The most popular group of posts in the history of my blog center around problems with and alternatives to Evite, the mostly famous online party planning an invitation service. Recently I stumbled across a new service, MyPunchBowl, which is a Web 2.0 take on this service. I’ve only started to play around with MyPunchBowl, so [...]
Read the entire entryWell, 2006 has come and gone and my blog is still a sorry excuse for a traffic generator, but we’ve had some fun. I noticed Jeff Veen had a “favorite posts of ’06″ post, so I thought I’d steal the idea here. My 2005 series on Evite remained popular, especially with the addition of a [...]
Read the entire entryA while back I did an extensive study on Evite alternatives, which unfortunately showed that there really wasn’t a full-featured product that could compete with the popular online invitation service. Recently I came across a new option, Goovite, brought to you by Mark Hurst and the people of Good Experience. While Goovite, as the others [...]
Read the entire entryI’m trying out this new WordPress plugin for “related posts“, which, based on keywords, will list related posts on the individual post pages of this blog. In some cases, such as the iPodessey, it is right on the money. Other times, such as “Alternatives to Evite“, it is not as effective. Either way, I’m going [...]
Read the entire entryAs the holiday season approaches, most people I know will either send or receive at least one evite. So, with that in mind, I remind you to check out my two part series of the usability of evite. enjoy!
Read the entire entryI recently posted some of my frustrations with the free email invitation service Evite.com. Since then I’ve done some research to see if there are any viable alternatives offered on the web. Upcoming.org This site is a bit more community-focused than Evite. Users can join “Metros” or metropolitan areas, and browse events that take place [...]
Read the entire entryRecently I organized an event using Evite and became extremely frustrated with the experience. Evite itself seems great at first — extremely easy to set up and deploy, but for some reason most of the people I know just refuse to respond to such things unless badgered endlessly to do so. After discussing this very [...]
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