I reviewed 271 event tech tools and turned the data into a visual story

I run YourEventKit, an independent directory of event technology tools.

Over the past few months I collected and enriched 271 tool profiles with structured data, and once that was done, I wanted to do something fun with it.

So event tech wrapped is the result of my fun curiosity while playing with the dataset. Its a scoll-driven data story where one SVG constellation of 271 dots morph through 10 different states as you scroll.

Each dot is a tool. Each state is a different lens shining upon the dataset.

Built with Astro and D3. The 10 layouts are precomputed with D3 force simulations at build time, stored as JSON. Scroll position interpolates between states via requestAnimationFrame -- no runtime simulation.

Some findings that surprised me:

- Only 54% of tools publish a real starting price. The rest require a sales call.

- 150 out of 271 tools say they are not built for small or one-off events.

Some of you might be able to see the influence of Shirley wu, Emil Kowalski and FiveThirtyEight

All observations and questions are welcome. The experience is enjoyed over desktop as I could not figure out a good experience for mobile yet.