joey like things.

So, last year I was working on a Mozilla Labs project named Joey. If you were interested in this sort thing, there are a couple Joey like services that you should check out.

First is something called ShifD, and as you can tell by the spelling, it is very much web 2.0. ShifD basically allows you to edit your content on their site, then they provide that content, in a easy-to-view format, on your phone. For example, suppose you want to remember a grocery list. Right now, you might email or SMS yourself. Using ShiftD, you simply go to the ShiftD site, login, and write yourself a note. Then, when you are at the store, you can browse to their site, and see this note. You can do similar things for links to webpages, as well as maps. The services is very simple and very clean looking. They provide a bookmarklet to allow easy upload of links. This is pretty cool for me since I skim lots of blogs and need something that allows me to mark a page as “remember to read this”.

WebClip2Go, lacks the hip web 2.0 name, but makes up for it with what it does. One of the most compelling pieces of Mozilla Joey was the ability for us to process microsummaries on the service side, and be able to “send your phone” just the content you are interested. This is exactly what WebClip2Go does. Users can create and share clipping of their favorite sites. For example, consider the NYTimes. Suppose I only cared about the most emailed stories of the day. I would have to load this entire page, then scroll to the bottom:

This is the WebClip for the New York Times “Most Emailed Article”:

Give them a try and let me know if they work for you.