zachster

I've been happy with AdKnowledge's Cubics platform. I tried one other provider though, who came recommended and saw pretty dismal performance. So I think results may vary...

You know, I was actually thinking of this. What SxSW really needs is just a tiny bit of NLP to do a tag cloud for the panels. I think that could be used to perform the kind of experiment you describe.

And I wouldn't bias such a thing by predicting the outcome, but can we agree that the panelists on topics we're interested in will be appealing to us in some way? Maybe not physically all the time, but they will be attractive to us.

I guess all I'm saying is that the inverse is true. Someone's nature, and interests do come through in their appearance (book cover judging rules!), especially in a set of people already pre-selected for common interests like the sxsw crowd.

That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about me. I'm tearing up a little :)

I agree the comment's valid. I also should go post this on Reddit... brb...

All good points, though your last one kind of negates the motivation I feel to implement your suggestions :)

I do mix up the order a bit to make sure people at the end don't get neglected. But people in the middle probably have fate set against them. Poor middle panelists :(

I'm very happy wasting the amount of time it took. ;)

Thanks for this input. It's well thought out.

Honestly, part of putting the word 'girls' in the title was to counter my last attempt at promoting my SxSW data. That one was very legitimate and professional. And in some ways, I think the data is even more valuable. But that one failed because the headline wasn't 'sexy' enough (IMO).

Whereas this one is getting some good buzz. Unfortunately, even using a demeaning term can sometimes get attention. I try not to be objectifying, but I fall short some times. Hopefully no one will be too offended.

If there's enough data, I will definitely post a recap. Stay tuned.

Nice work! I like it a lot.

Haha. Good idea. I could scrape together their turn ons and turn offs too :) Maybe v2

Heheh. I like to think of it as me passing along all the suckering pretty girls do to all of us. I'm just the messenger. (that sounds dirtier than I intended)

While it doesn't seem like this has captured the zeitgeist, I have made a subtle improvement.

I updated it to list speakers' panels directly underneath their company. This eliminates a lot of clicking back and forth and makes the thing less annoying.