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title: Sweet idea
date: 2010-03-24T16:50:00+00:00
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  - idea
  - from-tumblr
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> Thinking about making a url-‘shortener’ which shortens urls if pronounced eg http://foo.bar/guid -> http://nowsay.it/waterwingflapjack
>
> - [benosteen](https://www.tumblr.com/benosteen/465782940) on tumblr

If he doesn't get on it soon I certainly will![^1] URLs can be a real pain to speak.

[^1]: Import note: I did! iconic.im existed for a fair while, the code still [sits on github](https://github.com/jphastings/iconic). I actually [posted about it](/posts/speakable-web-links) on this same tumblr 2 years later!