Tentative.ly

Consumer and social

event bookmarking

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Tentative.ly

Bookmark events across the web and receive automatic reminders.

tentative.ly

#event bookmarking#event reminders#bookmarklet#event calendar

43points
7comments
#286of 1,097 in 2011
Top 27%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

2 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.

Design: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • UI looks nice and extends Twitter Bootstrap well

    From 1 comment
  • Idea would solve a real problem of unattended events

    From 1 comment
    • awesome stuff - i always see events i MAY go to, but don't necessarily want to put it on my calendar. looks like this will do the trick
      reecepacheco on HN
  • Interesting idea with a good start

    From 1 comment
    • Pretty interesting idea, would like to see where it goes with vetting and curating events. I think that is more of the pain point. This is clearly a good start though.
      yo-mf on HN

Objections

  • The Grab it button fails on some pages

    From 1 comment
    • Here's an example URL where your "Grab it!" button doesn't work. You really need to make sure the z-index makes it on top of everything else on the page!…
      vitovito on HN
  • Bookmarklet cannot be added to iPad bookmarks by drag and drop

    From 1 comment
    • There's no easy way to add the bookmarklet to my iPad's bookmark list. Can't drag and drop there.
      vitovito on HN

Requests

  • Add vetting and curation of events

    From 1 comment
    • Pretty interesting idea, would like to see where it goes with vetting and curating events. I think that is more of the pain point. This is clearly a good start though.
      yo-mf on HN

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