Shelfster, Note-taking on Social Steroids

WebSprint SA announced today that its new online service, Shelfster, which before was in private beta, is now open to the public. The service allows you to collect, share and organize ideas and things you like on the web, in documents on your computer and in real world. It offers a nifty way to quickly annotate and organize all your favorite information and share it through a profile created on the website.
Shelfster integrates perfectly with one’s day-to-day work flow: you interact with computing devices, mostly connected to the Internet, every single day. You often find/receive information that might be useful or something you just like. And you want to remember, store, organize, share and access it anytime you need it. Probably there are thousands of applications that solve one or two of these needs. But why use two or three apps, and keep track of them, instead of using just one simple and comprehensive application?


The core premises of Shelfster are: “Collect, Organize, Share, Discover & Learn”. The first two take care of “disorganized information” problems: links received from friends, quotes from books and articles, pictures, all scattered in hundreds or thousands of emails, messenger messages and documents on computers at home or at the office. Shelfster will help you keep all the things you like in one place (online account); nicely arranged, easily retrievable and accessible from any computer or mobile device connected to the Internet anytime you need them. The last three are inherent “social”.


There are many platforms concentrating on the “Collecting” part and, likewise, many platforms focusing on the social media aspect. The problem is that they all have their respective function, and can work independently, but in a day-to-day knowledge user needs, they become really useful when they are fully integrated. And that’s exactly what Shelfster is trying to do.


Shelfster has been designed as a utility and platform to not only capture and organize information, but also get the most out of it, by sharing with friends and communities, collaborating and discovering things based on specific interests. Shelfster is helping you to get the most out of the things you need and like.


Everyone can sign-up for free now. The desktop application, available for Windows platforms, can be downloaded for free. iPhone application, Mac application, mobile website and browser add-ons are in development and are going to be released to the public in the following months.


Shelfster belongs to WebSprint SA, an Oradea, Romania-based startup company. For more information please contact Shelfster at office@shelfster.com

DISCLAIMER: The author of this blog-post is involved as advisor to the Board of WebSprint SA.