JotSpot Launches Free Family Wiki Site
Families Get Organized and Connected in Just a Few Clicks on New Wiki Application
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 2 /PRNewswire/ — JotSpot, the first application wiki company, today introduced the JotSpot Family Site, a free and easy-to-use wiki application that helps families to stay organized and connected. The JotSpot Family Site is the latest in a series of vertical wiki applications to be released on the JotSpot wiki platform. Families can immediately get started creating their family sites at no cost on JotSpot at http://familysite.jot.com/.
Early users of the JotSpot Family Site have benefited from the ease-of-use and flexibility of the underlying JotSpot wiki platform. In a matter of seconds, JotSpot enables families to build secure family sites and see members on a map; track birthdays, anniversaries and other events; create a family tree; plan reunions and family gatherings; share photos, recipes, family news and more.
“My family is spread out across the country. I love being able to see where each member is living displayed on a map,” said Many Richau of Boulder, Colorado. “We use the JotSpot family site to organize family gatherings and trips.”
Families looking to get organized and stay connected can immediately get started with the JotSpot Family Site to do the following:
* Create a secure site for the whole family
With one click, users can invite family members to a secure site where
everyone can share photos, recipes, events, etc.
* Share a family calendar
Put all family events in one place, including birthdays. Never forget a
birthday again!
* See the family on a map
No matter where family members live, their locations across the world
will be displayed in a single map view.
* Build a family tree
Easily build a family tree which is stored in a central place for the
entire family to see.
* Put all family recipes in one place
Remember Aunt Sally’s famous Thanksgiving yams? Wish you had the recipe?
Use the family site to share all your family favorites.
* Keep a family blog or take a family poll
Communicating with the family just got easier! Keep a blog of family
news and events to which everyone can contribute, and make picking the
timing and destination of the next family vacation easier by setting up
a family poll.
* Plan a family reunion!
JotSpot is the ideal place to plan a family reunion. Use family polls to
decide location and other details. Put schedule information in a central
place.
“We built the Family Site to demonstrate once again the power and flexibility of the JotSpot wiki platform,” said Scott Johnston, director of Wiki Applications at JotSpot. “Most people using the JotSpot Family Site don’t realize they are using a wiki at all — and that’s just the point! We’ve made wikis so easy to use and specific to what people want to do, that we’re seeing tremendous adoption of our applications among mainstream users.”
AVAILABILITY
JotSpot’s growing suite of vertical wiki applications, including the JotSpot Family Site, is immediately available at www.jot.com.
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 wiki applications. Hundreds of companies are currently using applications built on top of the JotSpot wiki platform, including a blogging application, JotSpot Live, and JotSpot Tracker. JotSpot also offers JotBox, an enterprise appliance which includes all of the features of a JotSpot hosted wiki, but resides behind a corporate firewall. For more information, please visit http://www.jot.com.