[SGVLUG] [OT] high tech solution for a low tech problem...

[Matt Campbell]

That is a political/religious question that I would rather not get into.

Suffice it to say that a portion of the email reading public does not use a
mailer or mail browsing service that maintains long lines properly during
send or receive.

A subset of that population do not have the knowledge or technology to
re-assemble broken URLs.

Some just don't want to bother continually fixing someone else's mistake.
They may even consider sending a long URL rude.

Best of luck,

Matt 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On
> Behalf Of Swantje
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:51 AM
> To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] [OT] high tech solution for a low tech problem...
> 
> Why bother? The click on the URL is the same whether it's long or
> short.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Matt Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Tom, you don't learn how to use TinyURL, you just do.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net]
> On
> >> Behalf Of Emerson, Tom (*IC)
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:59 AM
> >> To: 'SGVLUG Discussion List.'
> >> Subject: [SGVLUG] [OT] high tech solution for a low tech problem...
> >>
> >> So, there you are - trapped in a conversation or situation where you
> >> need "a way out" - perhaps some of you have considered or built
> systems
> >> like these yourself, others will do a classic "V-8 slap-to-the-head"
> >> and wonder why you didn't think of this before:
> >>
> >> [sorry about the URL length, and too lazy to learn tinyurl or
> bit.ly]
> >>
> >>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/technology/personaltech/01smart.html?
> >>
> src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Ftechnology%2Fpe
> >> rsonaltech%2Findex.jsonp
> >>
> >> ===============================
> >>
> >> For those that don't like reading the NYT, here is the short
> version:
> >> various services and apps for smart phones will make a "fake" call
> (or
> >> send a fake text) giving you some (potentially) substatitive (?)
> >> "proof" that you've "got to go..."
> >>
> >> ================================
> >>
> >> Hovwer [and this is my personal addition to the mess] if you have a
> e-
> >> mail client that lets you schedule delivery at a later date or time,
> >> you can usually send an e-mail to a special address that, in turn,
> will
> >> result in a text message sent to the phone (and no need to spend $1
> or
> >> more on the app)  Furthermore, (as in the case with verizon) there
> is
> >> even a special web-page you can use to send a text message AND SPOOF
> >> THE FROM ADDRESS [i.e., you can supply an arbitrary call-back or
> "reply
> >> to" address on the webpage]
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> "Small things done with great love will change the world."