Comments on: I wanted Jott before I knew about it!

By: David Szpunar

David Szpunar — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:43:27 +0000

@Mike Smith: Yep, I got that email today, too. Kind of sad but not terribly surprised. I’ve just been using Jott more recently due to the iPhone App they have for it, which is still available for free it looks like. Not sure if it’s worth paying for any advanced features, to me anyway. Free may be OK for me.

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:01:47 +0000

Good News and Bad News for us Jotters. Good – Jott is out if beta. Bad – Jotting contacts and certain services – Google Calendar, Remember The Milk, 30 Boxes, etc – are now moved to the Premium plans which run $4 or $13 a month. There is still a free plan – Jott Basic. But it is ad-supported (no description on how). Read More – http://is.gd/1LCM

By: Nick Nicholaou

Nick Nicholaou — Mon, 21 May 2007 14:31:38 +0000

Jott is GREAT! Thanks, David and Tony, for spreading the word!

By: David Szpunar

David Szpunar — Mon, 21 May 2007 03:26:28 +0000

Glad to hear it...I signed up for Jott while still on the podcast :-) I've used it for reminders on my way into work so I didn't forget by the time I got there (I listen to podcasts so nuggets come often and leave my brain quickly). And I just used it tonight at the grocery store, for example, because there was a Redbox kiosk with a number to text message with a word to get a free one-night movie rental (normally $1 + tax). I wanted to pass it on to my family so I Jotted the number and keyword to myself. Worked great! I think I'll use it even more when I get used to thinking about it being available. And I haven't used it to send Jotts to others much, yet. I'd almost rather Jott myself a reminder to email someone later, or just use my Treo for the email if it's short enough and time-sensitive.

By: Tony Dye

Tony Dye — Mon, 21 May 2007 01:54:53 +0000

David, your note on Jott is just the extra I needed from the podcast. I’m hooked!

By: David Szpunar

David Szpunar — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:41:54 +0000

I should add to my post that I've since found out that there are actual humans (as opposed to non-actual humans?) doing at least some of the transcribing of messages, although anonymously. This is good for accuracy, but you might want to be careful what you send to your spouse via Jott...

By: David Szpunar

David Szpunar — Fri, 18 May 2007 14:47:30 +0000

I do think blogging via Jott is an interesting concept, but my understanding is that there is a 30 second limit on Jott messages. So I’m guessing the blog post can’t be much longer than our two comments put together. I’m not sure about the Jott signature either, that might need to be edited out by hand later. I might give it a try though.

By: John De Souza

John De Souza — Fri, 18 May 2007 14:21:31 +0000

Jott is indeed an amazing tool. Just tested it. Given the ability to receive blog posts over email, I can see this being used to “dictate” blogs. So much for the keyboard.