Short URLs: why and how

If you make your own website, consider making short URLs. Note: This is not about a URL shortener. This is about making your original URLs short in the first place. Why? Short URLs matter for a few reasons: You can remember them. You can avoid the search engine step. No need to search when you already know the answer. Which means… You can tell someone. Whether answering an email or talking to someone on the phone, I can say, “Go to sive.rs/ff for my talk about the first follower.”...