The elementary students begin to type.
"W" (pause). "W" (pause) . "W" (pause). "Dot" (pause).
The teacher slowly spells out the long address, the odds of success dropping with each character she calls out.
Do you think Tweeters, limited to 140 characters, are the only ones who benefit from link shortening services? Anytime you need to pass along a link, short and sweet is the best way to go. To easily share a link, just shorten it up. Simply highlight the whole address, right-click, and copy. Next, paste it into a "shortening service"- there are hundreds out there.
I tend to use bitly.com (no www), simply because I can shorten AND customize if I sign up using my Twitter account; one click and I can transform "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_monasticism" into "bit.ly/egyptmonk." I used to use tinyurl.com- it's been around since 2002- but wanted to get rid of that extra character for Twitter posts. Other popular services include Google's goo.gl, Twitter's t.co, and for those long Youtube addresses, youtu.be.
Use these services and make sharing your links short and sweet.
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