TalksTimer is a project that helps by timing conference/meetup talks by offering a 2 part timer. You can see this as a timer screen that you can remote control and send messages to.
It starts by creating a session, this session gives you a key and the ability to change the time. When you enter this key on a 2nd screen (for the presenter) it will show you the timer.
TalksTimer counts down on the server side, so it will continue should the controller/client disconnect.
I host an instance at https://talkstimer.com. It is free to use for everyone! If you happen to want to use this at a big (paid) conference I kindly ask you to email me, I pay all server costs out of my own pocket.
- Get the latest Docker Compose
- Clone this repo
- Run
docker-compose upin the root of this repo - Open
http://localhost:8081
- Add a frontend
- Add messages
- Add client server connection state monitoring
- Add color on messages
- Add color times (eg red for 5 minutes left)
- Make hosted on a distributed system
- Make all options configurable