When you need a stopwatch

Many times when you’re reading copy, you need to check the length of what you’ve just read. Especially for commercial or promo copy. My friend Charlie Glaize emailed me a few days ago with a terrific web site that might help you out the next time you need a stopwatch and don’t have one handy.

6 Comments

  1. Gets my vote for site of the year.

    Thanks Bob and Charlie.

    Best always,
    - Peter

    Comment by Peter O'Connell — March 16, 2008 @ 3:23 pm

  2. Peter,

    You’re welcome. And thank you for your kind comment. All the credit goes to my friend Charlie.

    Be well,
    Bob

    Comment by Bob — March 17, 2008 @ 7:40 am

  3. See?
    Now THIS is cool!
    SO simple and SO useful!!!!!
    Bookmarked for sure!

    Now…how about trying to explain to someone NOT in our business why we’re all SO excited about this?…yeah…maybe not!

    Liz

    Comment by Liz de Nesnera — March 17, 2008 @ 11:23 pm

  4. Liz,

    Indeed.

    Be well,
    Bob

    Comment by Bob — March 17, 2008 @ 11:49 pm

  5. Thank you for the link. I have a friend who was my mentor in radio and is now setting up a studio in his home. He was asking about the countdown stop watch and this is the perfect solution. His next complaint are mixers not having “proper” VU meters. I have to agree. Except mine would have to be adjusted to “peg” the right side just to make me feel comfortable.

    Comment by Bill — March 18, 2008 @ 2:27 am

  6. Bill,

    I agree. This is an amazingly useful tool, as long as one has access to the Internet.

    As for pegging the old meters, I’ve been known to do that a time or 2 myself. Nothing like that distinctive click when the VU needles bounce off the right side of the meters.

    Be well,
    Bob

    Comment by Bob — March 18, 2008 @ 6:34 am

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