AwayFind - “Out of Office’s” New Helper

With just three days to go before I’m across the US on vacation in the hinterlands of Northern New York (with limited-to-no Internet), I was getting worried about how clients would get ahold of me should an emergency pop up. Alas, today over at Lifehacker, they posted a bit about AwayFind, the perfect app for just such a contingency. 

Simply put, you head over to AwayFind and set up a an account, which allows you to create a custom “Away” page and link. Embed this link into your Out of Office auto-reply, so when someone absolutely must contact you, they can hit this link. The link takes them to your custom page, which lets them enter an “Oh my God, save us!” message that gets sent to your mobile phone. 

I really like this idea, and if it all works out this vacation, I think I’l be paying for a full account. We’ll see!