Grade Keeper: Short Text : the educative web posting

Short Text is another great web2.0 tool suggested by B’s Life with English .It is a simple tool to publish text online with no sign up or sign in . It is really very practically useful and all you need to do to post your text to others is an internet connection .

Some features of Short Text

Here are the key features that underly ShortText service :

It is completely free with a premium version for more functionalities
It is very simple, quick and user-friendly
It does not require any sign up or sign in
The URL you generate for your text lives for one year and if visited during this one year then it would live longer
You can make your URL private
You can share your URL with whomever you want
It has a useful Firefox extension to help you instantly post your text
It allows linking to vidoes or images
You can also active the “ allow comments” service to interact with your visitors .

How can i get started using Short Text ?

Log on to Short Text main page

Type or paste your text in the box and select your privacy settings and enter the captcha letters then hit “ create URL”

Here is some of the ideas Short Text engineers provided on the different ways Short Text can be used :

innstant blogging.
Throwing a party? Post the details here and share the url with your friends (remember to make the post private).
Want to provide more information about yourself or your company in forums/email/visiting cards/banners? shortText it and put a link.
People always bug you for directions to your office or home? shortText it and just provide the link to whoever needs it (make it private).
Instant message has a size limit? Quickly shortText it and IM the url.
Emails getting filtered out at work? shortText the content of the email and just send the url.
Store hard-to-remember information online.
Publish code, research work, ideas, rants and raves; quickly.
shortText anything which you find yourself typing again and again.
shortText short lived webpage content which you would have to save locally otherwise. Find it later by searching for relevant keywords.