Sometimes when I write a new post I wish I could set the post date in the future. I don’t mean publish it on a later date. Publish now, but the blogging system is aware that the post is referenced into the future. The problem now is, that when I write about an upcoming event, visitors will see it too early and when the event get’s closer, that post is already buried with new ones.

As an example, let’s say I plan to attend Chirp, the Twitter Developer Conference. I probably post about it when I first find out about it, or when I get my ticket and maybe after the event already happened. But Nobody will see it right before the event occurs!!

Below a quick example:

The “future posts” appear above normal posts for an easy glance what’s coming up. After the set time passed, a post would fall below the NOW line and you could even update it with news from the event.

A tumblr theme could look like this:

{block:FuturePosts} ... {/block:FuturePosts}
<div id="now">NOW</div>
{block:Posts} ... {/block:Posts}

Actually any kind of stream with chronological posts could use it, even Twitter or Facebook statuses. It would kinda be like a public calendar. Let’s see.