FromABirdie.com - Writing Letters Collectively

Some might say that the only form of true correspondence is made up by physical letters. That might sound a little too square and old-fashioned to many, but such a viewpoint can be defended from more angles than one – letters showcase true dedication and they are 100 % personalized. The problem is that letters are too time-consuming and that is why they have been displaced by e-mail in the vast majority of cases. This site aims to reach a sort of middle ground by letting people write letters online and have them collected in a sort of album that the recipient can open whenever he wishes, and wherever a web-enabled computer is at hand.

This system involves the creation of the album and the subsequent invitation of friends of your friend in order to start writing. When a date that has been set down at the beginning comes, the recipient is sent an e-mail and he can read what you and your friends have written.

At the end of the day, a message is a message. It always showcases affection and dedication, and it makes clear you have been thinking about somebody. That should suffice, and as far as I am concerned it always do. This site will let you come up with a collective display of appreciation, and that will be more than enough to show others how much you care.

“FromABirdie allows a group of people to write thoughtful and meaningful letters for a common friend.

We originally built it for birthday letters, but we've seen it used for many other occasions: graduations, illnesses, to say good-bye to an office mate that's leaving, and even for letters to welcome a new family to a neighborhood. In all these cases, there's a person who creates a new Album of Letters and invites others to post their thoughts and photographs for a common friend. We keep the letters and pictures on a private website, so that only the intended recipient can see them. The album is kept as a surprise for the recipient until a specified date, when we send them an email and invite them to retrieve their present. Most of the letters that people write are long, detailed, thoughtful, personal, and loving --such a great surprise and a memorable gift, that many recipients of the albums started asking us for hard-copies of their letters, which we now create as hardcover and paperback editions.”

It is a pleasant way to surprise the ones you love, and do so in a memorable and thoughtful way.

What media can be added to the letters themselves?