Random thoughts and observations
I logged into Gigya webmail tonight. I’ve always liked its clean, open layout and speed of operation. It also has lots of other sharing features and things I never used. On logging in I was greeted with this announcement: Note: the Gigya webmail service will be discontinued permanently on June 15th. We recommend that you [...]
I’m currently trying four new web services and I’m pretty impressed with all of them. Kwout is responsible for the images you see in this post and some of my other recent articles. With Kwout you can quote part of a web page as an image with an image map. You need to add a [...]
Continuing from the previous post, this list is based on observations and personal experiences: Sending group emails to people who don’t really need to know; Attaching large files; Sending an email to someone in the same room about a mundane matter; Asking to be notified when the email is deleted; Phoning to see if the [...]
Sharon MacNevin from Email Management Solutions issued a statement today after speaking at a conference in Perth. In summary: MacNevin said the rapid growth of email means that many organisations and individuals have forgotten the business guidelines for written communication, sending, receiving and filing of mail. “People feel compelled to reply to emails even with [...]
I checked in tonight at 30gigs.com after a long absence. This was a free webmail service offering 30 gigabytes of storage. It is no longer. There’s no explanation on the new site and Google doesn’t reveal much. I’ve said before that new web services are interesting to try but how reliable are they? When you’re [...]
