“What are you doing tonight?” is a popular question. Especially if you have FOMO. But how popular? A search on twitter shows that every few seconds someone asks what people are doing tonight – all day, everyday. But with so much going on in Facebook and Twitter feeds, it’s no wonder that you don’t catch other... more »
Introducing 1.0.2
What a week! There is no better feeling than inviting people to use a product our team has been so excited about, for so long. We felt an enormous sense of pride (and nervousness) when the app hit the app store and the users started to sign up. But we quickly regained focus on building... more »
It’s coming.
After months of developing, we are finally getting ready to release doingtonight for the iPhone. It’s a simple and sleek solution to a difficult question that people ask almost every single day: “what are you doing tonight?”. As we take our first step towards building something truly special, we are laser focused on “tonight.” We... more »
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Jessica Alba asks Jamie Foxx, “what are you doing tonight?”.more »
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Sketch group Murderfist makes plans for a nice, simple evening.more »
The reality behind the “check in” hype
Beyond does great research. The data in this infographic is dated, but highlights themes that continue to be true today. None of the dominant social-location applications have a niche focus, yet food/drink check ins dominate the activity. Only 1/3 of users get social utility from checking in while more than half use them for deals... more »
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Some companies have become so prolific that their brands have become a part of our lexicon. Company names like Google, Kleenex and Xerox often replace the words search, tissue and photo copy. However, doingtonight’s strategy is to take an already common phrase that millions of people use every day and build a brand around it. People... more »
Media consumption by time of day
This is an interesting infographic showing media consumption habits across generations by time of day. It provides a little perspective about what people are doing tonight. According to this research, activities like watching movies and television, and playing games almost exclusively happen at night. Created by: MBA Onlinemore »
Social Neutrality
A blog post written by doingtonight founder Raji Bedi in 2010 discussing the democratization of social media. These thoughts were among the reasons doingtonight was developed.more »
Hey engineers, what’re you doing tonight?
doingtonight is looking for developers. Read more about what we are up to here. We won’t bog you down with “minimum qualifications” because it should be pretty obvious we aren’t looking for duds. What we need you to know We are seeking engineers with experience in Ruby on Rails and/or native mobile development (Java, Objective... more »