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Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:17:12 +0000

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Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:24:32 +0000

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by: Ryan Carson

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:35:53 +0000

Todd - thanks for stopping by. I’m a huge fan of SlideShowPro :)

by: Todd Dominey

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:19:44 +0000

I’ve been using TextExpander (and TextPander before that) for the last couple of years for all my SlideShowPro support. I have about 30 snippets, or conversational fragments, that can be quickly mixed together to form a complete thought. It took a while, and a lot of trial and error, to get the collection just where I needed it. But now that it’s built I can quickly reply to support emails without sounding impersonal, or typing the same thing over and over and over. Worth every penny.

by: Riccardo Ettore

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:22:48 +0000

PS you may want to watch the demo video, too:
http://ettoresoftware.com/download/TypeIt4Me3demo. mp4

by: Riccardo Ettore

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:56:00 +0000

b4 u shell out 30 bucks on TextExpander, have a look at the original text expander for Mac OS, first released in 1989 and still going strong 18 years on!
download a free 30-day trial copy here:
http://www.typeit4me.com
It’s $27 normally and only $14 for students/teachers.

For Windows, check out activewords.com

by: Mathias

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:15:38 +0000

Found this one for Win: Yadabyte Subtext.
http://www.yadabyte.com/Yadabyte_Portables.php

Free, doesn’t need an install, portable. Trying it out now myself. :)

by: Andy

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:39:37 +0000

Thanks for the tip and thanks Matt for those links to windows versions. I’ll check those out.

Andy

by: cristian

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:28:02 +0000

What I had in mind for an update on Amigo was about your trademark, I remeber it was rejected, also some number like accounts created, your marketing strategy things like that.
thank

cristian

by: Ryan

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:30:36 +0000

Ryan, The problem with these text replacement solutions is that you have to know your shortcut or have to type a similar response for it to replace, and if it replaces it with something you don’t want you have to delete it which takes more time than typing the response.

I’m surprised no one here has mentioned this service yet, but I recommend Sproutit Mailroom: http://www.sproutit.com/mailroom

Mailroom suggests customizable replies to all your incoming email. The more you use it, the smarter the suggestions become. Just hit reply and it knows the proper response. It also automatically assigns emails to the right people, based on your past actions.

Mailroom’s provides the history of your conversation with that person. It knows how many times they talked with you, furnishes you a photo of your correspondent, and links to your Basecamp projects that involve that user. It even links emails into a conversation like Google so emails are not isolated threads.

Its’ drop dead simple, nearly automates your replies and with the newly released version is lightning fast. See the preview here: http://www.sproutit.com/articles/bigact/2417