Albany Student Press: One little word might be all you need

Albany Student Press: One little word might be all you need

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 11:52
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If an organization is trying to plan an event, they will need a solution that will efficiently reach people, invite them, estimate numbers, and send reminders so that attendance is up to par.  A college student and a freelance developer may have found the solution in the form of an app.

Matthew Jaslove, a student at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (SUNY Poly CNSE), and Adam Syrop, a freelance web developer based in the U.K., created the app IsItOn.com. It allows event organizers to sign up with a keyword relevant to their occasion. Attendees then text the keyword to the app’s phone number to sign up, and the app will remind them the day before and the day of the event. A follow up message will also be sent the next day.

IsItOn.com’s messages are automatically sent from the site, and automatically generated with event details, although organizers can add additional information.

Should an event’s details change, a mass text will be sent out from the site. If an event is cancelled, the “It’s Not On” button will be activated and a mass text will be sent out.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="475"] isitonbw.png?resize=538%2C260 Photo from IsItOn.com[/caption]

 

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By Rose Schneider & Jacob Spiegel Staff Writers theaspnews@gmail.com April 14, 2015

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