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Email and Gmail
Email and Gmail, especially the latter since I think its such a great email platform.
Crysis 2 Multiplayer Starter Tips – How Not To Die So Much
Jan 5th
First off, you might want to do some more reading beyond my post here. I recommend at least GamesRadar’s How to stop dying so #$%@ much in Crysis 2 post, and possibly others.
This post is written assuming its your first day playing Crysis 2 video game online and you have no clue what you are doing, why you are dying and how to get all of these cool support bonuses like Maximum Radar and Maximum Nanosuit awarded. Myabe you didn’t read your manual’s section about Multiplayer … you should. If you don’t have a hard copy, download one of these:
[Crysis 2 Manual for XBOX 360] [Crysis 2 Manual for Windows PC] [Crysis 2 Manual for PS3]
Greener Google? Sure.
Sep 8th
Gmail is cooler in the cloud. Literally. Google’s point is that cloud-based services (which are ever more popular) use less energy than their traditional counterparts. Of course, their post doesn’t make such a broad claim, they focus on some of their services and also said:
Cloud computing is secure, simple, keeps you productive and saves you money. But the cloud can also save energy. A recent report by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and Verdantix estimates that cloud computing has the potential to reduce global carbon emissions by millions of metric tons…
We compared Gmail to the traditional enterprise email solutions it’s replaced for more than 4 million businesses. The results were clear: switching to Gmail can be almost 80 times more energy efficient (PDF) than running in-house email. This is because cloud-based services are typically housed in highly efficient data centers…
If you’re more of a romantic than a businessperson, think of it this way: It takes more energy to send a message in a bottle than it does to use Gmail for a year, as long as you count (PDF) the energy used to make the bottle and the wine you drank…
So Gmail away, get more productive and feel good about your part in helping the environment.
Yahoo! Acquires eGroups, Google Acquires Neotonic
Aug 27th
Tech Lead Manager of the Gmail delivery team
“Yahoo! Acquires eGroups” AND “Google Acquires Neotonic”
Those two news flashes are probably two of the more exciting statements Brandon Long has ever read -
real life-changers.
Under What did you do before joining Google? in the latest Faces of Gmail post, Brandon reveals he worked at eGroups, which was acquired by Yahoo! back in 2000. It took a little digging to find out that his statement “I founded Neotonic Software which wrote a web application for email customer support” may indicate a little humility. In fact Google acquired Neotonic back in 2004. So, the latest face of Gmail, Brandon Long was director for a company bought by Yahoo!, then went on to found a company bought by Google. Not only that, Google evidently kept him around – maybe to make sure he didn’t found another spinoff?
What’s Brandon’s typical day like?
My typical day involves catching up on email from our teams in other timezones (Google Engineering never sleeps). I also stay on top of escalations from our support team, keep abreast of the running service with our SREs (Site Reliability Engineers), and make sure my team doesn’t have any blockages. Finally, I still manage to keep my hands in the codebase, working as part of the team. When I have some extra time, I take a peek in the Gmail help forum to see if there’s anything brewing or any help I can offer.
Read the rest of Faces of Gmail: Brandon Long.
Gmail Tip: Stars
Aug 24th
The Gmail Blog yesterday posted a tip on using stars in Gmail. I’ve been using the free version of Active Inbox (AIB) to manage my email for probably over a year now. However, as Gmail makes routine changes that break the Active Inbox interface, and since AIB hasn’t rolled out changes addressing some features that went missing in Firefox 5 (and 6) and since Gmail is evolving nicely to do much of the same, I’m looking at not using AIB any more.
Anyway, I thought these search codes when searching Gmail are very useful, and saw them on this post, so I’m including them below. Later, I am thinking of posting more about searching Gmail:
has:yellow-star
has:red-star
has:orange-star
has:green-star
has:blue-star
has:purple-star
has:red-bang
has:orange-guillemet
has:yellow-bang
has:green-check
has:blue-info
has:purple-question
As mentioned, just added these when searching Gmail to find posts that have stars.
Gmail Labs Rolls out Email Preview Pane
Aug 5th
I just read New in Labs: Preview Pane and I’m really glad to see you can now preview emails in Gmail.
It can be difficult to get a feel for which emails to read and which to pass up for later. For most business users and many regular Gmail users, time savings and convenient features allowing smarter access to messages and ways to filter which to read, and when to read them are essential. You may appreciate your new widescreen monitor a little more now!
Bravo Gmail, I hope to begin playing with this new “toy” first thing tomorrow AM!
More Gmail Flexibility, Inbox Favorites
Jul 14th
Gmail will be rolling out options to change your inbox without diving into Mail Settings. In an interesting twist on Priority Inbox, and Multiple Inboxes, Google will be allowing you to easily switch between different Inbox views [when this new feature is rolled out]. If you like one you just keep it, and after a while the buttons will go away, at which point you will be able to use Mail Settings if you change your mind.
Choices for Inbox views will be Class, Important First, Unread First, Starred First, and Priority Inbox. Still looking for more to read? How about reading about Google’s new look?
Google, Gmail and GCalendar New Look
Jun 30th
The Google search changed its look recently with a smoother-looking interface. They also rolled out Google Calendar sporting a new skin, and just tonight Gmail announced a preview of their new look as well. Just tonight writing this post, I also noticed that Google Docs has had a makeover. These new looks are popping up as Google begins rolling out Google+ (6 Youtube Videos at this link!) … who new?
Check out a video, some screenshots of “The New Google” below, and read the Google posts for MORE info…
Watch Video: New Google+
Gmail Gets a New Look >> Click Image To Enlarge
New Google Search Skin >> Click To Enlarge
New GCalendar Skin >> Click Image To Enlarge
New Google Docs Skin >> Click Image To Enlarge
ONE MORE LINK … more about GOOGLE+
Gmail Helping ID Those Annoying Phishing Emails
Jun 30th
In 2009 Gmail launched their Super-trustworthy, anti-phishing key, tp help us identify phishing emails coming from eBay and PayPal.
Recently Gmail improved that anti-phishing effort with additional phishing protection to include emails sent through websites and emails, and even suspicious-looking Gmails.
Clearly Safe Email >> Click Above To Enlarge
MORE PHISHING FIGHTING
