{"id":104772,"date":"2026-06-08T11:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todo.today\/?post_type=guide&#038;p=104772"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:29:44","slug":"how-todo-today-started","status":"publish","type":"guide","link":"https:\/\/todo.today\/guides\/how-todo-today-started\/","title":{"rendered":"How Todo.Today Started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Todo.Today started as a personal project in Koh Phangan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like many people arriving on the island, I often found myself asking the same question: <em>What\u2019s happening today?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, event information was scattered across Facebook groups, Instagram accounts, WhatsApp chats, posters, and word of mouth. Finding out what was happening required searching in many different places every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make things easier, I started sharing a simple daily list of events in a WhatsApp group with friends. The idea was straightforward: collect the most interesting activities happening that day and share them in one place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over time, more people joined. The group filled up, then another group was created, and then another. Event organizers, facilitators, venues, and community members started sending me events to include in the daily list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What began as <em>Phangan Today<\/em> gradually became part community effort, part daily routine, and eventually grew into something much bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Todo.Today operates across multiple destinations, helping people discover local experiences, workshops, classes, gatherings, performances, and activities happening around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the platform has evolved, the goal remains the same: make it easier to discover what\u2019s happening today and help local communities connect through real-life experiences.<br><br>Todo.Today is still growing, one community at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019d like to follow the journey, see what\u2019s happening behind the scenes, and get updates as we expand into new destinations, follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/2do.today\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todo.Today started as a personal project in Koh Phangan. Like many people arriving on the island, I often found myself asking the same question: What\u2019s happening today? At the time, event information was scattered across Facebook groups, Instagram accounts, WhatsApp chats, posters, and word of mouth. Finding out what was happening required searching in many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"ttg_helpful_yes":0,"ttg_helpful_no":0,"tt_seo_title":"","tt_seo_description":"","footnotes":""},"guide_category":[1195],"class_list":["post-104772","guide","type-guide","status-publish","hentry","guide_category-getting-started"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/todo.today\/api\/wp\/v2\/guide\/104772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/todo.today\/api\/wp\/v2\/guide"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/todo.today\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/guide"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todo.today\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/todo.today\/api\/wp\/v2\/guide\/104772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/todo.today\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"guide_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todo.today\/api\/wp\/v2\/guide_category?post=104772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}