WhenShallWe.com
A few years ago, a group of my friends (who went to uni together and now live across the UK) were trying to arrange to meet up one weekend. A whole sequence of e-mails were sent suggesting days but we were struggling to find a day everyone could make. I spent a weekend starting to write a small web application that I thought would help. At the time I didn’t know any PHP so I didn’t quite finish it that week-end (and we ended up arranging to meet without it).
The application languished unloved for a few years, every now and again I’d spend an evening looking at it but all I would achieve each time was to learn my way around the code again.
For a few months now the application has been basic but usable and I’ve now registered a domain for it: WhenShallWe.com. You give it a few details about the thing that you’re organising, a little of possible dates and a guest list. It then email each guest a link to a web page where they can say which days they can make. It can make finding a suitable day much easier.
Cool. Glad you managed to get it live in the end. Definitely going to use it next time I’m in charge of organising an event.
Sounds cool – will have to keep it in mind for the next meetup I am trying to organise