Google Calendar is Live

Apr 13, 2006 | blog

Well, this morning getting ready for our Disaster Recovery test, I was reading the news and found these posts:

I’ve logged into my Google account and found that Calendar is available – kind of cool too!  I’ll give my review of it later, I’m on a tight schedule right now.

Interestingly, notice that Scoble is on a blogging hiatus whenever there is fun news?  Sorry Robert!

GMail on Pocket PC

Apr 4, 2006 | blog

Has anyone had a good GMail experience on Pocket PC?  I’ve got it set up and working with the default mail client in Windows Mobile 5.  Send and receive work fine, but the weird thing is that as soon as you open a message in WM5 Mail – the message disappears from the list of email.

This is not how it works with other “standard” POP3 mail accounts, why does GMail behave differently?  One thing I have not done yet is to search out for a GMail PPC client.  Has anyone use one?  How do you work with GMail on your PPC?

GMail for Domains

Mar 20, 2006 | blog

I’ve been using GMail for domains for about two weeks now. I’ve not moved fully to it, but have set up what will probably turn into my main email account going into the future. The service is still in “beta” – one of those long beta’s that Google is famous for – and seems quite solid to me. Of course I’d be surprised if I ran into issues – this is the same GMail system that everyone can sign up for, with the simply addition of being able to point your domain’s MX records to it.

The service comes with room for up to 10 accounts, each getting the now-expected 2GB storage and Google search capabilities built in. You also get the ability to use the chat functionality built into GMail. While I’m not a big “chat” or IM user, this functionality built into the GMail interface is fantastic. We use it at the office since we don’t have an IM system in-house and would rather not use any of the IM clients even though they can now handle the proxy/firewall setup we have. Having this simple chat tool in the browser allows us to send really short, really simple questions and get answers, though I could not see using it for long chat sessions.

The rest of the system is identical to your regular GMail account save for the ability to send invitations. Also, the first account created is the admin account which you will use to manage all other accounts for the domain. Overall the admin interface is simple and straightforward. Very easy to use.

So I recommend anyone who has a domain that needs a powerful, flexible, and affordable set of email accounts sign up for the “beta”. It may take awhile to get a response (mine took two weeks – your mileage may vary), the system itself is fantastic. As a strict Microsoft guy, I’m very fond of my new email setup for the domain your visiting right now. Check it out!

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