Comments on: Stop Herding Cats: Use Meeting Wizard Instead. http://www.almostgotit.com/2008/04/14/stop-herding-cats-use-meeting-wizard-instead/ With every failure my reputation grows Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:03:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Working Girl http://www.almostgotit.com/2008/04/14/stop-herding-cats-use-meeting-wizard-instead/#comment-1066 Working Girl Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:40:42 +0000 http://www.almostgotit.com/2008/04/14/stop-herding-cats-use-meeting-wizard-instead/#comment-1066 Hmmm. Reminds me a bit of Evite. Did you read the column (screed) in the NYT Sunday magazine about Evites? Apparently this person hates them. I felt a little bad because I've used Evite invitations for a number of parties. Here in computer-savvy Seattle it's considered acceptable, I think. I wonder if MeetingWizard would meet with similar objection? From some people? Hmmm. Reminds me a bit of Evite. Did you read the column (screed) in the NYT Sunday magazine about Evites? Apparently this person hates them. I felt a little bad because I’ve used Evite invitations for a number of parties.

Here in computer-savvy Seattle it’s considered acceptable, I think.

I wonder if MeetingWizard would meet with similar objection? From some people?

]]> By: almostgotit http://www.almostgotit.com/2008/04/14/stop-herding-cats-use-meeting-wizard-instead/#comment-1067 almostgotit Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:07:10 +0000 http://www.almostgotit.com/2008/04/14/stop-herding-cats-use-meeting-wizard-instead/#comment-1067 <em> Thanks for the comment, and the reminder! I tried using Evite for another social group I was part of several years ago (NOT in Seattle!). And people were a little weirded out. I think I ended up concluding that Evite made my friends feel unloved... (Technology will never, EVER replace the human being. This is a central truth.) However, MeetingWizard's main advantage is that it is collaborative: rather than broadcasting info on an announced event (a la Evite), its main strength is its ability to coordinate an event by collecting and cooperating with people's schedules. It's not as cute as Evite, though, and lacks themed invitation designs, etc. MeetingWizard worked great with absent-minded professor types, but jury's still out on using it to arrange summer dates for our bookclub -- I've not yet heard back from most of them, and maybe I'll find that they don't feel loved by MeetingWizard, either! :)</em> Thanks for the comment, and the reminder! I tried using Evite for another social group I was part of several years ago (NOT in Seattle!). And people were a little weirded out. I think I ended up concluding that Evite made my friends feel unloved…

(Technology will never, EVER replace the human being. This is a central truth.)

However, MeetingWizard’s main advantage is that it is collaborative: rather than broadcasting info on an announced event (a la Evite), its main strength is its ability to coordinate an event by collecting and cooperating with people’s schedules. It’s not as cute as Evite, though, and lacks themed invitation designs, etc.

MeetingWizard worked great with absent-minded professor types, but jury’s still out on using it to arrange summer dates for our bookclub — I’ve not yet heard back from most of them, and maybe I’ll find that they don’t feel loved by MeetingWizard, either! :)

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