Jott and Remember

"I need to remember to do that as soon as I get into the office" ... you say ... knowing full well you will probably forget. But what are you supposed to do? You're driving to work, you can't write yourself a note, much less email yourself (at least not safely).

The answer: Jott!

Jott is basically a free, high-tech dictation service. After you set up your free account online (jott.com), you simply speed dial the number (866-JOTT-123), choose a message recipient, leave your message, and hang up. Jott then dictates the message and emails the message to the address you entered when you setup your account.

Two things make this service great:
1. It's free
2. It's amazingly accurate

The catch:
Not bad, but pretty weird ... they use REAL PEOPLE to do the dictation! I read somewhere that they have a bunch of employees in India listening to the messages and typing them out so they're email-ready. But really, as long as you're not jotting something too embarrassing or criminal ... what's the big deal?



The "prestige": Jott has "links" to services like Google Calendar, Twitter, Blogger, Amazon.com, and a bunch of other on-line services. You can literally call Jott to add an appointment to your calendar, or even to post to a blog! (30 second message limit)

I for one have learned to not rely on my own memory. And why waste your mental capacity on remembering something when you could be using it to solve the world's problems?

Hot for Jott,
Garrett Woodroof