We all have our favorite resources packed away in our bag of tricks, ready to serve at a moment’s notice.
One of mine is TinyUrl. You know how sometimes you want to include a url in an email that you are sending out, so you cut and paste it into the body of the message? Or if you are on the site, you might click “File” and “Send Link” on your browser to pull up an email message that includes the page address? And how sometimes that url link is pretty gosh darn long?
Like, for example, the link for this post:
http://www.etheoreal.com/techstew/2008/11/03/tinyurl-%e2%80%93-mighty-tool
Let’s wave some TinyUrl magic on it and presto…:
TinyUrl is a site that converts reeeeaaaalllllyyyy loooonnnnnng urls into something much more manageable. It’s an extra step for the person sending out the url, true, but it saves on responding to emails from recipients who write back saying that the link that was sent is broken. Plus, it’s a learning opportunity for sharing some “tips and techniques” with colleagues that they can potentially adopt for themselves.
What’s in your bag of tricks?
Love the post Caren and I’ve added another fave tool and cross posted between our blogs. The tool I’ve added is a web-based way for non-techies to shrink (compress) photos — called appropriately Shrink Pictures. I use when I need to compress/resize a photo for posting online. Haven’t tried the avatar feature yet, maybe someone else will and let us know how it works? Thanks for showing the Tiny URL site – a very helpful tool! –LaDonna