Notify.io brings notifications to the web « blogrium
http://blogrium.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/notify-io-brings-notifications-to-the-web
"In October 2009 I started a project called Notify.io and a month later announced it. I talked about how it will bring notifications to the web. Now that it’s basically alpha complete, I’ll give you a quick walkthrough of what makes it so great."