Kadoink: If Twitter Were On Steriods

Like Utterz and YouMail, Kadoink is a mix of Internet management with voice activity initiated from your cell phone. For instance, the service’s music-sending, group call, birthday widgets, and so on, you create online within your Kadoink account, then can publish to one of many social networks and blogs.

I quick-published a birthday widget on my Facebook profile from Kadoink.com via the MyStuff application. Then, I entered my cell number into the Facebook widget to leave myself a birthday greeting. A few seconds later I received the call; Kadoink’s automated voice service prompting me to leave a birthday greeting. A text message then graced another phone, informing me of the birthday greeting that I can collect on my actual birthday.

The system appears to work more or less seamlessly, though some functions seem more useful than others. Gloating to five friends at once about a great concert I’m attending is a worthy application. If I want to leave a friend a birthday message, I’m more likely to call her up myself.

If Twitter Were On Steriods, You’d Have Kadoink

Kadoink’s phonecasting audience takes in social butterflies, particularly the party-going set. Ka…doinkers (?) are encouraged to send voice and music clips from gatherings, concerts, and other too-cool-to-be-true events. It does require an initial time investment to create friend groups online or by phone, the latter method that requires texting-specific messages to Kadoink’s shorthand code.