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Turned my conference spreadsheet into a website: Fieldtrips.io - what do you think? (fieldtrips.io)
over 5 years ago from Joakim Norman, Creative Director, Molamil
30 comments
Mike A., over 5 years ago
Joakim, as you mentioned you turned your spreadsheet into website, I'm curious: is the website run by the spreadsheet as a database/CMS?
Ryan Roche, over 5 years ago
Would love to know this as well!
Joakim Norman, over 5 years ago No but that'd be super smart. Wish I had though of it :)
Vlad Magdalin, over 5 years ago Based on this tweet and this comment, I think it runs on Webflow's CMS ;)
Karri Saarinen, over 5 years ago
Its not actually that hard to do if you google: google spreadsheet json. You basically publish the spreadsheet in json, the website fetches it and renders the content
Ray Besiga, over 5 years ago
I used a Google spreadsheet for this https://mobilizing-our-air.firebaseapp.com/ you can find the source code for it here: https://github.com/raybesiga/mobilize-our-air
Pablo Stanley, over 5 years ago
Dope! Love the illustrations! :)
Jason Leow, over 5 years ago Dope website, @Joakim. Love the illustrations, and the fact that it's so useful. Curious: how did you build the site? Plain HTML/CSS? Or did you use a CMS?
Matthew Blode, over 5 years ago
Dropbox and intercom illustration style? Where did this trend come from?
fsdgerh wrheher, over 5 years ago
...Dropbox and Intercom?
dropbox.com, intercom.com and now this site have started to use this strange and child-like illustration style. I don't know where the trend began but I kind of hope it dies because I personally find it to look hideous and crude. (My opinion)
To each their own, I suppose. I personally love it, I feel like it gives much needed personality to the flat design movement. Allows for more creativity in place of skeuomorphism.
P.S. I think you missed my joke. You asked who started this trend, and then listed who started the trends.
Hahaha whoops
Joey Di Nardo, over 5 years ago There was a bit of similar buzz around the time when Google did their major rebrand.... 2015 was it? Kindergarten-chic I think people were calling it. You can also see it at Basecamp and KnowYourCompany.
If I'm getting philosophical about it, I think it's a materialization of the "so easy a child could use it" ethos. The cynic in me wants to think that instead of actually making the products easier to use and achieving those goals, it's much easier to project the outward aesthetic of having achieved those goals. Very much tell, don't show.
That being said I'm not at all criticizing this site! I personally love the aesthetic and the work you've put into it Joakim, I'm just speaking to where I think the larger influencing forces of this aesthetic come from.
Cheers!
Tomek Tuz, over 5 years ago
Maybe from kindergarten? :D
Alex Hazel, over 5 years ago I think you weren't prepared for the traffic or you are actively working on it because it's currently down for me! :(
Joakim Norman, over 5 years ago Sorry man. I haven't noticed any outages, but I'll keep an eye.
Alex Hazel, over 5 years ago Oh my company's firewall is blocking this website....Sorry this is my own personal problem haha
Nacho Toledo, over 5 years ago
Hey, that's cool! I'm willing to give you a hand if you want to include confs in South America. This is happening, for example: http://cssconfar.com
Joakim Norman, over 5 years ago Thanks man. I've got a number of SA conferences in my spreadsheet. It's definitely something I'll add in the future. It does get kinda tricky as soon as the region is not english speaking so I might need some assistance from someone who knows latin languages :)
Was just looking for something like this. I found a Medium article, but really wanted to filter and couldn't. Filtering by location and THEN month is very helpful. :)
Mike Wheaton, over 5 years ago This is exactly what I've been looking for, and is beautifully done!
Brandon Zell, over 5 years ago
Nicely done!
James Hayton, over 5 years ago
It is amazing !
Lucian .es, over 5 years ago
Pretty useful but I still prefer https://www.neonmoire.com for all the content around the events. Also Thomas is a nice guy.
Joakim Norman, over 5 years ago Yes I discovered Neon Moire while building Fieldtrips. As you say he's very focused on content around a select few design conferences. Fieldtrips is focused on giving a wide overview.
Mike Stevenson, over 5 years ago
Pretty dope! I got excited when I saw the Layers conference in San Diego, but it's actually in San Jose :(
Joakim Norman, over 5 years ago Oh damn. I'll fix that
Joakim Norman, over 5 years ago Thanks guys. I love that you found it useful.
Any inputs or ideas for features to make it more useful to you would be very appreciated.
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