Hey Brisbane Social,

I want to share a project I've been working on for some time, because I think it could be a benefit to the community.

What's the Hap

https://whatsthehap.com/

Is an event and activity indexing platform.

I catalogue all the things going on ("the haps") in Brisbane, and present them in a consistent interface, with many other features, like collabs with your friends.

Why not just use Eventbrite, Humanitix, Meetup, etc?

If you want to go to 13 different websites, all with their own interfaces and filtering options to find stuff to do, be my guest.

I wanted to bring everything together into one place, with useful and consistent filtering options, like searching by Next weekend, just Tomorrow night, or maybe a specific date in the future like Halloween night, or by category instead e.g. dancing or boat parties.

And then there are other cool features, like saving the haps, schedule view, map view, and inviting your friends to an upcoming hap, seeing who's keen by collecting RSVPs.

What's wrong with Facebook events?

Not everyone wants to use Facebook, and I personally found it a pain to filter things properly. It doesn't seem like Zuck really cares about events that much, apart from to drive ad views in FB.

Is this an app?

Not exactly. You can use it like any other website, or follow the prompt to add it to your home screen, just like an app.

I wanted to remove any friction to get started using it.

Do I need an account?

You can totally use it without creating account, but some features will be limited, like syncing your saved haps across devices, and creating invites.

It takes two minutes anyway, whenever you're ready.

There are too many paid/regular events!

I index any given thing to do in Brisbane-- would you believe there's 1000+ in any given week?

However many of these are paid activities that you can do any week. If you want to see less of these, click on Filters and then untick Show Recurring.

If you want just the free events, you can also go More filters -> Free

What's on the roadmap?

More haps!

I index 13 different sources currently, but always want to have more!
If you see a hap out there that's not listed, let me know.

Create your own haps!

Great for hosting private parties or community events, I'm going to make an easy way to create your own event listings, and invite your people.

And more!

I have lots of ideas, but I want to hear from you. Tell me what you've always wanted from a platform like this :)

What's a "hap" anyway?

It's something that's a happenin' ;)

Quite an old term actually, have a read if you're interested

Hey Brisbane,

I want to share a project I've been working on for some time, because I think it could be a benefit to the community.

What's the Hap

Is an event and activity indexing platform.

I catalogue all the things going on ("the haps") in Brisbane, and present them in a consistent interface, with many other features, like collabs with your friends.

Why not just use Eventbrite, Humanitix, Meetup, etc?

If you want to go to 13 different websites, all with their own interfaces and filtering options to find stuff to do, be my guest.

I wanted to bring everything together into one place, with useful and consistent filtering options, like searching by Next weekend, just Tomorrow night, or maybe a specific date in the future like Halloween night, or by category instead e.g. dancing or boat parties.

And then there are other cool features, like saving the haps, schedule view, map view, and inviting your friends to an upcoming hap, seeing who's keen by collecting RSVPs.

What's wrong with Facebook events?

Not everyone wants to use Facebook, and I personally found it a pain to filter things properly. It doesn't seem like Zuck really cares about events that much, apart from to drive ad views in FB.

Is this an app?

Not exactly. You can use it like any other website, or follow the prompt to add it to your home screen, just like an app.

I wanted to remove any friction to get started using it.

Do I need an account?

You can totally use it without creating account, but some features will be limited, like syncing your saved haps across devices, and creating invites.

It takes two minutes anyway, whenever you're ready.

There are too many paid/regular events!

I index any given thing to do in Brisbane-- would you believe there's 1000+ in any given week?

However many of these are paid activities that you can do any week. If you want to see less of these, click on Filters and then untick Show Recurring.

If you want just the free events, you can also go More filters -> Free

What's on the roadmap?

More haps!

I index 13 different sources currently, but always want to have more!
If you see a hap out there that's not listed, let me know.

Create your own haps!

Great for hosting private parties or community events, I'm going to make an easy way to create your own event listings, and invite your people.

And more!

I have lots of ideas, but I want to hear from you. Tell me what you've always wanted from a platform like this :)

What's a "hap" anyway?

It's something that's a happenin' ;)

Quite an old term actually, have a read if you're interested

Hey r/brisbane,

When I moved from Melbourne (pre COVID :P), I thought Brissy was a bit quiet, but then realised there's actually a fair bit going on any given day.. you just don't always hear about it. There's actually a surprising amount of local, cheap events on the Brisbane City Council page, Visit Brisbane page, etc. So yesterday after work I made a thing where I can see all those events in one place. I'm wondering if it's worth spending time expanding it, what do you think?