A while back I wrote about TinyURL, a Web service that shortens a long Web address into something smaller, memorable, usable, and marketable. I wrote: “In a future post, I’ll talk about a TinyURL imitator that, as far as I can tell, has a distinct advantage versus TinyURL.” I had no idea at the time […]
TinyURL: The next killer app
TinyURL shortens a long Web address into something smaller, memorable, usable, and marketable. Along with the imitators that followed, the concept is a killer and TinyURL.com is a good place to start. Enter a long URL to make tiny: Practical applications 1. Twitter gives you 140 characters. Twitter makes each character precious. On Twitter you’d […]
Twitter: One Week, Seven Joys
Technically, it’s only five days since I joined. I’m loving it. Visit my page at http://twitter.com/JoeHage. You need to join. For the uninitiated and according to Wikipedia, Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts […]