Mr. Diggles

3 freakin’ neat communication tools

Posted: March 27, 2008

i wanted to post on all of these so i figured i would do it all at once. they all are hip web communication tools that are free to use for the time being. some of them are older but might be new to you. i find most of this stuff to be a goofy fit for the average joe but those cutting edge nerds out there can rejoice. this is almost as good as the file destructor 2.0 that gets you out of school projects.

let’s begin – we will start with grand central.

1. grand central

grand central does so many things that it is straight rated R for retarded. it essentially uses the power of voice over IP (web phone technology like skype) and forwards everything to your existing number. did i mention it is brought to you by that up and coming search engine google?

my real life example: so say you are a really hot chick and you sign up and pick out your very own brand new phone #. you then go out that night and meet a bunch of dudes that want to do the nasty and they keep bugging you for your phone #. so you give them your grand central number. 4am rolls around and you are fast asleep and WHAM! your phone rings (it is the horny guy from the dive bar). you pick it up and a nice automated voice says “hello, grand central here, you have a phone call coming in… would you like to take it, send it to voicemail or listen to them leave the voicemail? you choose the latter and the horny dude starts to leave a drunken message while you sit there and listen to. you then have the option to cut him off and connect saying look, i have thought this through and i want you to come over… i want to be on you.

yes, a long winded and pathetic example. click here to check out the grand central website and view the features for yourself. if you need an invitation, let me know and i will give you one. an extra phone number for free?!?!? nfw!

2. jott

their opening line says it best: jott converts your voice into emails, text messages, reminders, lists and appointments.

you sign up for an account, you feed it a little protocol like what email you prefer n shit and it spits you out a number. you then call that number when you want to email yourself or someone else a message.

billy in the car example: dialing jott, ringing… hey billy, this is billy… look i wanted to remind you how dangerous it is to talk on the cellphone while driving. also, make sure to call your shrink and let him know you are having conversations with yourself again for extended periods of time. alright , good talk… billy then goes home and opens up his email and his entire conversation/voicemail is typed up waiting for him, from him. click here to check it out

3. twitter

my oh my – am sure there are people seeing this saying um twitter is like old news… i tweet 90 times a day… it is like totally bonkers… i am um, like, a darsh. this is one of the hot zones of the web right now and if you haven’t heard about it, you eventually will.

here is their tagline: twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: what are you doing?

aka the ultimate digital leash. it is designed to inform as little or as many people as you want about what your every move is by simply texting #404040. so you SMS: [i am taking a dump right now] and the whole world can know. there are a ton of practical and beneficial applications for this tool and i support them all 100% but the social side of it is something i avoid. i hate my cell phone – but i use twitter because it allows me to easily post on my blog from my cell phone. and holy hot cakes it is all very important information.

the best way to get an interactive experience of what twitter does check out twittervision. world wide text messaging in realtime. screen shot below.

click here to check out twitter.

i see dead people.

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