Jott

As I move further away from 30 and much closer to 40, it is harder and harder to stay up to date on the newest emerging things. I remember getting my first walkman at 12 and trying to explain to my Grandfather how cool it was Christmas morning. I can still see that perplexed look on his face: He did not get it, and had not gotten it for awhile.

Lucky for me, I have some former students in their 20's who force me to stay up to date. The newest- Jott. Jott is pretty cool. It allows you to use voice mail to send emails. I have seen this before, but this works very well, and wait for it....is free to use. Set up took me 5 minutes. It allowed me to import my gmail address book, and select those whom I wished to include. You can also use it to send yourself email reminders- much better than the scraps of paper that I am always filling my empty pockets with.

Right now, it can work with any phone- including land lines. They offer a native app for blackberries- and I am sure an iphone version is awaiting the big July app store unveiling.

Give Jott a try. And thanks Nick Allain and Broken Wall films.com for keeping me hip to this web 2.0 thing.