Kwiry: a Short-Term Memory Solution for Texting Addicts

I have two confessions: I am a texting addict, and I suffer from either uncontrollable selective memory or just a terrible case of recurrent short-term memory loss. As of now, I am fairly sure no "Texters Anonymous" groups exist, and aside from questionable herbal remedies, I don't believe there are any medical advances for cases of short-term memory loss in those between the ages of 20 and 30. With that being said, I stumbled upon what seems to be a convenient solution to both of my problems, and it is a new website called Kwiry .

At its core, Kwiry indexes users' text messages. The process is fairly simple; sign up for an account, enter your cell phone and email information, and you're set to go. When you text K-W-I-R-Y, the message will be saved on the Kwiry website as well as forwarded to your email. Aside from standard text messaging rates, the service is totally free, and quite handy for folks like myself.

As I like to distract myself from completing my daily to-do list by playing episodes of NBC's "The Office" during the day, my first text reminder I sent was "The Office: Season 4 ." Immediately I received a response text from Kwiry saying, "Your kwiry is now saved online, visit www.kwiry.com to see it. After two text confirmations, we'll send kwirys to your email inbox only and not to your phone." That was a welcome convenience. My kwiry was also sent to my Gmail inbox, and it was visible on my Kwiry homepage.

Perhaps what is most handy about Kwiry is that when your kwiry message is saved, clicking the message will bring up search results for your text on Yahoo! Search , with a sidebar indexing alternative searches at Google , Wikipedia , Ask.com , Yelp , Google Maps , Glimpse.com , Google Products , and even iTunes . That should solve the woes of hearing a song on a car stereo and forgetting the name of it before you can search for it on iTunes, eh?

Kwiry also allows users to send MMS picture messages that can be stored on the site. If you are a social networking fanatic, you can even link your Twitter and Facebook accounts to index your updates to both platforms. If you can convince your friends to join Kwiry, you'll be able to follow their Kwirys and comment accordingly as well (not to mention being entered in a drawing for Nintendo Wii). All things considered, the website is a nifty reminder application that should come in handy if you, like me, suffer from chronic finger cramps due to over-texting and also need the occasional reminder to find the name of that person you friended on Facebook and now see daily at Starbucks .