Re: [Callers] Publishing dances on the web

[Luke Donforth via Callers]

Oh! I hadn't seen that. That's neat. Thanks for sharing Michael.

And Mary, don't feel bad. Lots of folks have told me my dances are a pain
to find.

On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Michael Dyck via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> On 2017-11-04 11:26 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:
>
>> There's been talk on and off of a big [web] database of dances,
>> but that doesn't seem to be happening
>>
>
> There are some efforts to make it happen.
>
> One of them is at:
> http://contradb.com/
> (note that searching requires JavaScript to be enabled).
>
> The software (a Ruby app) is under active development at:
> https://github.com/dcmorse/contra
>
> -Michael
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Re: [Callers] Publishing dances on the web

[Mary Collins via Callers]

Ok my tablet just rewrote some of my post lolons became one and it did
something weird to my authorship statement...resist.

On Nov 5, 2017 3:46 PM, "Mary Collins"  wrote:

> Hi Luke and others - I'm guessing that Luke's query my stem from my recent
> question regarding the authorship not gone of his dances. So, this is how I
> have been collecting dances. I dance them, mostly, then ask for the calls.
> Or, I observe or dance one, get the name and Google it. Failing that I ask
> caller friends for the calls and author.  Sometimes I may look for a theme
> (i.e. tax day). Being relatively new at calling I guess I lean toward what
> I like more than anything. Being older, I can resist succumbing to calling
> beyond my current comfort level, or writing impossible dances.
>
> Now having said that ...I resist technology and color code everything,
> easy, one, advanced, waves, hens etc. Old school but it is what works for
> me.
>
> Btw Luke, Valimont's dance worked well and all loved it, thanks.
> Mary
>
> On Nov 4, 2017 11:26 PM, "Luke Donforth via Callers" <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I currently have a terrible system for publishing dances I've written on
>> the web (blog-esque thing in wordpress; really hard to search through).
>> There's been talk on and off of a big database of dances, but that doesn't
>> seem to be happening so I thought I should do something for mine.
>>
>> I'm contemplating better ways of making dances my compositions more
>> accessible; and since that would be for other people, I'm curious what's
>> useful for other people.
>>
>> I'm envisioning four categories of dances; and then just lists of dances
>> (title & sequence) on those pages. The categories I had in mind:
>> Family dances
>> Glossary contras
>> Unique contras
>> Odd formations
>>
>> Are there separate things you'd want to see in a list of dances when
>> you're going through? Beckets, Closing dances, bouncy/smooth, etc.
>>
>> I've gotten really attached to Callers Companion (
>> http://callerscompanion.com/), and really like how it lets searches
>> happen on dances. Anyone have a good way to incorporate that, or the type
>> of element checklist/flag it provides, into a web-based interface for
>> dances?
>>
>> It might also be that most folks don't collect dances from websites; and
>> this is wasted time. But it does seem like I've obfuscated finding my
>> compositions, and I regret not making them more available.
>>
>> Thoughts, opinions, experience, and advice appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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>> luke.donfo...@gmail.com 
>>
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Re: [Callers] Publishing dances on the web

[Mary Collins via Callers]

Hi Luke and others - I'm guessing that Luke's query my stem from my recent
question regarding the authorship not gone of his dances. So, this is how I
have been collecting dances. I dance them, mostly, then ask for the calls.
Or, I observe or dance one, get the name and Google it. Failing that I ask
caller friends for the calls and author.  Sometimes I may look for a theme
(i.e. tax day). Being relatively new at calling I guess I lean toward what
I like more than anything. Being older, I can resist succumbing to calling
beyond my current comfort level, or writing impossible dances.

Now having said that ...I resist technology and color code everything,
easy, one, advanced, waves, hens etc. Old school but it is what works for
me.

Btw Luke, Valimont's dance worked well and all loved it, thanks.
Mary

On Nov 4, 2017 11:26 PM, "Luke Donforth via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I currently have a terrible system for publishing dances I've written on
> the web (blog-esque thing in wordpress; really hard to search through).
> There's been talk on and off of a big database of dances, but that doesn't
> seem to be happening so I thought I should do something for mine.
>
> I'm contemplating better ways of making dances my compositions more
> accessible; and since that would be for other people, I'm curious what's
> useful for other people.
>
> I'm envisioning four categories of dances; and then just lists of dances
> (title & sequence) on those pages. The categories I had in mind:
> Family dances
> Glossary contras
> Unique contras
> Odd formations
>
> Are there separate things you'd want to see in a list of dances when
> you're going through? Beckets, Closing dances, bouncy/smooth, etc.
>
> I've gotten really attached to Callers Companion (
> http://callerscompanion.com/), and really like how it lets searches
> happen on dances. Anyone have a good way to incorporate that, or the type
> of element checklist/flag it provides, into a web-based interface for
> dances?
>
> It might also be that most folks don't collect dances from websites; and
> this is wasted time. But it does seem like I've obfuscated finding my
> compositions, and I regret not making them more available.
>
> Thoughts, opinions, experience, and advice appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Luke Donforth
> luke.donfo...@gmail.com 
>
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Re: [Callers] Publishing dances on the web

[Michael Dyck via Callers]

On 2017-11-04 11:26 PM, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:

There's been talk on and off of a big [web] database of dances,
but that doesn't seem to be happening


There are some efforts to make it happen.

One of them is at:
http://contradb.com/
(note that searching requires JavaScript to be enabled).

The software (a Ruby app) is under active development at:
https://github.com/dcmorse/contra

-Michael
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Re: [Callers] Publishing dances on the web

[Isaac Banner via Callers]

Hi Luke,

In my case I'm usually looking for a pair or sometimes a trio of factors -
a specific semi-distinctive move (hey, petronella, etc), a
mood/feel/energy/emotion, and sometimes a difficulty. I'm not normally on a
blind search unless I know what hole I need to fill but don't have a dance
that addresses it. I can usually search online dance dumps for distinct
moves and often dance difficulty, but it's harder to search by mood or feel
of a dance...
It's also frustratingly difficult to to a negative search when trying to
find the right dances as well - being able to look for dances with X that
don't have Y would be invaluable (full hey, no LLFB, for example).

Regardless of the format, I love getting other dances from folks and
compositions published online are the #1 way things end up in my box. Let
me know what you settle on - I'm not particularly happy with the format I'm
using at the moment either.

All the best,
Isaac Banner

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On Sat, Nov 4, 2017, 8:26 PM Luke Donforth via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I currently have a terrible system for publishing dances I've written on
> the web (blog-esque thing in wordpress; really hard to search through).
> There's been talk on and off of a big database of dances, but that doesn't
> seem to be happening so I thought I should do something for mine.
>
> I'm contemplating better ways of making dances my compositions more
> accessible; and since that would be for other people, I'm curious what's
> useful for other people.
>
> I'm envisioning four categories of dances; and then just lists of dances
> (title & sequence) on those pages. The categories I had in mind:
> Family dances
> Glossary contras
> Unique contras
> Odd formations
>
> Are there separate things you'd want to see in a list of dances when
> you're going through? Beckets, Closing dances, bouncy/smooth, etc.
>
> I've gotten really attached to Callers Companion (
> http://callerscompanion.com/), and really like how it lets searches
> happen on dances. Anyone have a good way to incorporate that, or the type
> of element checklist/flag it provides, into a web-based interface for
> dances?
>
> It might also be that most folks don't collect dances from websites; and
> this is wasted time. But it does seem like I've obfuscated finding my
> compositions, and I regret not making them more available.
>
> Thoughts, opinions, experience, and advice appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Luke Donforth
> luke.donfo...@gmail.com 
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