Shortmail.com

Before email, communications teams printed memos to leave on desks or post on bulletin boards. Hard to imagine, right?

In the not-so-distant future, we’re going to explain to the new kids that we sent & read long emails (novellas, really) to communicate w each other.

Here's a baby step: Shortmail.com. It’s Twitter meets email. In fact, if you have a Twitter acct, you have an email acct waiting for you to claim. (I'm hedcon@shortmail.com.)

Imagine if everyone in the company kept their messages to <500 characters. Would we save time? Communicate better? Try it & let me know how it goes.

Alternative uses for a smoker

So today I won a meat smoker at work. Me. The girl who hasn't had a single bite of beef or pork since 2003.* And the same girl who lives in a 600-square-foot apartment. 

Regardless of these facts, I was SO excited because I actually won something. That never happens! So since I really don't have the space or need to use a smoker, I tried to come up with a few alternative uses:

• Nightstand or side table -- imagine a lamp, a few coffee table books
• Bookshelf -- you could fit a ton of books in and on it
• File cabinet -- never lose your important documents again
• Race car -- turn it on its side, add wheels, you're good to go
• Kegerator -- not sure how that will work, but I can make it happen
• Gift wrap station -- you could put spools of ribbon on the wire racks
• Cat house -- just need a cat 
• Terrarium -- add a glass top and you're in business

Do you have any good ideas? 

*well, except that one time at oktoberfest