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I was surprised that this acquisition includes Ordered List's products (SpeakerDeck and Gaug.es specifically). Assuming they don't get shut down, now Github can

by swanson 15y ago

I was surprised that this acquisition includes Ordered List's products (SpeakerDeck and Gaug.es specifically). Assuming they don't get shut down, now Github can host your conference talks and provide analytics (built-in repo analytics anyone?) - in addition to hosting your wiki, bug tracker, code repository, and blog. I think this could be HUGE for Github as they position themselves as the one stop shop for developers. I can see six months down the line that every major conference is posting their collection of slide decks on Github. I can see tight integration with your repos and analytics ("See how this commit affects your conversion rate") and maybe even a "Start A/B test between these two branches" button.

ConstantineXVI 15y ago
They already do a fair amount of stats for repos, for example: https://github.com/github/hubot/graphs/impact https://github.com/github/hubot/graphs/impact
- swanson 15y ago
  Right, but it's missing things like how many people viewed this project, how many people cloned it (not fork) after viewing, who is referring people to my project.
  - ConstantineXVI 15y ago
    You actually get the first two as well: https://github.com/github/hubot/graphs/traffic https://github.com/github/hubot/graphs/traffic https://github.com/github/hubot/graphs/clones https://github.com/github/hubot/graphs/clones
btucker 15y ago
I wonder if http://lanyrd.com/ http://lanyrd.com/ is next? I'd think github would love to have simonw on the team as well.
- swanson 15y ago
  That would be a good target - I could also see interest in branching out into the careers/interviewing space as well.
  - btucker 15y ago
    That could allow them to swipe the business model out from under StackExchange.