Society for the Prevention of Unnecessarily Inefficient Meetup Planning

November 18, 2008 9:57 AM

Doodle, an easy little tool for picking future meetup dates.

You set up an event with a number of possible dates. You post the link. Other people who want to attend add their names to get rows, and click all the dates that work for them. It tallies the dates that work best. No registration required.

The link above goes to a fake meetup, not a real event, just so you can get a feel for how it works.

Okay, begin the deluge of all the other sites I don't know about that do this easier and better. Or, if not, someone feel free to post this one to MeFi (where I haven't commented enough to earn the privilege), on the condition that you forward all ensuing favorites to my account.

posted by daisyace to MetaFilter gatherings at 9:57 AM (28 comments total)

I've used Doodle to solve meeting problems before and I like it.
posted by jessamyn at 10:20 AM on November 18, 2008

Its usefulness depends on how many options you want to present. For a smallish set of dates or times, it works pretty well.
posted by Tehanu at 10:27 AM on November 18, 2008

Excellent. So when's the next Boston-area/New England(ish) meetup, then, daisy? Hmm?

C'mon, now. That meetup's not just going to plan itself.
posted by Eideteker at 11:24 AM on November 18, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

This seems rather a good idea. Not as good idea as say beer, but easily in the non-licking stamp category.
posted by ob at 11:30 AM on November 18, 2008

I would love something like this to determine toppings for pizza amongst my friends.
posted by cimbrog at 11:32 AM on November 18, 2008

Just fuck 'em all and go with "none left beef", cimbrog.
posted by Wolfdog at 11:41 AM on November 18, 2008 [2 favorites has favorites]

Neat, it works just like the conference-call software I have to use, but free on the web, for the people. Like it!
posted by Miko at 11:43 AM on November 18, 2008

Non-licking stamps are a bad idea. Stamp-licking provides a tasty, healthy alternative to vending machine food.
posted by DU at 11:48 AM on November 18, 2008

cimbrog, you mean like this?
posted by daisyace at 11:51 AM on November 18, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

Sorry. I had a... a moment of weakness.
posted by BeerFilter at 11:55 AM on November 18, 2008

De aranyos! It even has a localized version for me. So I felt obligated to vote on that, but fortunately I'm easy to accomodate.
posted by Wolfdog at 11:58 AM on November 18, 2008

Wolfdogs will eat anything, apparently.
posted by desjardins at 11:58 AM on November 18, 2008

The chicken will not hurt you, you bunch of pansies.
posted by Wolfdog at 11:59 AM on November 18, 2008

Wolfdogs will eat anything, apparently.
Don't get too close. Rawr.
posted by Wolfdog at 12:00 PM on November 18, 2008

I remember when wolfpup used to be such a picky eater. Now look at him.
posted by special-k at 12:15 PM on November 18, 2008

Excellent. So when's the next Boston-area/New England(ish) meetup, then, daisy? Hmm?

C'mon, now. That meetup's not just going to plan itself.

It has been a while, hasn't it? I couldn't attend one myself until something like mid-December, though, so I nominate somebody other than me. If no one takes up the charge, I'll put something up then. Maybe I'll see if initapplette wants to co-initiate at that point -- I know she's been meaning to try for an Arlington one. Maybe Summer Shack at Alewife?
posted by daisyace at 12:21 PM on November 18, 2008

Beans on pizza? That's seriously fucked up.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 12:45 PM on November 18, 2008

damn, i'm hungry now
posted by terrapin at 1:08 PM on November 18, 2008

I'm disappointed that none of you have tried to make art on Doodle grid.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:11 PM on November 18, 2008

My usernames are my art.
posted by dersins at 1:13 PM on November 18, 2008

Game night just got hell of a lot easier! Thanks so much!

"Hey, guys. You know how I computerized all our battleboard stuff? Guess what's about to happen with the pizza!"

I for one welcome our Doodle over... uh... democratic facilitators.
posted by cimbrog at 2:04 PM on November 18, 2008

I like Doodle. But shotgun rules work better.
posted by 3.2.3 at 2:07 PM on November 18, 2008 [5 favorites has favorites]

Beans on pizza? That's seriously fucked up.

Don't overthink it.
posted by cairnish at 2:48 PM on November 18, 2008

People bring dates to meetups? And they need tools to pick them? This site is complicated.
posted by waraw at 3:14 PM on November 18, 2008

I'm disappointed that none of you have tried to make art on Doodle grid.

I made a space invader!
posted by suedehead at 11:28 PM on November 18, 2008

Wow, an application that I started using before most of MeFi. Now I feel special.
posted by biffa at 4:35 AM on November 19, 2008

I made a space invader!

Next time, use birth control.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:30 AM on November 19, 2008 [2 favorites has favorites]

Hey, this started in Switzerland! (doodle.ch)
Fun.
posted by stvspl at 9:22 AM on November 20, 2008