The Stikkit web service has been around for quite awhile, and although I had used it when I first signed up, for some reason I stopped. Simply stated, Stikkit lets you create events, reminders, contacts and notes.

That last statement is sure to have you asking one of two questions.

“So what. Aren’t there about a million web sites and programs that you can use to do that?”

Or

“What makes Stikkit different?”

The answers are:

I don’t know, I haven’t counted them. I bet there are a lot though.

and

Stikkit is different because of the way that you enter this information.

You see, Stikkit uses some intelligence to interpret the emails that are sent to it. When you sign up for stikkit, you’re given an email address that you can send email to. The content of your email is used to create “stikkits” that represent your information, using various keywords.

Some of the Basics

Here is an example. If I sent this email to stikkit:

“Call Joe next Wednesday about his WebSite”

Then Stikkit would create an appointment next Wednesday, whatever the date may be.

Stikkit gets even better as you start learning the language that it uses, which is pretty straight forward. I could have sent this email:

(Subject:) Joe Joeseph

(Message Body)

Joe Joseph

Home Phone: 123-456-7891

- Call Joe next Wednesday about his web site

@WebGigs

Now Stikkit would create a contact (called a Peep) named Joe Joesph. It would list his home phone number as 123-456-7891. A to do item would be created, and they would all be tagged “WebGigs”.

I just started using Stikkit again recently because I wanted an easy way to keep my contacts up to date, and a easy way to remind myself about things that I have to do. I use Google calendar too, but it is just so much easier to add a Stikkit.

Email Addresses All over the place

Each Stikkit that you create is given its own email address. So you can reply to the email, and make changes.

This is also nice because if you share a Stikkit with someone, they can make comments and changes to the item without having a Stikkit account.

Added Bonus: Works with your favorite Calendaring App too.

If you create a Stikkit for an event, when you are emailed about it, the event is attached in ICS format, which Google Calendar, and most other Calendar applications, recognize. So you can quickly add the appointment to your calendar application.

One of my favorite words: Free

The founders of Stikkit are making this service free, and they intend to always have a free version of the service. The web site is nice and clean, ad free, and pretty easy to navigate.

Links:

Stikkit Web Site

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So you finally took the plunge and got an account with a hosting provider. But you aren’t big enough yet to afford a dedicated server, or co-location, so you’re using shared hosting.

Did you ever wonder who else is on the same server?

Well “My IP Neighbors” lets you find out. Just enter in your web site’s IP address, or web site URL, and it will list off the other sites on your server, in a convenient viewing window.

When I did it, I found out there are 101 web sites, including my own, on my server. I can’t complain since Blue host has been really dependable, and I can’t beat the price or what is included with the package.

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I’m one of those people that read a blog or web site with a lot of readers and ask myself, “I wonder who their hosting provider is?” I also do this for sites that are really slow, or seem to be down often.

I just don’t think there is any better recommendation for a hosting provider than a fast loading, responsive site that is always available.

Now, I can occupy myself for hours looking up the hosting providers for my favorite sites with “Who is Hosting this?”.

The site is really straightforward, you enter the domain name that you want to learn about, and click on “tell me”. The site comes back with the hosting provider, conveniently linked so you can check them out.

Unlike some other web based tools out there, Who is hosting this isn’t covered in ads. There are some ads, but I’ve seen some web tools that have so many ads, sometimes I have trouble finding the tool.

No need to look Port 16 up, I use Bluehost.com, and love it.

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I posted yesterday about Bust a Name, and as I mentioned, I hadn’t heard of Bust a Name when I decided on my domain name. So, I have a little confession to make.

Truth is, I used the Web 2.0 Domain Name Generator. I was hesitant to to admit this, because I don’t want anyone to think that I am a Web 2.0 kind of guy. I mean really, Web 2.0 was sooo last week.

Truth be told, I noticed that they mixed up words and numbers, and I started thinking about the port numbers. So technically, the generator didn’t give me my domain name, it just started me down the path.

That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

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I mentioned in the very first post on this blog that I had a lot of trouble finding a good domain name. Now, not even one month later, I find out about Bust a Name. I sure wish I had known about them way back when!

Thanks to Wil Harris for pointing it out. I know Wil, Kevin Rose posted about it first, but you didn’t include a link to his post, and anyway, I don’t read Kevin’s Blog. I have enough trouble keeping up with my current feeds.

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