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title: 'Get your text on: Shizzow adds SMS'
date: '2008-10-17T23:23:53-07:00'
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# Get your text on: Shizzow adds SMS

[![Shizzow](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/imgshizzow.gif?w=925)](http://shizzow.com "Shizzow")Our favorite local location-based social networking service, Portland-based [Shizzow](http://shizzow.com "Shizzow"), has had great uptake around the local area. And with good reason. It’s a really simple and effective way to keep tabs on who is where when.

But one thing has been holding it back for some folks: the fact that you’ve had to use a mobile Web browser to update your Shizzow location.

Well, not for much longer, my friend. Because Shizzow just announced a beta release that enables you [to shout updates via SMS](http://blog.shizzow.com/2008/10/yay-shizzow-has-sms/ "Shizzow SMS"):

> We’ve tested it as much as we can, but we need for you to try it out and [let us know](http://getsatisfaction.com/shizzow) if you find any issues or have suggestions for how we can make it better. Until I perfect that mind reading device I’ve been working on in my garage, we can’t fix the bugs that you forget to tell us about! Log all of your suggestions on our [Get Satisfaction](http://getsatisfaction.com/shizzow) page.

Want to try to out SMS for yourself? You’re going to have [to configure your profile, add some nicknames, and learn some new lingo](http://www.shizzow.com/sms "Shizzow SMS"):

> **Available Commands and Abbreviations**
> 
> \#message (#m) – Add a message to a shout.
> 
> [\#shout](https://siliconflorist.com/tag/shout/) (#s) – Shout from a favorite place.
> 
> **Shout from a Place**
> 
> Format:
> shzow #s {place nickname}
> 
> Example:
> shzow #s happyplace
> 
> **Shout from a Place with a Message**
> 
> Format:
> shzow #s {place nickname} {message}
> 
> Example 1 (explicit)
> shzow #s happyplace #m here til noon
> 
> Example 2 (implicit)
> shzow #s happyplace here til noon
> 
> **Send (re-shout) a new Message from your Current Location**
> 
> Format:
> shzow #m {message}
> 
> Example:
> shzow #m here til noon

So get to trying it. And [give Shizzow your feedback](http://getsatisfaction.com/shizzow "Shizzow on Get Satisfaction").

What’s that? You’re in the Portland area and you don’t have a Shizzow account? Comment below and I’ll send you an invite.