Hi guys,
I'd like to announce the public beta of a site that I've been working on over the last year:
Loopnote is an easy-to-use, Ruby-on-Rails-based notification web app. The basic idea behind it is that users can create loops, which other users can then subscribe to via e-mail, IM, text message or RSS. Loop owners can send out notifications to their loop which subscribers will receive using their chosen channel(s). Subscriber information is kept private at all times.
How is this useful? Can't this already be done using X, Y and Z? To quote from a blog post on loopnote, because he explained it better than I ever could:
"Let's say I run a softball league and I need a way to send schedules, results, and schedule change notifications out to all the players. Unless I'm particularly tech savvy, I'm not likely to think to myself, "why don't I sign up for a blogger account, burn the feed using Feedburner, and then use the Feedburner email subscription option. Each of my posts will then be sent out to all the players who subscribe." I am far more likely to use a service like Loopnote that is sold as a way to send notifications.
Loopnote not only makes it clear to the average Joe what you can do with the service and why you would want to do it, Loopnote also makes that one particular thing easy to do."
(from http://www.rourkem.com/2006/12/10/selling-a-use-case/)
We hope that you'll come and check out loopnote, and we'd be happy to answer any questions about how it works behind the scenes on our forum.
Thanks, Martin