If you don't know about gmail, then you're way behind buddy. Way behind. Let me get you up to speed. Forget about yahoo, hotmail, and all those other free email services. Your one and only choice is gmail, why? Gmail is the premiere and sexy email service from google. I know, you've read somewhere that other new services offer 1 MB of email storage, but gmail went above and beyond that. Gmail now offers over 2.5 GB of space, that's more than enough space for anyone. But the space is not the key, the best features of gmail are as follows: * A virtual secretary * Virtual storage and extra hard drive * Organization of email topics VIRTUAL SECRETARY What am I talking about, come on dude, you done lost it! No, I haven't. This is one of the secret ways to use gmail's features. This new feature, the ability to chat, allows you with so many wonderful uses. As of now, you can only chat with one person, but that's fine. Think about this, you can start off with a gmail account right. Then you start a small company and you've got 10 employees. You invite them all to gmail and now your entire staff has a gmail account. What does that mean? That means you can now "chat" with each employee. So instead of chasing down folks, keep them on gmail and chat with them during the day. Also, you can talk to them about different ideas and hold "special meetings" with each employee. And guess what? When you're finished chatting, gmail keeps all your chats. This is important for you. You had a long night, can't remember your conversation with the marketing manager. Go in gmail and look up the chat (they're listed by name and date) and also read over and refreshen your mind. Be a little more creative and realize the potential for things that can save your lives. For example, as a guy I can lose track of the details. But guess what? By chatting with my wife, I'll be able to go back over our chats and remember that I have to pick up her shoes and clothes from the cleaners tonight. And when you get married, you can go over your chats and make a checklist of everything you need to go, email yourself, and now you have a checklist handy whenever you have internet access. Is that sexy enough for you? And in addition, gmail has some wonderful networking features. For more information on this aspect of gmail, go to http://www.gar.no/gmail/gmail4.htm. VIRTUAL STORAGE Given 2.5 GB of space, you can email yourself all sorts of wonderful things: resumes, bill information, blueprints, business plans, scans of contracts, screenplays, research papers, etc. What this does is cut down all the stuff you have to carry around all the time. Forget about burning CDs for smaller files, just email and attach these files. Then archive the files in your storage LABEL and your files are backed up, ready and available whenever you have internet access. EMAIL TOPICS Through gmail, you can now organize your mail in a new and entirely different light. The idea of folders no longer exists, gmail has replaced this archaic ideal and replaced with LABELS. By labeling an email, you "attach" it to a LABEL, which is synonymous with topic. For example, you can use a label called psychology dissertation and all emails between you, your professor, and advisor are put in this "conversation." Conversations are what gmail calls the emails in a label. And rather than cluttering your inbox, you can "archive" the conversations and now you have all the emails about your dissertation in one place and manageable. Who said email couldn't be sexy too? These are a few of the wonderful features of having a gmail account. So, you wonder, what's the catch? And yes, there's a catch. You have to be invited. Now you can say, I don't know anyone. But like all things, sometimes you gotta fight. |
