Beach City Blog

Jott it Down . . .

I found a great new business/personal productivity tool, JOTT, on a really wonderful video blog, The Scoble Show. You gotta check out the Scoble Show, it’s got great interviews with geeks, techies and what not. It showcases new technology and the people doing the work. Great way to really hear about the what, why, when, where, how, and who regarding new things coming down the “pike” in the world of technology.

One of the most recent vlogs, on Jott, is a new company that just started in April, and has a great new product that allows you to leave voice messages on your phone which are automatically transcribed into text emails and sent to you or others. HOW COOL!

I signed up and started “JOTTING” to give it a test run! If you want to capture a thought . . . JOTT it! If you want to remind yourself to do something later . . . JOTT it!

When you get back to your computer, you can click on a link from the email you sent yourself and either listen to the message, set a reminder to have the email sent again to yourself at a designated time, or . . . have it sent at a designated time to your cell phone as a text message. Great tool for ADD people like me. I haven’t tried it yet but it appears that you might be able to send voice emails to groups that you’ve created in advance too, ie: your staff, your family, all your girlfriends . . . errrr . . . maybe not!

Also, on the subject of productivity tools, there is a great article in PC World mag this month on cool things you can do with your cell phone. Did you know Google’s Personal Calendar allows you to receive automatic text message reminders on your cell phone from events you’ve scheduled on your calendar. It’s real easy to set up! You can also download your Outlook Calendar right into it and set up the reminders. I did it, must be EASY!

Did you also know that you can use your phone to send text messages to Google and receive replies regarding all kinds of information you might need. Example: Want to find the nearest Pizza place in the 90803 zip code? . . . Send a text message to the number 46645, put in “pizza”, put in “90803″ (no quote marks), hit SEND and Google will text message you back all the pizza places in that zip code. Check out the article on this, the Google Calendar, and other cool cell phone tips at PC World Magazine’s site.

Valentines Day . . . kissin’ time

It’s almost Valentine’s Day and the kissing has already started. There was some serious smooching going on in Long Beach yesterday at the 3rd Annual Bulldog Beauty Contest. Check out the photo gallery. There are lots of fun things to do in Long Beach’s 2nd Street, Belmont Shore area and this amazing collection of sexy “smoochers” was no exception.