
I Want Betty
Actually, I’m not sure I want her or not… but it’s hard not to see the resemblance between cc:Betty and her deceased sister, (I Want) Sandy. Sandy was an online virtual assistant, who passed away (OK, her creator got hired by Twitter) last November, amidst major user uproar. cc:Betty is a … yes, you guessed […]

How Safe is Your Social Media Investment?
Image by via CrunchBase Recently, our guest author, Devan Sabaratnam, wrote about the shutting down of a service called I Want Sandy. Today, Pownce announced that they are shutting down the doors in two weeks time. This calls into question how reliable it is for users to move their data online and whether it is […]

Sandy Gets the Sack
I am always on the lookout for free or low cost web services that will help me (and my clients) to better organise their day, and to be more productive. About a year ago, I stumbled upon a free service called ‘I Want Sandy‘, which, in a nutshell, is an online virtual assistant. The way […]