I asked the creator of HitMeLater, Philip J. "Pud" Kaplan, via Ask Pud, "How and when exactly did HitMeLater started?" He answered via a blog post: "I came up with the idea and built the site a couple of days ago when I was out of town, checking email on my phone. Lots of emails I wanted to follow-up with but didn’t have the time at that moment..."
