PictureMash: Smart Sorting for All Your Pics
Posted on Friday, April 10th, 2009
While I can’t exactly call myself an avid photographer – as I have zero skill in this art form – I do have a lot of photo albums. I call it the “quantity over [...]
continue readingHow Not To Do Customer Support
Posted on Thursday, December 11th, 2008
I recently sent in a support ticket to evite about a pretty huge issue with their site. I can’t say what it is – yet – but it’s not a little bug. It’s [...]
continue readingTalkinator & The Value of Feedback
Posted on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
I’ve been using Talkinator, an embeddable chat program for websites, for a few months now.
I realize I might be the only post-1995 site to want a chatroom, but it’s actually rather useful. For example, [...]
Bye-Bye Evite – Maybe
Posted on Monday, September 22nd, 2008
It’s been a good run. We’ve have laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve… ok, mostly just cried. What’s up with evite? I swear, the only thing that the evite does is make the service [...]
continue readingBRADvite – Another Evite Alternative
Posted on Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Several months ago, I evaluated a number of evite alternatives out there. It’s a crowded space, and lots of new sites have popped up since. Here’s a new one that contacted me via [...]
continue readingStickKing to Commitments
Posted on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
A long time believer in the self-interested nature of mankind, I appreciate a person, company or organization which is able to align motivations in productive ways. Want to raise money for your team? Give [...]
continue readingLittle Black Book and a Dark Little Secret
Posted on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Rumor has it that Match.com is coming out with a facebook app called “Little Black Book”. Details on it are a tad fuzzy, but it sounds like it will show other users who have installed [...]
continue readingGayle is… not agreeing with Facebook removing “is”
Posted on Thursday, December 13th, 2007
I woke up this morning, checked Facebook, and discovered that Facebook had removed ‘is’ from status messages.
Previously, because all status messages were preceded by “is”, users have been forced to either reword their phrases to [...]
Report Card on Evite and Its Alternatives
Posted on Sunday, October 21st, 2007
When it comes to planning large events (1000+ people invited, 200+ people attending), Evite just doesn’t cut it. Heck, it’s never great, but it really suffers on large, paid events. So, what are [...]
continue readingEvite vs Facebook Invites
Posted on Friday, October 19th, 2007
Over the past few months, I’ve noticed more and more people using other services for invitations – not necessarily instead of, but rather in addition to. I, myself, use both evite and facebook for [...]
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