Brad Ideas - The fourth Wednesday is the best weekday to have your event - Comments

Yeah, I guess I was busy

Paul O — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:41:24 -0800

Yeah, I guess I was busy "last Friday" as well ... and it was only by coincidence that it was the "last Friday" of the month. No, wait, I guess it was the first Friday of this month. So much for my theory about people being able to figure that much out :)

unfortunately "last friday" is a common phrase

Moz — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:11:16 -0800

Google gives 274M compared to only 16M for forth friday. I blame it on Critical Mass being on the last friday of the month.

Last One In

Paul O — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:04:28 -0800

I never organize anything for the "fourth" week, but instead, organize it for the "last" week. People don't seem to be able to figure out that, say, if the first of the month fell on a Friday, then the fourth Wednesday is the 27th. But they can figure out that the 27th is the last Wednesday of the month. Some months, it'll be the fifth Wednesday, other months there's only four. But knowing that the event is on the last Wednesday of the month, they at least know when to show up.

By extension, this leaves events organized for the third week as needing a lot of reminders. But people seem able to figure out (e.g.) the "second Wednesday" okay.

The fourth Wednesday is the best weekday to have your event

brad — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:52:17 -0800

I just got an invitation to a new event series that I was told would take place on the First Tuesday of the month. However, I already go to two different dinners that take place on the First Tuesday, and I suspect that was no accident. For social events, people use the weekends, and for other events people prefer the weekdays. They have a psychological desire for the first week of the month.

So I ran a quick set of yahoo queries to find out how many hits there were on the web for "first monday" and similar strings. I figured that would tell when the most events do occur, and help people pick a day that is likely to have the least conflicts.

The results are below: