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Shorten me, please

April 24, 2009 at 12:24 pm · Comments (0)

With all the URL shortener opinions lately, there’s been a lot of discussion of the usefulness of these services. Do they degrade the value of links and the Internet? Do they destroy usability? Will they cause an LHC-style black hole? What’s a Twitter-loving guy to do?

Build your own, of course.

Today I’m introducing jusr.us, the newest and only officially-sanctioned Justin Russell URL shortener. (Officially-sanctioned means that I’ll be the only one creating jusr.us URLs.)

Check out some of the best links ever!

Is there any real use in doing something like this? On the technical side of things, sure, there are a few advantages. But really, it’s just a reminder that we live and work in a great space on the web and have to remember to have fun every once in a while.

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