Richard Morland at the BBC has just posted a very open and frank report of how the Radio1 Big Weekend web app we built for him performed on the field. To summarise it:
- People seem happy to share their location when at public events and are pretty clear about privacy implications
- If you are creating some mobile tech for a live event, remember that things do not work as well as they do in central London (or Brighton in our case) and also make sure you have tech support during the event, because surprising things will happen
- Checking in to a gig, rather than just a generic stage/location, increased the bragging potential of people's posts and also drove likes & comments from friends
On a more personal note, this is the first time I see my name in the end credits of a video - thanks to the BBC team.
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