JotSpot Introduces Real-Time Group Note-Taking With JotSpot Live
Simple Web-Based Application Enables Live Editing on the Same Web Page at the Same Time
PALO ALTO, Calif., September 27, 2005 ― JotSpot, the first application wiki company, today launched JotSpot Live, the first in a series of online collaboration products that the company will introduce this fall. JotSpot Live is a simple Web-based application that enables live note-taking by multiple users on the same Web page at the same time. Combining the interactivity and speed of chat with the utility of building collaborative documents, JotSpot Live is ideal for group brainstorming, virtual meetings, collaborative agendas and more. The only Web-based product of its kind available, JotSpot Live underscores the company’s mission of putting the power of application publishing into the hands of the average user. JotSpot Live is available immediately at www.jotlive.com or through www.jot.com.
“JotSpot Live is strategic to our vision of ‘do-it-yourself application publishing for everyone”, said JotSpot CEO Joe Kraus. “We are thinking way beyond the wiki and pushing our products to enable anyone to create, publish and share collaborative documents and personalized applications.”
Meeting participants have long experienced the lack of productivity associated with losing notes, getting the wrong version or not receiving notes at all. JotSpot Live is a simple Web application that is as easy to use as Microsoft Word, yet allows invited group members to simultaneously type and edit online, keeping collective knowledge in one place. JotSpot Live is Web-based, accessible from any browser, and requires no software installation.
Traditionally, a group of individuals take separate notes and then send them over email for one unlucky person to consolidate. JotSpot Live ensures that all members of the group are literally working on the same page. Taking one set of notes means that all information is captured in one location, not spread across multiple versions and emails. Documents are securely stored on the Web and easily shared and accessed by group members invited to the JotSpot Live page.
JOTSPOT LIVE USES SPAN BREADTH OF NEEDS
JotSpot Live helps users effectively and efficiently tackle the following situations:
· Brainstorming: Everyone can put ideas on the same page during brainstorming session. Having it automatically published on the web means that everyone can access and edit the page following the meeting as well.
· Client meetings: When multiple teams meet, JotSpot Live allows users to take one set of notes and make sure that all the relevant information is in one place. Sharing it with clients is easy through a simple email invite function.
· Conference calls: Participants can create a page, invite attendees and take notes together. Access is secure and convenient. Never hear “I’ll email you the notes” again.
· Partner Meetings: JotSpot Live allows users to coordinate note-taking with multiple people outside their company and firewall. JotSpot Live is hosted on the Web and simple to use so there is no need for internal IT support.
· Customer interviews: Users can easily coordinate customer research over the phone or in person with JotSpot Live, by capturing everyone’s thoughts on a single page in real-time.
· On-the-fly meeting agendas: JotSpot Live allows meeting organizers to post agendas on the Web, enabling participants to edit it on the fly and add notes during and after the meeting.
· Class notes: With JotSpot Live, every student in class can take notes on the same page and benefit from others’ perspective, as well as access it later to use as a study guide.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
JotSpot Live is available immediately at www.jotlive.com. Users can use the basic version of JotSpot Live for free and paid plans start at $5 per month, where users can create up to 15 pages per month. There is also workgroup plan for greater us. All plans allow for unlimited collaborators on any page. See www.jotlive.com for the complete pricing schedule.
ABOUT JOTSPOT
JotSpot, headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., is the first application wiki company. Founded and led by Excite.com co-founders Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer, the company is pioneering do-it-yourself application publishing to enable anyone to create, publish and share collaborative and personalized applications. JotSpot currently offers two publishing platforms; a customizable application wiki and a blogging application. For more information, please visit www.jotspot.com.