TMD at 17: A Data Story
The animated data story behind 17 years of tangomarathons.com — 3,383 events, 761 cities, one pandemic dip, rebuilt natively for this blog.
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Are we losing critical tango infrastructure?
Studios and venues are the home bases of our local tango scenes — and in Germany more and more of them are under commercial pressure. On the economics we don't like to talk about.
When the World Gets Too Much, People Need Tango
In an era that moves at a relentless pace, we find ourselves constantly overwhelmed by information overload and an endless cycle of bad news. We are navigating economic pressures, gentrified cities, and a digital landscape largely driven by outrage culture, superficial interactions, and global unrest. As a result, the modern world can often feel loud, […]
17 Years of Tangomarathons.com
You may know that I have been running TMD for 17 years now, and every now and then I look at the data, and try to make some sense of what I see. What started as a 1.5h exercise with the TMD data, VS Code and Github Copilot, is evolving still. I am learning how […]
Tango Connects Berlin Conference 2025
“A conference about communities in tango? Can it get more niche than that? I just want to dance.” You probably thought that, when or if you heard about Tango Connects Berlin Conference (which happened for the second time already this year). Well, it happened. And it was great and amazing, and we learned so much, […]
WordPress Calendar Plugins (Oct 2025)
WordPress Calendar Plugins (Oct 2025) Note: this is a deep research done by ChatGPT and should be taken as such. We evaluated leading WordPress calendar/event plugins against the requirements. Key candidates include The Events Calendar, Events Manager, Event Organiser, My Calendar, WP Event Manager, and EventPrime. Below we discuss each, citing their documentation on recurrence, […]
Building a better tango community, one website at a time?
Here’s an idea for making my home tango community better. I have provided the regional calendar since 2007, and it contains a calendar of milongas, workshops, and some lessons, a list of announcements, and everything together not just as a portal website, but also as a regular weekly newsletter that gives an update on what […]
Scene from a marathon: the hierarchy we co-create
At a marathon you could dance with anyone — yet many barely dance at all. About the level/hipness hierarchy we create together, and what it costs the room.
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TangoAtlas.org
An algorithm-free directory of tango people, places, events, and resources — built in the community's own vocabulary: the Atlas to discover, the Card to be found, Charlemos to connect.