Making a time machine

March 27, 2008Making a time machine

From concept to launch in 4 hours and only $50 spent. Check out the site. Everyone go and hire Paul, now.

hungry? grab a feed. buy me a pint.

22 comments...What do you think?

Posted by Stef 27th March, 2008 at 2:37 am
Nice work!

You need to ‘escape apostrophes’ if you know what I mean - just sent a first test message. I’m getting SQL errors…

Stef
Posted by Jon Wheatley 27th March, 2008 at 2:38 am
Thanks for the bug report Stef, i’ll get on and fix that now.
Posted by cenourinha 27th March, 2008 at 3:03 am
Great… I’m going to write about it in my blog…

Why don’t you submit it to Digg?
Posted by Jon Wheatley 27th March, 2008 at 3:05 am
Thanks for the feedback cenourinha.

As much as i would love to, i don’t think it’s digg-worthy.
Posted by Wanna Send Emails Into The Future? Now You Can. 27th March, 2008 at 4:37 am
[…] A simple online application called Time Machiner lets you send emails with a new dimension: time. Thus, you can choose not only the subject and the email address of the receiver, but also the date when the email will be sent. There are no other options; the author himself admits that it took him 4 hours and 50 bucks to develop the application. […]
Posted by Andrew Nesbitt 27th March, 2008 at 5:28 am
You best add some server-side validation as well, I can submit a blank form if I have javascript disabled.

Other than that great job
Posted by God 27th March, 2008 at 6:12 am
Another site idea,. waste of $50 - how the hell would you make money from that. no one would buy it off you…..your such a bum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by John 27th March, 2008 at 6:16 am
awesome!

That’s deserves to be add on http://www.dictionaryofwebcontent.com
Posted by hamishmcgee 27th March, 2008 at 6:54 am
Woah, nice idea, and done in only 4 hours!?!?! Amazing.

Also, front page of Mashable, that’s well good.
Posted by Richie Cunningham 27th March, 2008 at 7:10 am
Dude, you really need to be able to specify a time for this. eg I want to send an email at 8pm GMT on the 10th of April….
Posted by cenourinha 27th March, 2008 at 7:33 am
You get submited at http://mashable.com/2008/03/27/send-emails-to-the-future/
Posted by i found a problem 27th March, 2008 at 8:35 am
I just sent an email for the date 1st January 2008. Thats the past not the future!!!
Posted by Matt 27th March, 2008 at 10:09 am
@God: He could easily make some (small amount though) money from it by selling ads when/if it gets popular. I can think of several people who would buy it off him if it got popular as well.
Posted by William Blair 27th March, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Sorry to burst your bubble Jon, but someone has a very, very similar site called “justincaseidie”. He sells it this way. You post-date your “Time Released” (not his words mine) email sometime after your preconcieved impending doom to delivery messages you wouldn’t write while you’re still alive. Example : Like telling your boss what you REALLY think of him etc.
I would say Jon, this premise seems quite close.
Sorry Jon it was a good try. Keep thinkin’

Bill.
Posted by Rob 27th March, 2008 at 3:25 pm
@William Blair there are a whole bunch of sites that are EXACTLY the same as this. But I think it is still a good achievement for the small amount of time/money that was spent. A decent investment that should make at least a small amount of profit if/when jon decides to sell it on.
Posted by Tom Ross 27th March, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Nice site idea. How did you get the domain name servers to clear so quickly? It usually seems to take a couple of days or so…
Posted by Que útil que es enviar emails al futuro 28th March, 2008 at 8:09 am
[…] hablando más de Time Machiner, la verdad que me ha gustado mucho la idea principalmente porque el tiempo de desarrollo en manos de un buen programador es muy poco. En esta herramienta se invirtieron US$50 y 4 horas de […]
Posted by Rakshith 28th March, 2008 at 10:41 am
I tried it, the mail ends up in my junk folder, at least mails sent to hotmail, not tried others…..
Posted by Chris Brandrick » The Time It Takes To Build A Time Machine 29th March, 2008 at 10:26 am
[…] can check out Jon’s posts about the sites creation here and an even view a quick update here. Looking for a developer, then this is the guy who made the […]
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[…] herhangibir yazıyı yazıp, ne zaman iletilmesini istiyorsanız tarihi belirleyerek gönderebileceksiniz. ilk olarak göndereceğiniz email kaydı yapılır, göndereceğiniz mesaj başka biri tarafından […]
Posted by Featuritis » Blog Archive » Timing The eMail Send Button 2nd April, 2008 at 6:54 am
[…] mini-app, Time Machiner was built in 4 hours. It eliminates the chances of forgetting a birthday or a dear one or any occasion. Wish them right […]
Posted by Dr. Emmett Brown 25th April, 2008 at 11:38 am
I forgot my wallet yesterday when I left the house. So I sent myself an email with yesterdays date to remind myself. Unfortunately, I don’t check my email before I leave…so history repeated itself. Still forgot the wallet.