A few weeks ago, Chris Saad gave me a demo of his BIG idea - Touchstone.
Touchstone is a small application that has big implications for companies, communities and individuals. It' s like a heads-up-display that keeps users informed about things they care about while they work. Here is a quick summary of some specific benefits. For Personal Use Subscribe to changes on your favorite website Set rules for what' s important Have updates appear on your desktop while you work For School Teachers publish homework notices to students Students keep track of homework and friends For Business Keep your eye on competitors while you work Publish announcements to staff and customers while they work For Publishers Persist your brand on desktops everywhere Keep your readers up-to-date on their own terms Monetize your content with client-side ad revenue For Developers Deliver application updates via a unified alerts platform Reach users while your application is closed
Touchstone is a small application that has big implications for companies, communities and individuals. It' s like a heads-up-display that keeps users informed about things they care about while they work. Here is a quick summary of some specific benefits.
For Personal Use
For School
For Business
For Publishers
For Developers
Well overnight they had major coverage on TechCrunch, where they announced that the Touchstone team has accepted a round of Angel funding from a local investor.
Read the full post including the press release >>
Another Aussie making waves!!!! And it's all built using the .NET Framework!
*UPDATE* : Cam reminds me that he interview Chris on a recent 2webcrew podcast. Nice one!