LoQUo Barcelona Community

www.loquo.com: A new online resource for flats, events and jobs in Barcelona.

Launched just a few months ago, http://www.loquo.com/english is establishing itself on Barcelona residents list of favorite resources for renting an apartment, getting a job, language exchange, selling a car, joining a class and just about anything else you can think of in between.

"I saw a need for a community resource here in Barcelona" Ubaldo Huerta, programmer and founder of LoQUo, says. Of course there are other resources out there, but what makes LoQUo different is that its very snappy and easy to navigate. "We have a user-centric approach and try to get rid of all sort of unnecessary bells and whistles", Ubaldo says, "especially those nagging pop up and flashy banner ads that have proliferated all over the Web". Its worth noting that there is no cumbersome registration process with username and passwords. The service is available in Catalan, Spanish and English, and its completely free.

LoQUo is a very effective medium to facilitate information flow from person to person, particularly if you want to take control of the information you want to provide. Say, for example, that you want to announce a neighborhood party or a poetry reading without having to wait for the newspaper to notice you. Enter LoQUos user contributed event calendar, where you can not only design your own events, but can also mail them to your friends.

Adding to the overall value of the site, there is a series of discussion forums throwing up topics as diverse as finding places to get hard-to-find herbs, making way for more bicycle lanes in the city and suggesting ways to improve the site. There is a weekly newsletter (barna4free) with information about free or inexpensive alternative events around town.

Along with Ubaldo Huerta, an ex-Silicon Valley software developer, there is a network of contributors working on usability, graphic design and translation for LoQUo.

As of last month, the site received almost 300,000 pages/views. Visit LoQUo at http://www.loquo.com

For more information contact:

Ubaldo Huerta ubaldo(@)loquo.com
Lissette Lemus liss(@)loquo.com

c/ Pintor Fortuny 32, Entlo 2
Barcelona 08001
+34 93-301-7977
+34 647-473-386