Hi guys, I''d like to announce the public beta of a site that I''ve been working on over the last year: http://loopnote.com 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Martin May wrote:> The basic idea behind it is that users can create loops, which otherI read your entire message and I still have no clue what a "loop" is. Maybe I''m not "2.0" savvy enough.... Eric --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Sorry, I could probably have done a better job at explaining what loops are. Did you go to the website? That would hopefully help clarify things. In a nutshell, you can see loops as topics of interest, for example a band loop, on which the band announces upcoming concerts. Hope that helps, Martin On Dec 15, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Eric Anderson wrote:> > Martin May wrote: >> The basic idea behind it is that users can create loops, which other > > I read your entire message and I still have no clue what a "loop" is. > Maybe I''m not "2.0" savvy enough.... > > Eric > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Martin May wrote: Looks great. I luv the design. What are you using for your instant messaging feature? Thx, Dave -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hi Dave, Glad you like it. We tried a bunch of different things for IM, but ended up using Jabber gateways to talk to the different IM networks. Martin On Dec 15, 2006, at 11:43 AM, David Coleman wrote:> > Martin May wrote: > > Looks great. I luv the design. > > What are you using for your instant messaging feature? > > Thx, > > Dave > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
One thing I did notice that was strange was the email verification process didn''t work because I wasn''t logged into the site. Once I logged in, it worked just fine. This is related to the link in the verification email. thx. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Yes, in order for the verification link to work, you need to be logged in to the site. Usually, that is already the case after signup, unless you happen to open links from your e-mail client in a different browser than you used for signing up. As a fall-back, you can always cut & paste the verification code. Martin On Dec 15, 2006, at 12:52 PM, David Coleman wrote:> > One thing I did notice that was strange was the email verification > process didn''t work because I wasn''t logged into the site. Once I > logged > in, it worked just fine. > > This is related to the link in the verification email. > > thx. > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---