# ANN: Loopnote - Notifications 2.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 15, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-loopnote-notifications-2-0/79446 "2006-12-15T07:44:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_May)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-loopnote-notifications-2-0/79446/1 "2006-12-15T07:44:11Z")
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](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/](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 ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_May)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-loopnote-notifications-2-0/79446/2 "2006-12-15T17:59:29Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_May)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-loopnote-notifications-2-0/79446/3 "2006-12-15T18:05:31Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_May)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-loopnote-notifications-2-0/79446/4 "2006-12-15T19:43:57Z")
Martin May wrote: Looks great. I luv the design. What are you using for your instant messaging feature? Thx, Dave ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_May)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-loopnote-notifications-2-0/79446/5 "2006-12-15T19:47:46Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_May)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-loopnote-notifications-2-0/79446/6 "2006-12-15T21:00:02Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@Martin\_May](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_May)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-loopnote-notifications-2-0/79446/7 "2006-12-15T20:52:58Z")
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.