Random Reviews #6

Website - Eyejot.com

I have a link that I’ve recently discovered that I’d love to share. It’s Eyejot.com and it’s a simple way to send video email messages. My ex-husband and I both have family and friends spread throughout the United States and overseas. Everyone has such busy schedules and with the dramatic time differences, it’s tough to synchronize time to sit and Skype to keep in contact. So lately, my son and I have been making short 1 minute videos and sending them off to his dad and other family. Everyone, especially grandparents, love their weekly videos of Anthony and it’s a quick way to say hi whenever there’s a free moment.

The free Eyejot accounts let you make unlimited 1 minute videos and your messages are retained for a month. The recipient can download the videos to their computer if they would like and subscribe to their messages with iTunes/RSS. The recipient receives a message and when they click to see the video, they are sent to the Eyejot website. There are different packages available, but for our purposes, the free version is more than enough. It’s flash-based, so Adobe Flash Player is the only additional install required for everything to work (it’s usually installed for other reasons already). I’m sure there are other video emailing services out there. I just happened to find this one and with its ease of use, no one has had any troubles using it.