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<div>And a pitch I guess for MIT's own shortener: <a href="http://connect.mit.edu/shortener/">http://connect.mit.edu/shortener/</a>. Stephanie H.L., if you're on this thread, could you let us know if <a href="http://mitsha.re">http://mitsha.re</a> shortlinks
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<div>On Mar 25, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Scott R Murray wrote:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Nice one, Andrew!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">I agree with Tom’s Forbes quote. Even in situations where a QR code is an option, I tend to prefer a custom shortened link.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">For example, my dept (GECD) is moving from Building 12 to E39. For the posters we’ve made to inform the campus, I have the following link:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="http://bit.ly/gecdmove" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">bit.ly/gecdmove</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Probably just as easy to type that than scan a QR code, plus it’s easy to remember if you’re on the go but want to look it up later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://gecd.mit.edu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; "><span><image017.jpg></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Global Education & Career Development (GECD)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">617.324.7350<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:editors-bounces@MIT.EDU">editors-bounces@MIT.EDU</a>
[mailto:editors-bounces@MIT.EDU]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Andrew Whitacre<br>
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