devcon is Coming in 2022 (With new content 🤫) Be sure to check out the all-new Devcon archive ahead of the next event update.
Check out the new Devcon archive
Devcon’s impact extends beyond just a physical event, and with this in mind, we’ve completely revamped the Devcon archive. Changes include improved UX, better content discoverability, less reliance on YouTube, more decentralized content through IPFS, and community involvement in curation.
We hope that through all of this, DevCon can become an unrivaled educational resource to learn about the past, present, and future of the ecosystem. Read on to learn more about the new features and get POAP. or Check out the site for yourself now.
Curated content hub
Based on preliminary user research original The archive implementation made it difficult for users to navigate the hundreds of Devcon videos in each edition. Content discoverability and guidance were lacking, and conversations were presented with little to no context or metadata.
One common thing we hear in feedback sessions is that certain conversations help us understand important concepts. People revisited the talks regularly through the archives, but either because they first encountered them on the event calendar or because they actually attended them.
As live sessions are a core part of the Devcon experience, the influx of parallel content has made it very difficult for attendees to engage in all the sessions they want to attend. For this reason, others rely on video playback to catch up on post-event content.
Additionally, curated content was repeatedly mentioned as a way to help provide users with new ideas and fresh perspectives that would normally be ignored. One of the most consistent, positive feedbacks we consistently receive regarding the Devcon in-person experience is the serendipitous learning and ideas attendees experience as they engage with content they had not previously planned to attend. We wanted to take advantage of this opportunity and help our community create these moments of joy through recommended playlists for niche areas of content expertise. If you are interested in help with this, check out: Directions to Devcon Quest Take a sneak peek at our community-curated playlists.
Make your content more discoverable
From a user perspective, our goal was to make the Devcon archive as easy as possible to browse, filter, and access content based on specific interests and skill levels.
The new archive was built from the ground up with a mobile-first implementation, so you can access your favorite Ethereum developer content from any device. The comprehensive amount of metadata now available in the archive allows you to search and filter videos using a variety of inputs. Easily search for content based on speaker, talk description, Devcon track, keywords, level of expertise, or Devcon event edition. You’ll also have access to a variety of curated and recommended playlists to help you find interesting and engaging content.
Note: If you are a speaker featured in the Devcon archives and would like to help improve content descriptions or edit speaker bios, please PR directly in the archives. GitHub pageAlternatively, please contact us via: email.
Decentralize everything!
One of the Devcon team’s key goals this year is to integrate core web3 technologies to help dog food and provide clear benefits to attendees and online participants.
Internally, we were concerned about our reliance on centralized platforms. This is because the risk of platform changes and censorship of services and websites is becoming increasingly prevalent. We wanted to ensure that all Devcon content is censorship-resistant, globally accessible, and sustainable at all times. Encourage interested individuals to participate.
For this reason we decided: Fully integrate IPFS as part of the Devcon archive experience.. IPFS is a distributed system for storing and accessing files, websites, applications, and data. Learn more about IPFS here.. You can now find all past Devcon content hosted on IPFS and easily accessed through the archives via the IPFS Video Player tab. We also want users to pin the content they like to IPFS to make it more accessible and to make their preferences known about the type of content they most enjoy and want to share with others.
Special thanks to Andrew and Carson. textile To the team and Dietrich, Adin and Molly Protocol Lab We appreciate your continued guidance on IPFS and Filecoin. We would also like to thank the EF Devops team for taking on the huge burden of managing and uploading large amounts of video on IPFS. 🙏
Directions to Devcon Quest
To celebrate our ongoing journey towards Devcon and encourage community participation, we’re adding two additional quests that tie into the great content that exists in the Devcon archives and Road to Devcon quests.
Archive Fixed
We hope to see more Devcon content pinned by users leveraging the archive to help make content more censorship-resistant and decentralized. To ensure that content persists in IPFS and is not deleted during garbage collection (the process of removing old content), you can pin data to one or more IPFS nodes. Pinning gives you control over disk space and data retention. Users can use the controls to pin content they want to keep indefinitely on IPFS. If you’re one of the first 100 people to pin your favorite sessions to IPFS and contact us via the Road to Devcon Discord, we’ll issue you a unique, limited-run POAP. Learn more about pinningand information Join the Road to Devcon quest here.
Community participants should be provided equal opportunities to help curate content in the Devcon archive. We encourage all interested parties to submit curated playlists that provide insight into key subject areas or create historical narratives that are easily identifiable to new users or individuals looking to delve deeper into a particular topic.
Here are some examples of curated playlists: The emergence of smart contract languages, execution layer. Create a playlist and submit a PR to the Devcon archive github. Selecting a playlist will grant you a unique POAP as part of the Road to Devcon Quests. Learn more about participating in the quest here. and or Access github here.
What will happen next?
We continue to see opportunities to improve the archive, but we’d like to hear your feedback on what can add the most value. As Devcon approaches, we’ll continue to integrate user accounts to help you create your own custom playlists, favorite talks, and more. We also plan to tightly integrate the Devcon live streaming process with the archive to provide immediate and easy access to content along with relevant supplemental information after the next Devcon.
If you have additional ideas to help improve your Devcon experience or archives, check out: Devcon improvement proposal process Find out how it can become a key part of your Devcon plans this year.
Thank you to Devcon and the web team for pushing the project forward 🚢.