Yet Another Short URL.
I just launched s.hort.cc to offer something that TinyURL and Tiny.cc didn’t: an easy API for creating short URLs, or “s.hort.cuts,” and returning them in a format my program could use.
You can visit the s.hort.cc website, of course, but you can also create a short URL and have it returned to you in XML, JSON, YAML, or plain text. (Even if you decide to parse the whole XHTML page, it’s easy to find the s.hort.cut with the DOM or an XPath parser.) I’ll gladly add other formats if people suggest them.
I’m working on a Firefox extension, but in the meantime, drag this link: s.hort.cut to your bookmarks toolbar to automagically turn the current page into a s.hort.cut.
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Picofiction is new project: telling stories in 140 characters.
Picofiction is a combination of microfiction, text messaging and Twitter. If you can write a story in a two-page spread, and tell the world what you’re doing in 140 characters, maybe you can tell a story in 140 characters.
140 characters is the length of a standard text message. Text messaging has its own vocabulary to deal with the limit, but story telling can be even more flexible with words.
The site is up and running and you can start sharing stories right now! Some features haven’t been finished yet but I’m working on it.
And remember that this Saturday is MSU’s Technology Conference 2007. If you’re a teacher in Michigan you should come!
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