea […]

FestiGram: Research

The basic idea of FestiGram is to know which artist to pick at a festival. The first part is listening before the festival, and in FestiGram that is called Research. Sign in to FestiGram to follow along. The Research Widget is the same in both the Festival Detail screen and the Research screen, but this […]

FestiGram: Festival Detail

FestiGram Research generally refers to listening to musicians before a festival to make some notes to help yourself (or someone else) decide who to see at the festival. The Festival Detail screen contains everything needed to research a festival lineup. You can sign up for FestiGram and follow along. If youre’ not sure how to […]

FestiGram: Festivals

The basic idea of FestiGram is to know which artist to pick at a festival. The first part is listening before the festival, and in FestiGram that is called Research. Sign in to FestiGram to follow along. Series vs. Festival vs. Date vs. … In FestiGram, a series is an annual festival, like Coachella. A […]

Data Structures: Festigram objects

There is a lot of different data that goes into FestiGram. Early versions of the project ran mostly on the server, which made it simple: I used SQL queries against the database to link, say, the festival with the bands, linked through another table I called bandlist, although The API and client both refer to […]

Festigram: A festival app for the rest of us

Whenever I’d go to a music festival, I’d always end up looking at the schedule and seeing four or five band names I didn’t recognize. Sometimes I’d even listen to them before the festival, but forget who they were when it counted. So I created Festigram as a way to keep track of which band […]

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