Review our startup - EventGel
samuraicatpizza: First criticism, concerns, then praise in no particular order. Apologies for duplicates feedback. And I may have gotten carried away...Criticism:* We'll start with the offcolor comment: the name EventGel sounds like something KY or Trojan Condoms would sell. This may or may not be a plus depending on your audience and market.* I am not a fan of the timeline widget (third party?). It's difficult to use and not entirely intuitive. Click-and-drag is slow to respond and when I click on a location in the zoomed out timeline at the bottom it doesn't jump to that location in the main timeline. Why considerations made you choose a timeline widget instead of a calendar layout?* The design seems clunky and boxy. Maybe if you removed the horizontal bars at the top. In firebug I made all of the top 3 bars the same color as the 3rd bar and it already seemed more "together".* Blue text on black background is hard to read.
* It seems like the yellow help box should be at the top of the landing page, not the bottom. The description you currently have doesn't really pop out visually or promotionally.* Consider a multi-column layout or a sidebar for things like the twitter feed. You have a lot of different information to present and presenting it in a list makes it hard to find the information I'm looking for.* Your textareas do not resize when I resize the browser.* I agree with the comments on the map being too small.* On the front page, I click on an event and it doesn't tell me where it is. And the bubble that pops up says: "This is the schedule bar for your event." The purpose of the date range is obvious. This text is probably unnecessary or could at least be condensed.* I agree with the comments about dates. No military time or seconds. Also, please add timezone abbreviations.* Add the time of day to the activities list.Concerns:* Why should I be interested in the site, what is it this is providing that I can't get via a number of other tools like facebook or craigslist?* How is this going to scale by location? I'm in Boston, why should I care about events anywhere else, unless they are virtual? Will you add an event filter?* Do you have a plan to avoid spam? Already I see an activity for "Have sex"* Like spam, how are you going to handle signal to noise ratio on the front page?* You may want to consider having a proper logo.* Can you add a description field for the events? What is the event about? What do I need to bring? Etc.* You seem to have duplicated functionality between the discussion and twitter feed. What is the distinct purpose of each?* Do you have any plans on helping people promote their events?Praise:* I like the twitter feed on the events. Seems like a good marketing tool.* Big points for the easy signup.* This is cool. I like the openness of the concept. I agree that this has a lot of potential. Any thoughts on monetization? I could see this being very useful for event planners and caterers and the like to get new business.* You've covered the event details of when, where, who (but not what).* The activity feature is helpful for planning events with a lot going on.