Archive for the ‘ Gmail ’ Category

Get Better Gmail

  • May 2nd, 2007
  • Posted in Gmail

If you’re on the Gmail tip and you use Firefox like a good little girl or boy, then you need to holler at Lifehacker’s Better Gmail extension. It adds a bunch of new options and features to Gmail, my favorite being the Air Skin style which makes Gmail a little easier on the eyes[ READ MORE ]

Going On A Diet

Part a long-running realization that i waste a lot of time, and part kick-in-the-pants after just reading “The myth of ‘keeping up’” at Creating Passionate Users [via Lifehacker], i’m trimming some unnecessary input. So that means stuff like all the consumer- and pop-culture-related feeds i was subscribed to in Google Reader. I need to limit [ READ MORE ]

The Spoils Of WordPress 2.0.1 & Akismet

WordPress 2.0.1 is alive and kicking on miahz.com. The upgrade from 1.5.3 went hitchless[ly?]. Initial impressions: i like the cleaner admin interface, the abbridged reverse-order drafts list, the Akismet plugin included by default, along with all the other i’ve-been-spoiled-by-wordpress.com features like in situ file uploading and on-the-fly new categories. I’m especially relieved by the prospect [ READ MORE ]

Windows Live

Hmm… Signed in with my Hotmail address/Passport whatever. Looks like some new attempt at a “portal.” Whatever good that is. Only if you use Mircosoft’s email or other services. Google’s already winning this war. I’d use a Google portal. I’m tied to Gmail, and have started using Google Reader. That’s how i wandered onto this [ READ MORE ]

Track Package

Gmail, you amaze me. Gmail makes it easy for you to keep track of your packages, and map out directions to your destinations; when you open a message that lists an address or package tracking number, Gmail shows you handy links to maps and directions, or your package’s delivery status[ READ MORE ]

The Years