As a new parent, I am constantly faced with the dilemma of how to best keep my extended family in the loop with regards to events in my daughter’s life. I could easily start a blog, on which I could post written updates along with images. But I would prefer not to have the entire web be “in the know” about what my family is up to; I really only want that information to be consumed by my close friends and family. I could password-protect the posts, of course, but that would create a barrier for the less technically savvy of my family members. And emailing photos and event updates just seems too…Web 1.0, for lack of a better phrase.
Enter Sampa. The service is best described as a secure, weblog-style site on which families can post events, videos, pictures and stories. And it was built with security and simplicity in mind.



