December 2008
1 post
Waitablize v2.
I just finished writing the new version of Waitablize, the bookmarklet that lets you add items to your Waitable list while you’re browsing around the web. Now you can add items to your Waitable list from any web page!
Just like the first version, to install it, just drag the link below to your Bookmarks Bar in your browser of choice, and next time you’re browsing and are on the product...
November 2008
1 post
Movies, Netflix integration!
You may have noticed recently that there are 2 new items in the Waitable navigation… Movies and Movie List. Waitable already helps you to wait for products to drop in price, why not let it help to notify you when a movie you’d like to see has reached theatres?
During the course of a month, you’ll see quite a few trailers, movie posters and other movie promotional items....
June 2008
2 posts
Text Messaging is go!
Just wrote a quick new feature for Waitable: now you can text message items straight to your list! This one requires a Waitable account, because we’ve got to be able to figure out who is sending the text message.
Make sure that your cell phone number is in your Waitable account at http://waitable.com/account and then whenever you see a product that you’d like to add, just send a...
Preordering 2.0!
Waitable is built around the idea that you can set your price for something and then pretty much forget about it and be notified when it drops to the price you want to pay.
But what if that product isn’t available yet? You preorder and you’re notified when it’s ready for purchase. But what if the initial price isn’t what you want to pay?
Enter Waitable. Now you can add...
May 2008
1 post
Wishlists!
My birthday was just a few days ago, and somewhere around the big day, my brother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and if I had a wishlist somewhere. I didn’t at the time, but I thought, a lot of the things I want right now are on my Waitable list… why not turn it into a public wishlist? It’s been on my list of features to write, but that question was the catalyst that...
April 2008
3 posts
Looking even better on iPhone...
Since I first developed Waitable, I’ve not been totally pleased with the way the front page loads on iPhone. By default, the front page uses a Flash object that lets you flip through/click on the latest 10 items to be added to Waitable. Of course, since iPhone does not support Flash, all you used to see was an empty space where the pictures should have been. No more. Now, if you visit...
80,000+ stores, 35 million+ products, comparison...
The new Waitable is here! This weekend, I finished coding/uploading a major Waitable update that adds support for so many more stores than before (it only used to support Amazon, but now it’ll bring in results from across the internet). Now it is even more than just a smart wishlist… Waitable lets you do comparison shopping on items right from your internet enabled cell phone or your...
Waitable update on its way!
I’ve been busy working on a major update to Waitable that will support tens of thousands of online stores, instead of just Amazon. There’s some other major stuff coming up in the next update… I’m excited!
March 2008
2 posts
Public service for Ruby on Rails programmers:
If you come across an error that looks like this: NoMethodError (undefined method `-@’ for “”:String), and you can’t figure out why your code isn’t working, make sure you don’t have any uncommented lines of non-code in your source. I feel like an idiot now. Hopefully this will help someone who happens to have the same problem and googles it.
Bookmarklet.
The Waitablize bookmarklet is now here: link
Upcoming features.
Here’s what I plan to add to Waitable in terms of features in the near future: Support for more online stores! A bookmarklet, so you can add products with one click, directly from your web browser Statistics about which products are the most popular, most recently added, etc, which products have dropped in price recently History of product prices (so you can see which products frequently...
Waitable all over the web!
Waitable was mentioned on Webware yesterday, and since then traffic has been coming in even quicker than usual! People are linking to it from all over the plac e and adding all sorts of items to their lists. I think that’s pretty freaking awesome! One site in particular that linked to Waitable, which I’ve never heard of before was DemoGirl. Basically, she signs up for and does...
February 2008
3 posts
Add products wherever you are!
I just added a Waitable update that should help you to add products to your list, even if you’re not at a computer! For all of you users with web browsers on your cell phone, you can now add products to your list by UPC (the number on the bottom of product barcodes)… So now, if you see an item on the shelf at, say Best Buy and want to add it to your list, now you can. Simply put, I...