In a former life, I wrote a small program that created shorter URLs, it was called BURL: A Better URL. It was very much like TinyURL or any other URL shortening service, except that I wrote it. It was a proof-of-concept URL shortening SaaS that at…
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Because I know you all read my blog on a regular basis, I’m sure you know most of the details already.
In any event, this is the story of BURL, an idea that changed the way I think about the Internet (yes, I said the "I" word).It all star…
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As I said before, I’ve created BURL (Better URL). It’s really more of proof of concept based on an article at Lifehacker on Tiny URL Etiquette. The issue with TinyURL and just about any other site similar to it is that all context is lost. If I po…
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Check it out: http://burl.fergcorp.com.
I have to run out to fix something real quick. So more on this later. Enjoy!
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