Dekmantel App
Hi everyone! I made a free app for people going to Dekmantel:
http://dekmantel.hackjournalism.com
It started with me simply wanting to make it easy for myself to search the artists playing at the festival. Then things got out of hand.
You can filter artists based on their genres and biographies. But there’s also a ‘vibe’ search, where you say something like ‘I want to dance until I can’t feel my legs’ or ‘I am a robot from the year 3000 give me something only I can understand’, and it will show you some appropriate acts.
There’s a schedule section, where you can note who you want to see each day across all the stages. It’ll warn you if you have clashes, and it’ll tell you when it’s time to head over to that stage.
The app will even generate a schedule for you if you answer a few questions: your mother’s maiden name, passport number… JUST KIDDING! The questions are all about your music and time preferences.
Also you can share your schedule with others, because buddies.
One way to share it is clicking ‘share schedule’ in the little menu in the top right corner. It’ll give you your own custom collage with your acts listed on it, which you can post to Instagram or wherever.
I designed this for mobile. If you have an iPhone, add it as a web app by navigating to the site, then tapping the iOS 'Share' button at the bottom. Tap 'view more' or scroll down, and hit 'Add to Home Screen'.
Once Dekmantel releases a map of the festival grounds, I’ll add an interactive map to this app. It’ll have pins showing where all the important stuff is. People can add their own pins and share comments and photos from each of those locations: the menu at a food stall, a delightful art installation, the absolute scenes near the stage, and which bathrooms require hazmat suits.
I was in two minds about including photos, but I decided to go for it. So unless they’re served at a food stand, please keep your wieners to yourself on my app.
If you find any bugs or have any suggestions for improvements, let me know. I might thank you profusely or completely ignore you, we’ll see.
I’ll be at Dekmantel from the Wednesday. My Instagram is linked on the front page of the app, so look me up and come find me there! My PayPal is also linked, in case you want to buy me a beer.
This is not affiliated with Dekmantel, or my day job. Just a bit of fun.