Jott

If you know me then you know that I have a terrible memory. No, I don't mean the one that's left me fearing clowns. I mean that I have a hard time remembering things. This is the biggest reason that I obsess over keeping organized, and love finding new ways to remind myself of that thing I undoubtedly forgot.

Recently I was introduced to a neat little toy called jott. Simply put, it allows you to send a short email to anyone in your jott contacts. Not using a computer, not via BlackBerry, and not exactly by text messaging through your cellphone. The thing that makes jott unique is that it allows you to simply speak what you want emailed.

To use it (once you've signed up for an account), you simply call the toll-free number jott provides, say the name of the contact you wish to email, then say what you want the email message to be. Jott then transcribes what you said, and emails that person with the text you spoke. Pretty neat, huh?

So now you're thinking, "How does that help you remember things?" Well, 90% of the time that I use jott, I don't "jott" other people. I jott myself a memo! Since I always have my cellphone on me, I can send myself a quick reminder from anywhere. I jott myself in the car, I jott myself during lunch, I even jotted myself while waiting for my Emissions Inspection. I ended up sending myself 5 jotts the very first day that I signed up for the service. That's 5 things that I got done that I probably would have otherwise forgotten!

It sure is nice to see technology being implemented in a way that makes our lives simpler.

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