Group messaging is certainly not an ideal solution to it, but I think it's probably better than any focused solution. It's one of those problems that any solut

Group messaging is certainly not an ideal solution to it, but I think it's probably better than any focused solution. It's one of those problems that any solution that is focused on solving that problem is useless far too often to ever take hold. The best solution to this is something that makes it easier to communicate with people -- not something that makes it easier to 'plan instant events'.