Here's the recipe: Take 50 people and try to get them to schedule a get-together, a meeting, or maybe a picnic. As my friend Monica said, when she told me about Doodle, "it can be a nightmare of e-mails, and back and forth phone calls as you try to find the perfect date and time."
The trick, she said, is to use Doodle, a free Web-based service that lets you create an online poll. Participants vote on the best time, date, location -- whatever. Try a working sample here and participate in my Doodle poll to see when's the best time to meet at my office for a cup of java. [Thanks, Monica.]

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