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Jott.com helps me get more done (or at least remember to get more done).

Tom sent me an invite to www.jott.com and I love it.  There's a reason I use it daily: it rules. 

Jott is basically a personal assistant that ties your phone to your email.  There's more to their website, but I've been incredibly happy with this basic functionality.  Here's how it works.

I call the Jott 877 number.
The attendant says "Who do you want to Jott?"
I say myself.
A beep.
Then I leave a message for myself.
{magic happens here}
A few minutes later a message arrives in my inbox with that message typed out.

Sometimes they have trouble with words or acronyms, but a link is included in the message to an audio player that will play back my original voice message.

I spend so much time in my car - often my best daydreaming/brainstorming time.  Jott allows me to capture that idea I have or the thing I need to do and ensures it gets written down for me to process later when I have time.

Like I said, jott does a lot more than that, but this is how I normally use it and by itself is awesome.

Check it out:  www.jott.com

Comments

 

ted said:

I'm a huge fan of Jott as well.  I really like the ability to leave a message and not only listen to it but have the transcription emailed to me as well.  I also like to option of leaving a Jott for someone in your Friends list.  If I want to leave a Jott for Gene, I can just call in, tell it to Jott Gene and it leaves him a message.  Fantastic!

May 8, 2007 12:56 PM
 

Chris Pancho said:

I'm just seeing jotters left and right these days! I didn't know it was such a growing phenomena!!  I'm in my car a ton as well and Jott serves me right at those times! My main use for jott is (don't laugh) remembering guitar riffs!  I'm forever thinking of awesome song ideas and NOTORIOUS for forgeting them when I pick up my guitar.  Yes...its kinda ..no...REALLY funny listeing to my jotts of "duh..D D D Duh dee DUH" haha.  I've seen other people integrate their jotts into blogs! It's really awesome.  I'm just surprised it is a free service.  I've heard of some real estate agents using jott..for what..>I don't know. But maybe Jott with make some type of buisiness model that they will charge for?  Anywho.. happy jotting!

May 8, 2007 6:46 PM

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About gene

Gene has worked in web development since 1996. He joined Lanlogic in 1999 and is now our web services director. He has been instrumental in helping us develop our hosted solutions offerings at www.lanlogic.net. Gene has extensive experience with a variety of technologies to support web development, database management, and audio/video streaming. He has consulted in public, private, educational, and governmental sectors totaling over 100 institutions. Gene has a BS in Statistics from CSUEB, lives in Oakland, and plays saxophone in his spare time.
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