Plain Vanilla Directions!!!

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520232.post-11329237787099615882007-01-25T16:53:00.000-08:002007-01-27T11:52:26.385-08:00Plain Vanilla Directions!!!I have a relatively simple cell phone which is great for making calls and sending/receiving messages. A lot of times, I copy driving directions from Google or Mapquest, paste it in Textpad, clean it up and then email it to my cell phone. I find its much easier than carrying around a piece of paper and since my phone stores a ton of messages, I can look up the directions whenever the need arises. Its not a very fun task to copy-paste, cleanup and then email, but there are advantages to it. To counter the drudgery of all that work, I developed <a href="http://www.shamikshah.com/code/textDirections.html">this website</a> where you can get the directions in plain text. There is also functionality on the website that allows you to send the directions to your phone as an SMS or a MMS. Give it a try and save a tree :D Website: <a href="http://www.shamikshah.com/code/textDirections.html">http://www.shamikshah.com/code/textDirections.html</a> Feedback is always welcome :D UPDATE: I uploaded an older version by mistake, check the site now, there are a few improvements to the UI. I yet need to implement the back-end properly. Presently it uses the normal php mail() function, the next update with use the PEAR Mail package UPDATE 2: The backend now uses the PEAR Mail package, you will receive the messages from directions at shamikshah dot comShamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653969083141914248noreply@blogger.com