I came across the Internet Phone Book via Manu’s blog and I have to say, I love the quirkyness of the whole thing! The idea of a tiny book with fixed websites that give a description or two about the web just gives me that nice meld of nostalgia and newness.

The part that got me giggling was the Dial-a-site tool. Just type the number corresponding in the Phone Book and you get the website instantly! Complete with phone tones. Try it with 263 to get Pablo Moreno’s site as an example.

I just love, love the simplicity of it. Personally, I think it’s better than QR codes (ugh, what an ugly eye sore everywhere), more memorable (I can remember 3 digits plus I know how phones work!), and faster to input than something like a bit.ly URL.

For many of my clients, they rely on vanity urls to share short links from their domains. But constantly creating unique vanity urls can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially for orgs that have 15-20 registration links per month. Perhaps this is a simpler way!

Hmm, dial-a-site for your own site. I should whip up a wordpress plugin for this.