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DiningIn: Group Food Ordering Online

abhijeet — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:55:41 +0000

DiningIn, which delivers meals to home that are ordered on the web, recently introduced a group food ordering feature. Currently the service is available in 5 major US cities – Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia and Denver.

It works like this – you create an event as a host and send invites to guests. There are many customization options available. Choose menus from various restaurants including prominent US chains like The Cheesecake Factory. Also let the guests choose their menu and pay for their food. This works great when there’s an office party where everyone pools in the money. Orders should be placed at least 90 minutes in advance.

Video Demo:

Features:

Web based food delivery along with a nice group food ordering feature.
Available in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia and Denver (more cities coming soon).
Choose menus from local and national restaurant chains.
Let the guests choose their menu.
Pay yourself or let everyone pay for themselves.
Set spending limits when everyone is paying for themselves.

Check out DiningIn @ www.diningin.com (via ReadWriteWeb by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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TourMapr: Check Out Artist or Band Tour Plans & Dates

abhijeet — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:32:36 +0000

TourMapr is a Google Maps mashup which music lovers will find very useful. In fact if you follow a band or an artist religiously, this is a must-bookmark site for you. It can show any artist or band tour plans and dates for the next few months plotted on a map.

On the left it asks you to enter the artist name. Once you hit enter, it shows four expandable tabs – Artist Info, Similar Artist, Tour Info and Links. Artist info gives you general information about the artist. Similar artist gives you links to tour plans of similar artists. Tour Info is the main tab where you find the tour plan which is plotted on the right. Click on a date and you get the tour details popped up on the map.

Features:

See artists tour dates and plans on the map.
Tour info for the next few months covered.
Also get similar artists’ tour information.
Click on a tour date to know more about it.
Similar tool: OnePageArtist.

Check out TourMapr@ www.tourmapr.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Goby: Find Cool Local Activities Based On Your Interests

abhijeet — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:16:05 +0000

Goby is a new and innovative local search engine which helps you to get rid of your boredom by finding local activities that you might like to do. Currently US only, it first asks you what you want to do (like hiking, music etc), the location (city) and the time (like today, next 7 days etc). Then it crawls the web and aggregates relevant content from various sites along with a Google Map depicting the results. Get more information about the activities by clicking on links, see photos, check out directions and use the Google Map to know more about the place.

Features:

Find cool local activities for today or tomorrow.
Currently works only for cities in the United States.
Enter the activity, the location and the time to view results.
Check out driving directions and pictures.

Check out Goby@ www.goby.com [via Webware] (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Groupon: Collective Shopping For Cool Discount Deals

kaly — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:05:00 +0000

Groupon is a cool collective shopping website where you can get deals on interesting stuff like restaurants, spas, gym sessions, skydiving and other activities or events. Everyday it features a deal on something to do in a city and offers huge discounts (up to 50%. 60%, 70% off ). But, the catch is that the deal becomes valid only if enough people sign up for it.

Here is how the site works:

Check the site on a daily basis and see if there is something that interests you.
If you see something you like, sign up for it and add your billing information. You will not be charged unless enough people sign up for the same event.
Once the required number of people have signed up, you get a coupon.

The video below explains it pretty well:

Features:

Group buying website for deals online.
Features deals on stuff like restaurants, spas, gym sessions, skydiving and other activities and events.
Deals become valid only when enough people sign up for them.
Users charged only when enough people have signed up for the deal.
Share deals with friends.
Currently available only in United States (not in all cities yet) .
Check out recent deals.

Check out Groupon @ www.groupon.com (via emilychang)

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Mugasha: Listen to Electronic Music Sets by DJs Online

abhijeet — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:10:52 +0000

Mugasha is a great online tool for party lovers, especially for those who organize parties at home. It features cool electronic music sets from DJs all around the world which could be played without any hassle. You don’t need to go through the process of creating a playlist by adding songs. They have already created the music sets for you. Of course you could play individual songs by searching for them but in a party where you need continuous music, just select a set and hit play.

Registration isn’t required to listen to a set but you need to register or use Facebook connect login to save favorites. Also you can share sets on networks like Twitter and MySpace.

Features

Listen to electronic music sets online.
Instantly start listening without registration.
Browse sets and individual songs by artist names.
Register or use Facebook Connect to save favorites.
Share sets via Twitter and MySpace.
Similar websites: FlavorTunes.

Check out Mugasha @ www.mugasha.com (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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WhatsOnWhen: Local Event Guide For Over 500 World Destinations

azim — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:12:00 +0000

WhatsOnWhen is a local event guide for more than 500 popular international destinations – countries, cities and famous resorts. You can browse events by location, by event category (e.g. arts, classical music, music & nightlife) search by keywords or discover more about the places through informative and detailed local guides.

Pick your favorite location, discover the local cuisine and customs, interesting facts, the landscape, top local attractions and upcoming events and other useful info such as what transportation to use, local weather, currency and electricity standards for electronic gadgets.

Features:

Local event guide for over 500 world destinations – countries, cities and popular resorts.
Browse events by location, by event category (e.g. arts, classical music, music & nightlife) and search by keywords.
Read the local guide, discover local cuisine and customs, the landscape, top local attractions and interesting facts.
View featured videos.
Similar sites: Yahoo Upcoming, Bandsintown, Happenr and HearWhere.

Check out WhatsOnWhen @ www.whatsonwhen.com

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TicketFlow: Get Best Ticket Deals For Events

abhijeet — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:28:04 +0000

Ticketflow gets you the best ticket deals for upcoming sport events, music concerts and theater performances. It searches hundreds of trusted ticketing sites and local providers, and filters the tickets based on what you need. Tickets can be filtered/sorted by the location, the price, seating and many more parameters. Once you find the right ticket, click on it and it redirects you to the ticketing provider from where you can purchase it.

Features:

Find the best deals on event tickets.
Searches a huge number of ticketing sites to aggregate and filter the data.
Robust filtering mechanism which sorts tickets based on various parameters.
Compare tickets based on prices, seating, section and more.
Buy directly from the site.
Similar sites: Tickex, TicketStumbler and FanSnap.

Check out Ticketflow @www.ticketflow.com [via TechCrunch] (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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SignAppNow: Create Online Sign Up Sheets

kaly — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:43:44 +0000

If you ever need to organize an event where attendees need to sign up the SignAppNow can help. It is an online application that lets you quickly create online sign up sheets for any kind of event. The site doesn’t require any registration and the whole process consists of 3 simple steps:

Features:

Create sign up sheets online.
Create as many sheets as you like.
Quick and easy to use.
Free and no registration.

Check out SignAppNow @www.signappnow.com

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FlavorTunes: Let Guests Choose The Music For Your Party

abhijeet — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:56:32 +0000

Imagine a party where the guests know beforehand that their favorite music will be played. It could possibly be the best party ever, isn’t it ? With FlavorTunes you don’t have to imagine. Using this cool tool you can send interactive invitation to your guests which provides them options to select their favorite songs for the party.

The music is pulled from Imeem so you can be rest assured that almost all songs would be available. Other features include ability to save the playlists, collaboration and the party planner which embeds the list of songs to an imeem widget which can be played during the party.

Features:

Create interactive party invites.
Let guests choose the music for your party and create party playlist.
Songs sourced from Imeem.
Save the playlists for future parties.
Get the final song list as an embeddable imeem widget.

Check out FlavorTunes @ www.flavortunes.com [via Appscout] (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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SeatQuest: Get Best Seats in the Venue for Your Budget

azim — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:25:42 +0000

Ticket prices for events (concerts, theater, sports games) vary based on the seat location at the venue. SeatQuest is a new ticket search engine that helps you find best available seats and deals for upcoming events (US only) by visually browsing venue seating charts.

The site lets you search for event tickets by venue, event name or your zip code. Users can see the availability of tickets for different sections and rows, compare prices from different brokers (TicketsNow, StubHub, TicketNetworks) and if necessary book tickets online.

Features:

See the exact location of your ticket seat at the venue and see the availability of tickets for different sections and rows.
Aggregates tickets info (availability, prices) from major online ticket brokers including TicketsNow, StubHub and TicketNetworks.
View calendar of events for different performers (bands, sports teams) and venues.
Free, no registration or email required.
Currently US only.
Similar sites: TicketsFTW, RoosterFly and TicketsStumbler.

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NatureFind: Find Fun Family Outdoor Activities & Places

kaly — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:25:27 +0000

NatureFind is an excellent web resource that makes it easy to locate nearby places for family outdoor activities. These include but not limited to camping and fishing spots, zoos, parks, wildlife sanctuaries and so on.

Users can search for spots by location or event name and then filter results by activity or place type. It maps relevant spots with distinctive icons on the area map, clicking on an icon brings up additional information including its address, driving directions, contact details and event schedule.

Features:

Find nearby outdoor activities and places.
Filter results by activity and place type.
Each listing clearly marked on the map with distinctive icon.
Description, address, directions, contact details and event schedule are also provided.
Free and no registration.
Contribute by adding events and places you know.
Similar websites: PlaySpaceFinder and Parkr.

Check out NatureFind @ www.nwf.org/naturefind

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FlyGreetings: Stylish, Quality Designer e-Cards

azim — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:24:56 +0000

While the web is full of places where you can find free online greeting cards (e-cards), most are filled with similar, poorly designed e-cards with annoying music and flash animation. FlyGreeting aims to change that and offers designer e-cards that are unique, aesthetic, well-designed and don’t contain annoying music and flash animation.

It has a good selection of pleasing e-card designs with new ones being added every day. Browse e-cards by category (Birthday, Christmas, Apology etc) or search with keywords. You can send an e-card up to 5 people by email, customize the underlying message and choose when exactly you want it sent.

Features:

Directory of unique, stylish and well-designed online designer e-cards
E-cards don’t contain annoying music or flash animation
Send e-cards by email up to 5 people at a time.
Free, no registration
Similar websites: CardFunk, VoxCard and several others.

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RoosterFly: Compare Event Ticket Prices

abhijeet — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:04:26 +0000

RoosterFly is a price comparison engine for tickets of entertainment events like sports events, concerts and theater. It aggregates information from secondary ticketing websites and displays them in a simple, user-friendly interface helping the customers to compare event ticket prices and find the best deals. Enter either the venue, team, artist or the city and it will show a list of tickets available for different events from various brokers.

You can also look for events on a specific date and/or location.

Features :

Price comparison engine for entertainment tickets.
Compare ticket prices for sports events like NBA or NHL, music concerts and plays.
User friendly interface.
Provides a list of tickets available for events from different brokers.
Similar sites: Seathound, Tickex, TicketStumbler and FanSnap.

Check out Roosterfly @ www.roosterfly.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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EventBrite: Organize Ticketed Events & Sell Tickets Online

azim — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:41:12 +0000

EventBrite is a web service that helps you organize ticketed events, promote them and sell tickets online. It makes it easy to publish your event on the web by creating a customized event web page and maximize its attendance by promoting it online via its free online tools.

Service is free if your event is free, and if you sell tickets for a price, Eventbrite collects a small fee on each ticket sold. Sign up for a free account to get started.

Features:

Organizing and selling tickets for an event made simple.
Use free tools to promote your event to maximize its attendance.
Create and customize event registration page.
Pay small fee from each sold ticket (no fee if the tickets are free).
Enlist your event in site’s public events directory.
Similar websites: PurpleTrail and Invite43.

Check out Evenbrite @ www.eventbrite.com

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Collecta: Find Out What’s Happening Right Now

TehseenBaweja — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:29:13 +0000

Unlike Google, Bing or any other traditional search engine, Collecta searches whats happening right now. When you enter a search term on Collecta, it looks through social media content like blog posts, comments, news articles, Twitter updates, Flickr photos… etc, and only show results that have been posted after you started your search.

Collecta is an actual real-time tool and does not include the results even if they have been posted just a minute before your search. You also have an option to pause your searching if you are getting too many results.

Features:

Real-time search engine.
See what’s hot on the web right now.
Narrow your search to just photos, stories or comments.
Keep track of your search history.

Check out Collecta @ www.collecta.com (by Tehseen from Ijaar.com)

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Corkboard: Quickly Save Things You Want to Remember and Setup Reminders

azim — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:51:56 +0000

Corkboard lets you easily save things you want to remember and organize them in one place online. It can be a recipe from some website, an upcoming event in your city, an upcoming movie, a phone number, a newly discovered food joint, a website, a new bestseller that you saw in the bookstore, basically anything that you might want to refer to some time later.

Works really easy, simply sign up and then start adding items to your account from the website, by sending an email or on the go using your mobile phone. For instance, if you are in the bookstore and want to add a book to your Corkboard account then all you need to do is to text its ISBN number to Corkboard.

When you add something to Corkboard, it automatically scans sites like Amazon, Yahoo Upcoming and Yelp, and gets additional information on your saved items.

Another cool feature is that you can send a barcode number to Corkboard via SMS and shortly receive the corresponding product information. Similarly, if you send the phone number of a place you will get back its location.

Moreover, Corkboard can also send you reminders on the saved items and even deal alerts (when available) to your mobile phone or email.

Finally, you can also browse items and collections shared by other members, view what’s new and popular and get suggestions based on your location.

Features:

Save things you want to remember and organize them online in your account.
Automatically pulls relevant info on saved items from sites like Amazon, Yahoo Upcoming and Yelp.
Organize items into collections, share them online and browse collections of other users.
Sign up for mobile and email reminders and product alerts.
Share saved items on Twitter, Facebook or keep them private.

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WhoAreIn: Easily Organize Meetings Online

kaly — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:25:38 +0000

WhoAreIn is a dead simple event organizer that lets you organize meetings (parties, nightouts… etc) and find out who is coming. The app has a minimalistic and easy to use interface. To start using it you do not even have to sign up as it works with your existing Google credentials.

The process is straightforward, you just need to create an event and forward it to invitees. When the recipient gets your invitation with event details he/she selects one of the following options “Yes I’ coming”, “No, I’m not coming” or “Not sure”. All invitees can see who is coming and communicate by leaving messages on the messaging board.

Check out WhoAreIn demo below:

Features:

Organize parties, nightouts and meeting online.
Organize as many meetings as you like.
Messaging board letting everyone leave event related messages.
Clean and clutter free interface.
Works with your existing Google account.
Similar tools: Planyp.us, WhichDateWorks, Diarised and Meet-O-Matic.

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SongKick: Check Entire Concert History Of Favorite Bands

azim — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:27:15 +0000

SongKick lets you browse the entire concert history of popular musicians and bands, with over 1 million past and upcoming concerts in its database. Select your favorite artist and browse his/her concert history by date, by venue and city and even find out with which other musicians the artist played the most concerts. Moreover, you can select a venue or a city and see the list of artists who played there over the years.

Sign up to share your own concert experiences and meet other people who attended the same concerts as you did and connect with fellow music fans. Add related photos and videos, add events and track the upcoming gigs of your favorite artists.

Features:

Concert database of more than 1 million past and upcoming concerts.
Browse artist’s concert history by dates, by venue and by city.
Check out upcoming events in your city.
Sign up to share your own concert going history, meet people who attended the same concerts and connect with fellow fans.
Track upcoming gigs of your favorite artists, add related photos, posters and videos.
Buy concert tickets online.
Similar sites: HearWhere and GigFreaks.

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Zvents: Find Events in Your Area

TehseenBaweja — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:06:29 +0000

A lot of websites allow you to search and find events in your area, but few are as comprehensive and global as Zvents. To find events in the area, all you have to do is set your location (ex. London, UK or Chicago, IL). Once it’s done go ahead and start browsing through local event listings by categories like music, performing arts e.t.c.

With Zvents you can also filter local events by time (Today, Tomorrow or Next 7 days), check events in the nearby cities or see which events have been added recently. Many events have direct links to Ticketmaster or other similar websites in case you decide to purchase the tickets online. When you click on an event for further details, Zvents not only shows the detail for the event but also allows you to go directly to the event’s website or add the event date to your online calendar like Google, Yahoo, AOL or Outlook.

Features:

Local event search for your city.
Filter events by location, event type or timeline.
Check the event’s website and buy tickets online.
See the exact event location on Google Maps and nearby restaurants and bars.
Rate events and post comments/reviews.
Similar sites: Yahoo Upcoming, Bandsintown, Happenr and HearWhere.

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GroceryWiz: Create Grocery Shopping List

kaly — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:53:31 +0000

GroceryWiz is a website which lets you create grocery shopping lists and manage them in one place online. Created lists can be shared with a group of people (family, roommate… etc) allowing everyone add items they need to the same list. Quite useful when planning parties.

Once you have registered on the site you msy start adding groceries from the rich list of items categorized into several categories. In cases when the item you are looking for is not listed there is an option for you to add it manually. When the list is ready you may share it with others by forwarding them a URL or print it out.

For more info watch demo video below:

Features:

Grocery checklist maker.
Manage and create as many lists as you like.
Share lists with others.
Allow others to add items to your grocery shopping list.
Similar websites: Grocist, Listingly and GroceryGuide.

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RSSBirthday: Get Birthday Notifications On Your Feedreader

kaly — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:07:27 +0000

RssBirthday is a birthday notification service that allows you to be notified of birthdays (or similar events) on your Feedreader. The setup process is fast and easy, once you have registered enter the names and dates that you want to wathc. Next, choose when you want to be reminded and click on the “Add” button. Afterwards grab the feed and subscribe to it using your feedreader. That’s it!

There is no limit on the number of dates you want to track and you can easily add and delete birthday entries anytime you want.

Features:

Get feed alerts for birthdays and other events.
Add as many birthdays as you like.
Customize how many days in advance you want be notified.
Free and no registration.
Similar: BirthdayAlarm and RemiMe.

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GigZee: Find Local Live Music

TehseenBaweja — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:45:35 +0000

For all those times when you don’t really want to go to a big concert but still want to enjoy some live music, there’s GigZee. It is a web service that allows you to find local live music in your neighborhood (US only).

You can search by entering your location (zip code or city) or by the music genre. GigZee shows you who is playing where and what are they charging. The site presents all venue details that you can add to your favorites and share with your friends.

You can also view artist details and click through to check their myspace page or other websites.

Features overview:

Find local live music gigs by artist, venue or music genre.
Track the gig, add to your favorites or email to your friends.
See detailed information about the venue including maps.
Browse upcoming gigs by day of the week.
GigZee also suggests other gigs that you may like.
See who else is tracking a gig and add comments.
Similar websites: HearWhere, GigFreaks and Bandsintown.

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Mobaganda: Easy Event & Meeting Planner

kaly — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:14:55 +0000

Here is another simple event and meeting planner that lets you easily plan events, gatherings and get-togethers online. The way it works, you create an event by adding a date, time, place and then email it to attendees. You can aslo check the event and its RSVP as necessary.

You can quickly check out who’s coming or not by refreshing the page or subscribing to event’s RSS feed. The application also provides you with an email address that you can use to email all attendees at once.

Features:

Easy event planning tool.
Create and track as many events as you like.
Track who’s coming and not via RSS feed.
Easily send email to all attendees at once.
Event page lasts only for 60 days and then automatically deleted.
Simple and clutter free interface.
No registration and free.
Similar tools: EmaiLops, Congregar and Meet-O-Matic.

Check out Mobaganda @ www.mobaganda.com (via: Redferret)

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Band-Flyers: Create Printable Flyers

kaly — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:59:41 +0000

Band-Flyers is a cool web-based tool that lets you create printable flyers online, just like previously mentioned MyBrochureMaker. The site provides you with wide array of designs and customization options. You can upload your own image, add text, customize border, color, font and layout. Once flyer is ready you can print it out, send it via email and publish online by embedding on your blog or personal webpage.

Features:

Tool for creating flyers online.
Create as many flyers as you like.
Add image and text.
Customize border, color, font and layout.
Print flyers, send to others via email, publish online by embedding on you site.
Easy to use and free.

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WeddingBook: Comprehensive Wedding Vendors Directory

azim — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:39:46 +0000

WeddingBook is a comprehensive wedding vendors directory. It allows you to find the best vendors in the area (matching your criteria) among more than 65,000 local wedding services i.e. wedding reception sites, hotels for guests, caterers, photographers, florists, bands and more.

How it works:

Select vendor category, enter the location where you want to get married and click “GO”.
Apply filters to narrow vendors to match your exact criteria: budget constraints, distance from the location and other.
Pick and compare several vendors and get proposals from all of them with one click

Features:

One of the biggest wedding services directories in the US. Claims to be 3 times bigger than its closest competitor, TheKnot
Search among more than 65,000 listed local wedding vendors: wedding reception sites, hotels for guests, caterers, photographers, florist, bands and more.
Use filters to view and compare only the vendors who match your criteria: budget constraints, distance from location and other requirements.
Browse wedding vendors, view their ratings and endorsements.
US only

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Tmeet.me: Easy Way To Tweet Locations

kaly — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:39:01 +0000

Tmeet.me is simple Google Maps mashup that allows you to easily tweet locations on Twitter. Using it you can quickly send a Twitter message with a map link and tell others where you are, where do you want to meet, where the weekend party is going to be held and much more.

You don’t need to signup for anything, simply search the location address (or zoom in to find it visually) and once you find the spot type in your Twitter message. Then hit “tmeet this message” button. Afterwards Tmeet.me will redirect you to your Twitter page and automatically insert your message along with a link to the marked location on Google Maps.

Check out Tmeet.me @ www.tmeet.me

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Crush3r: Create Engaging Web Invitations For Your Events

kaly — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:40:45 +0000

Crush3r is a service that allows you to create engaging web invitations online which you can send to your friends and family. The site is easy to use and it takes only a few minutes to create and distribute the invitations.

You can add information regarding the event and then design your invitation page the way you like by adding things like images, songs, customized text, videos from YouTube or photo stream from Flickr.

Furthermore you can add chat to allow real-time chat between coming guests, add bring lists so guests can claim and bring stuff, create a poll and let guest decide when is the most appropriate time for them, add a map along with address and much more.

Feature overview:

Create customizable and cool invitations online.
Create and share as many invitations as you like.
Add image, songs, videos from YouTube and photo stream from Flickr.
Add chat to allow real-time chat between guests.
Add bring lists so guests can claim and bring stuff.
Add a map along with address.
Request RSVP’s.
Keep an open guest list.
Facility to let friend invite others.
Free and no registration.
Similar sites: AnyVite, PhoneVite, Trumpia and Pingg.

Check out Crush3r @ Crush3r.Com

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Perfect Portions: Food Portions Calculator

azim — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:32:23 +0000

When you have guests coming over for a meal, you usually overstock on the food ingredients. As a result, some food is left over and goes to waste. Perfect Portions is a food portions calculator that removes the guesswork by suggesting how much to cook provided the food type and the number of people expected for the meal.

The suggested portions are given in terms of standard mugs, table spoons etc. for a rule-of-thumb measurements, as well as in grams and milliliters for the exact amounts. This service is provided to encourage people to eliminate the food waste.

How it works:

Choose the food ingredient. You can either select it from food category or choose one from the popular foods.
Select how many people to cook for (adults+children)
Done! Get the exact amount you need cook

Features:

Removes the guesswork by suggesting ingredients for perfect food portions sizes.
Works in 3 steps: Choose the food ingredient, select how many people to cook for, get the amount you need to cook.
Service is provided to encourage people to eliminate food waste
Free, no signup needed.

Check out Portion Calculator @ www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/perfect_portions/ (via delicious)

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Yahoo Upcoming: Upcoming Events Locator for Your Area

azim — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:59:08 +0000

If you want to stay on top of events happening in your area check out Yahoo Upcoming. It is a local events locator that lists upcoming events such as concerts, sports games, conferences… etc. When you visit the site it auto-detects your location and presents a list of events for your area.

Each event on the list has short description, event dates, number of interested users and the venue. You can also search for events, browse them by category, location, type and dates, add events to your calendar and subscribe to be notified on changes.

Additionally you can add new events to the calendar and invite friends. If you have a particular interest in certain type of events, you can join groups to discuss them with like-minded people, view relevant events and promote your own events to the members of the group.

Features:

View and search for upcoming events in your area.
Browse for events by location, by category, by tags and calendar dates.
View the number of people interested in an event.
View event location on a map and see events happening nearby.
Add events to your calendar, add your own events to the site, invite friends.
Subscribe to receive event updates by RSS.
Join groups of users with similar interests to stay current or relevant events. Promote your own events within the Group.
Register or login with your Yahoo! ID.
Similar websites: Bandsintown, Happenr and HearWhere

Check out Yahoo Upcoming @ http://upcoming.yahoo.com

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TicketsFTW: Comparing Ticket Prices Made Simple

azim — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:07:38 +0000

TicketsFTW is a website for comparing ticket prices online. It scans a number of ticket reselling websites (including StubHub and TicketsNow) and finds the cheapest tickets to sold out events (concerts, sports games, theater shows etc). So instead of visiting multiple websites to compare prices, you can just visit one place and find what you need.

How does it work?

Search for events by performer/team, venue or location.
Choose the event and the venue
Compare different ticket prices depending on the section and row of the venue.
Press “Buy!”
Complete the order at the ticket reseller’s website

You can view the venue seating chart for the event, though its not yet available for all the venues.

Features:

Compare ticket prices online.
Find cheapest tickets to sold out events through one site.
Browse for events by performer/team, location and the venue.
Compare ticket prices by section and row of the venue.
Pulls ticket pricing information from different resellers including StubHub and TicketsNow.
Free, no registration.
Other sites to compare tickets: TicketPredator, Bandsintown, TicketStumble and FanSnap.

Check out TicketsFTW @ www.ticketsftw.com

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ListaMania: Create And Print To Do Lists

kaly — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:16:57 +0000

Here is another dead simple online tool that lets you quickly create and print to do lists. To get started, just list the items on the page and then click on “Create Todo list” button. ListaMania then generates nicely formatted list with check boxes and fields for additional notes. You can add additional notes prior printing or leave them blank if you want to add notes later. To print out ready lists use the Print option in your browser’s toolbar.

Features:

Create printable to do lists.
Create as many lists as you like.
Simple and easy to use.
Similar sites: PrintableCheckList and SimplyChecklists.

Check out ListaMania @ www.listamania.net

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PrintableCheckList: Web Based Printable Checklist Maker

kaly — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:33:59 +0000

As the name suggests it is a web based checklist maker tool that lets you easily create checklists online and then print them. All you have to do is enter the title, add checklist entries and then print it using your browser’s print option. That is it!

There is no registration, and you can create as many lists as you like.

Features:

Print friendly checklist creator.
Create as many lists as you like.
Free. No registration.
Similar website: SimplyChecklists.

Check out PrintableCheckList @ www.printablechecklist.org (via Lifehacker)

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MomentVille: All-In-One Service For Making Wedding Websites

TehseenBaweja — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:25:40 +0000

MomentVille is an all inclusive web service for making wedding websites online. The service allows you to create, remember and share the most special moments of your life. You can create photo albums, manage your invitations and even explore and review different vendors in your area.

MomentVille has a number of free features that come with a hefty price tag on other wedding portals. Most importantly, MomentVille lets you create a totally interactive and customizable website that is yours for life. You can add music, make slide shows and even allow other people to edit the website.

Features:

Create a free customized wedding websites.
Chose and use from a variety fonts and colors.
Upload individual photos or complete photo galleries.
Add music and slideshows to your website.
Send and track invitations through RSVP Manager.
Allow guests to upload photos to your website.
Interactive features like guestbooks and blogs.
Get email notifications for RSVP updates.

Check out Momentville @ Momentville.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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PurpleTrail: Plan & Organize Events Online

TehseenBaweja — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:12:48 +0000

PurpleTrail is a website to plan and organize events online. It has a number of user-friendly features which make the whole process of organizing events less messy. Using PurpleTrail you can manage parties, get-together events and all type of other group events.

You can create animated invitations, send them to your friends through variety of mediums including email, print, SMS and even social networks like facebook.

All necessary tasks can be managed from a single place: track invitations, gather responses, make changes to event location and timings, upload photos and share them with event participants, send reminders, create recurring events and more.

Feature overview:

Organizing events online made easy.
Send customized and animated invitations for your event.
Invitations are without advertisements.
A consensus feature to help everybody make a decision.
Desktop and mobile phone applications to manage your event on the go.
Create address book to manage your contacts (potential attendees) online.
Import contacts from your mobile phone or Yahoo!, MSN, Google account.
Upload photos to your event page and share them with friends and family.
Know when somebody opens your invitation.
Send reminders and create recurring events.
Similar sites: Invite43, AnyVite, PhoneVite, Trumpia and Pingg.

Check out PurpleTrail @ www.purpletrail.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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HearWhere: Find Concerts In Your Area

azim — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:53:50 +0000

HearWhere is a search engine, which helps you find concerts in your area or pretty much any other location worldwide. The site list information for more than one million shows from over one million artists. You can search for concerts and live performances by location, sort them by genre, date, and distance.

HearWhere not only shows concerts in the area and who is playing nearby but also lets you listen to tracks by the artist and provides links to their website, myspace page, related reviews and blogs.

If there is a live show of an artist which is not listed, you can add it by linking to the artist’s Myspace page and HearWhere will update the artist’s show list automatically.

Features :

Find concerts near you.
Free and no registration.
Browse live shows by genre, date and proximity to a location.
View shows’ locations on a map.
Listen to artists’ music.
Read reviews and related blogposts.
Contrebute by adding artists’ live shows to the site.
Similar websites: GigFreaks and Bandsintown.

Check out HearWhere @ www.hearwhere.com

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TicketPredator: Online Ticket Price Comparison For US Events

Wim Permana — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:00:00 +0000

TicketPredator is an online ticket price comparison service which can help you to search and compare tickets from various events such as sports, concerts and theater shows in US. The site aggregates data from hundreds of online ticket brokers and helps you to get the cheapest ticket.

You can search for tickets and browse them by categories such as NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, Nascar, MLS, Tennis, NCAA, WNBA… etc. When you search for a ticket the site gives you a list of prices from various ticket brokers listing the cheapest first.

Features

Compare ticket prices for US events.
Tickets are compared across 400 hundreds online ticket brokers.
Search and browse tickets by category.
No registration is needed
Similar sites: Tickex, Bandsintown, TicketStumble and FanSnap.

Visit TicketPredator @ www.ticketpredator.com (Contributed by Wim Permana from Wimkhan)

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Invite43: Create Invitations For Your Events Online

Venkatesh — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:27:12 +0000

Invite43 lets you quickly and easily create online invitations for your events. You start simply by creating a page for your event and then add other info such as time, description and location. You can even customize your invitation by applying different colors and uploading personal images. Once the invitation is ready grab the URL and forward it to people you want to invite. See sample invitation we have created.

Invitees can click on the URL and see all details for the event, and then quickly give feedback on their status bu clicking “Yes” or “No, sorry” text link. They can also leave comments and suggestion for the event.

Created invitations are controlled from the admin panel, you can easily make invitations private by adding a passwords, moderate comments, get quick overview of coming guests and their details.

Features:

Create invitations online.
Unique URL for each event inviutation.
Central dashboard to manage everything associated with the event.
Customizable design for your event page.
Events can be made either public or private.
Easy to get status of presence, comments and feedback from your guests.
Similar websites: AnyVite, PhoneVite, Trumpia and Pingg.

Check out Invite43 @ www.invite43.com (Contributed by Venkatesh Varalu)

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Storyz: Easily Create And Share Stories Through Cellphone

abhijeet — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:20:56 +0000

Although Storyz can be used from the web too, it would prove more useful for cellphone users. As the name suggests, it helps you create a story or an account of an event complete with pictures and video, easily from the web and your cellphone. It also has a mobile version of its site where you can sign up and then start creating stories instantly. You can then invite friends by SMS to participate and contribute to your story, helping it to grow into a discussion.

Features

Easily create and share stories
Use it from the web or cellphone
Add text, pictures and video
Invite friends to participate and discuss
iPhone app available
Free sign up

Check out Storyz @ www.storyz.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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GigFreaks: Find Live Concerts in Your Area

kaly — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:05:37 +0000

GigFreaks lets you enter one of your favorite artists or bands and get a list of upcoming live shows and live concerts you might like. You can further filter recommendations by location to only see live concerts in your area.

Additional information such as links to related items on LastFM, YouTube videos and band/artist photos on Flickr provided as well.

Furthermore you can subscribe to particular recommendation list and get updates on your feed reader as soon as there is something new.

Features:

Get recommendations on upcoming live concerts and shows.
Filter recommendations by location.
Subscribe to particular recommendations list and get updates on your feedreader.
Additional information about the band or artist provided.
Get related items from LastFM, YouTube and Flickr.

Check out GigFreaks @ www.gigfreaks.com

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OpenTable: Find Good Restaurants & Book Tables Online

kenburkes — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:03:24 +0000

OpenTable is an ultimate restaurant guide allows you to search for best restaurants in your area and make dinner reservations online. With OpenTable, you can browse restaurants by cities, refine them by area and cusine, book table online or take a look at the best restaurants the city (New York, Chicago, Las Vegas etc.) has to offer as voted by the diners.

For each restaurant you get to see the type of cuisine they serve, how expensive the place is, user ratings and reviews, website link, telephone number, executive chef and some more information.

Once you found the restaurant you would like to visit, you can quicly check out if there are open tables avilable and then make a reservation. This is a great website to look at when choosing the right restaurant as well as reserving a spot for that restaurant.

Features:

Find best restaurants in US and many international dining places.
There are more than 8,500 top restaurants listed. See full list here.
Book tables and make dinner reservations online.
Get all the information about a restaurant and read reviews from the diners.
See best restaurants for any US city, based on various criteria (see screenshot2)
See all sorts of restaurant offers and events
Filter results by location, restaurant theme, type of food, most booked, and more.
Website also available from mobile and iPhone.

Check out OpenTable @ www.opentable.com

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