A wild way to find anything

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(Activate cranky ol' Granpappy Writerman voice...) Back in my day, y'see, we had to carry actual paper maps around with us to find where we were going! Sometimes, if you were lucky, you might be able to look something up on MapQuest ahead of time — with your "high speed" 2400 Mbps Prodigy connection — and then print out half-wrong directions to it on your 7,000-decibel dot matrix printer. But garsh darn it, we liked it! (Cough, cough.) You get the idea. And odds are, you probably remember those days, too. But you know what? Even with all of our fancy-schmancy navigation systems here in this high-tech era of 2024, actually telling someone where a specific spot exists isn't exactly easy. Today's Cool Tools tip can change that. [JR Raphael, Author of Android Intelligence] JR Raphael​ Author of Android Intelligence --------------------------------------------------------------- Three words to anywhere in the world Our tool today is a crafty little cross-platform app that boils every imaginable place in the world down to three memorable words. ➜ It's called, fittingly enough, [What3Words](). ⌚ And it'll take you 10 seconds to figure out and put to good use. The way What3Words works is simple: - You open up [the What3Words website]() — or, if you'd rather, the native [Android]() or [iOS]() app version of the service. - You search for any specific physical place you want to find and then share with someone — your house, your office, your local mincemeat distributor, whatever. What3Words will autofill suggestions to help you find the exact spot you need. - Then, once you've found it, you look to see what three-word codeword What3Words has assigned to that precise location. [A What3Words map showing In N Out Burger in Los Angeles with the codeword "cattle.stuff.after"] ​ So there, in that example, you can see me looking up the address of an In-N-Out Burger in Los Angeles (as one does). And What3Words has assigned its location the random yet amusingly appropriate three-word codeword of "cattle stuff after." (Seriously, how perfect is that?!) Now, anytime I want to tell anyone how to get there, I can simply give them the short and memorable link of [w3w.co/cattle.stuff.after]( — or, if I know they're already on the What3Words bandwagon, just give them the codeword by itself, even — and by golly, wouldya look at that? [A What3Words map to the same In-N-Out location, with options to open the route in a variety of navigation apps] ​ What3Words takes 'em right to the spot, with options to fire up a navigation from there. It'll even work for somewhere that doesn't have a precise street address, so long as you can pinpoint the location. Kinda nifty, right?! What3Words has actually been around for over a decade at this point, but it definitely wasn't on my personal toolbox radar. A special thanks to The Intelligence reader Chris H. for bringing it back to the surface and suggesting it! 📌 What3Words is available [on the web]() on any device — desktop or mobile — as well as in native [Android]() and [iOS]() apps, if you'd rather go that route. 💰 The service is completely free to use. (The company behind it makes its money by selling integrations to businesses, including certain kinds of cars.) 🕶 It doesn't require any kind of account, registration, or personal info sharing. Now, while we're thinking about navigating unfamiliar terrain... ​ SPONSORED MESSAGE Buffett vs Banksy: The surprising winner 🏆 What’s one market that Warren Buffet probably hasn’t considered — even though its prices outpaced shares of his very own Berkshire Hathaway — growing at an annualized rate of 14.4% from 2007 to June 2023? The market for Banksy’s art. 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Stick with the spirit of the game and test your actual knowledge without searching. It's just for fun, anyway! [1988]( [1992]( [1996]( [1999]( Answer correctly before next Wednesday and secure your spot on the [Cool Tools Leaderboard](=)! 👉 Last week's question and answer: Google has ChromeOS, but Mozilla was once working on a “Firefox OS,” which was discontinued back in 2016. Which device did Firefox OS never run on? Laptops. Firefox OS was originally designed for mobile phones, and an experimental version was ported to a tablet. Believe it or not, in 2016, Mozilla announced Firefox OS would power Panasonic smart TVs. Mozilla folded development later in 2016. Unlike ChromeOS, Firefox OS was never intended for laptops or desktop PCs. 🤚 Wait! Before you go: What'd you think of this issue? [Thumbs Up]() [Thumbs Down](=) Hit the thumbs-up or thumbs-down to cast your vote and let us know. ​ Want less email? 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