Tag Archive for 'Gmail'

Mobile internet is seen as cost-prohibitive?

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Jack
on April 14, 2008
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Ha! Who knew!

I have said before that the outrageous data rates on mobile phones are holding back adoption of the technology in Australia, and still believe that it is true. Gizmodo posted on the results of a survey which apparently confirms it.

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Google - My Digital Life (wow that sounds sad)

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Jack
on March 29, 2008
in tools and work
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My Google Bookmarks

In case you hadn’t realised, I’m a huge Google fan. There is very little evil that they have committed (to me at least) since I started using their services. Some people Pretty much everyone will see this as a fanboy post, and I guess to an extent it is - but here is a quick detailed outline of my usage habits for Google products: Continue reading ‘Google - My Digital Life (wow that sounds sad)’

EDMs and Thunderbird (Howto: Not be a Scammer)

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Jack
on March 10, 2008
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Thunderbird is a great email client. I used it for a long time before I switched to Gmail, which is just as good (if not better) for my needs.

We received an email from a recipient of one of our emails the other day, saying that Thunderbird had marked our (completely legitimate) email as a scam. Continue reading ‘EDMs and Thunderbird (Howto: Not be a Scammer)’

Remember The Milk - Finally, I can be (more) organised!

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Jack
on February 19, 2008
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A few months ago I signed up to Remember the Milk, a free service that has made me far more organised than I have ever been before. Why?

  1. Free - Naturally, that helps
  2. Cross-Platform Compatibility - Not only does RTM work on my XP computer at work, and my Ubuntu machine at home (more on that later), it also runs very nicely in the mobile version on my phone (SE K800i). Wherever I am, one of these three devices is normally in the same room - my phone in particular. So wherever I am, I can add a task as soon as it pops into my head. I have a habit of remembering things just before I fall asleep - now they are still there in the morning Continue reading ‘Remember The Milk - Finally, I can be (more) organised!’