TGIF Tip-Tr.im

Need to update this post, sounds like http://tr.im is dead, check out this article

This Friday's TGIF tip is a tool that I think can be useful when working with students or staff.

http://tr.im/ is a site that will "trim" a URL or web address down to a shorter easier bit of information. To use this site just follow the link above and Copy (Ctrl C) and Paste (Ctrl V) the URL you want to shorten into the text field. You can either create a custom URL or have trim create one for you. Many people use this link when they "tweet" about a URL because it will allow you to track the traffic that goes with this URL, which can be a cool feature.

Here is an example:

http://itemnotasdescribed.com/ turns into http://tr.im/uVYM
(this is a hillarious blog about things posted on Craigslist)

Enjoy!