Facebook App for Party Sign In Sheets

le996 · #1 12-07-2007, 12:17 PM

Hey guys,

I created a tool for our chapter that you may find handy. Have your social chair, or whoever creates the events on facebook for your parties, add this application. Then whenever party time comes goto http://apps.facebook.com/guestlister/ and bam! you have an alphabetically sign in sheet with pictures for your party.

In ZAX,

Tim

PiLambda1 · #2 12-07-2007, 05:17 PM

This very cool...

And from Kettering -- who would've thought that?? :-)

le996 · #3 12-07-2007, 05:32 PM

Yup, we'll spend 10 hours solving a 1 hour problem... just as long as we don't have to do anything manually

Any feedback is appreciated and will be considered!

john1082 · #4 12-07-2007, 06:00 PM

And why not Kettering? It's an engineering school! And engineers NEVER do it the simple way. Kettering, MIT, GT, all those guys!

Now at Berkeley, it would have been "Hey man, whatever"

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Originally Posted by PiLambda1

This very cool...

And from Kettering -- who would've thought that?? :-)

JonoBN41 · #5 12-07-2007, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by john1082

And engineers NEVER do it the simple way.

Well now, I'm not quite sure that's true. I'm quite proud of the roof on my observatory that withstands rain, snow loads, and hurricanes, yet has only two moving parts and opens in less than 15 seconds.

Oh, wait a minute. I majored in biology. Never mind.

You may be right after all.

GammaZeta · #6 12-07-2007, 10:51 PM

Just curious, wouldn't publishing a party list online be available for HQ to look at?

le996 · #7 12-08-2007, 01:19 AM

Well, it doesn't publish it anymore than the current Facebook guest list does.

Basically, it says temporarily give me everyone who has RSVP'd and said they are coming or may come and give them to me in one spot and sorted alphabetically by last name, the program is designed to only give you the option of showing guest lists for parties of which you are the creator.

I can add a "write in feature" with a drop down for how many write in's you'd like.

This tools helps with a few of the biggest problems we have with our parties.
1) No one ever submits a list the epsilon and if they do, it's the over-zealous sophomore who thinks everyone one of his friends from HS is coming
2) When we do get a list, no one can ever find their name since it's hardly ever sorted. So we end up with a list with 400 scribbles and who can blame the guys at the door for not making sure everyone finds their name or signs legibly when the line is to the street?
3) The guys at the door don't know everyone, so inevitably, people crash... not a big deal if it's random university students stopping by, can lead to problems when it's naredowell locals. So by adding the pictures, we can cross reference (hopefully) faces to pictures.

PiLambda1 · #8 12-07-2007, 07:47 PM

You may have spent 10 hours solving the 1-hour problem, but you have to look at the big picture (something engineers are notorious for OVERlooking...right Mr. Gezelius?). Your ten hours can benefit the 200 chapters 1-hr each use....Your hours spent are definitely giving back a positive return.

I'm sure other fraternities will get their hands on it as well...it's the gift that keeps on giving!

Now, at STLCOP - each student entering would be required to state the chemical name of a random Trade Name product (ie. Claritin = loratadine). That way we could verify that they actually go to STLCOP...:-)

PS - suggestion - does it have a function for the rare college student that shuns facebook? What about an input field for a "student ID" code -- but security might be an issue created there.

PPS - Yes, John...I called you Mr. Gezelius to try and make you feel old...tee hee hee

john1082 · #9 12-07-2007, 08:00 PM

I'll have you know that I made my living as a QA Engineer at Texas Instruments in the early eighties. I have an MBA and was heavily into statistics.

Every three or four years there is a "silver bullet" for management that claims to be the solution to all problems. In the early eighties it was SPC: Statistical Process Control. Some Army General had it written into all Army contracts as a requirement and all the contractors had to go out and hire a biblical host of statisticians.

I was one of 'em. To me engineering requires bib overalls, a red bandana, goggles, and a pin-stripped locomotive driver's hat but yea, verily, TI called me an engineer.

Law school came later when I figured out that the TI lawyers made more $$$ than the QA engineers.

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Originally Posted by PiLambda1

You may have spent 10 hours solving the 1-hour problem, but you have to look at the big picture (something engineers are notorious for OVERlooking...right Mr. Gezelius?). Your ten hours can benefit the 200 chapters 1-hr each use....Your hours spent are definitely giving back a positive return.

I'm sure other fraternities will get their hands on it as well...it's the gift that keeps on giving!

Now, at STLCOP - each student entering would be required to state the chemical name of a random Trade Name product (ie. Claritin = loratadine). That way we could verify that they actually go to STLCOP...:-)

PS - suggestion - does it have a function for the rare college student that shuns facebook? What about an input field for a "student ID" code -- but security might be an issue created there.

PPS - Yes, John...I called you Mr. Gezelius to try and make you feel old...tee hee hee

Bilski · #10 12-10-2007, 03:22 AM

What happened to this app? I just checked its page and it's nowhere to be found...

le996 · #11 12-10-2007, 10:40 AM

Facebook needs a better way to link to these things...

it should still be alive and kicking at: http://www.facebook.com/apps/applica...?id=2999591530 you may have to log in first and then goto that link... let me know if it's still not working for you

le996 · #12 12-10-2007, 10:45 AM

Yeah, I suck, I forgot to uncheck the 'only allow developers' box. Should be all set now.