Ok, so Wave is either the ultimate replacement for email or just a new tool to use for communication; not that different from instant messaging, Skype or Facebook. Truth is it depends on what you use your email for. If you like writing emails now, you will no doubt continue on using email. On ...
Honeywell had it right in this vintage magazine ad from 1981. Email: confounding blasts of out-of-control electrons. Sometimes it's useful, most of the time it's anatomically and/or financially incorrect. Back in 2003, tech blogger Paul Soltoff wrote about his predictions for email. There's a tendency when one predicts the future to focus on ...
For the past three weeks I've been getting spam email with the subject "greeting card sent to you.." Of course, as soon as you open the email, it's evident that it's an IP address link (HIGH ALERT FOR PIRATE ATTACK!) So, I've been ignoring them, and guess what, the byproduct is that I'll ...
A good idea and a bit of Ruby - and voila... l8r.nu (as in Later, dude!). This Dutch web service is barely a month old. It allows you to compose email messages and schedule their future delivery. For bloggers it's similar to scheduling posts in WordPress. Using it is super easy, although L8R's creator has had ...
A favorite theme of ours is the "naming of startups". Back in 99, we named our company "anbiun" - an upside down version of "unique". San Francisco-based Xobni (backwards for inbox) is worth watching. They're mashing up analytics and email to create a more intelligent inbox. [tags]xobni, email[/tags]
I just received this nasty email with the title "Dispute Transaction". It just triggered within me an instant reaction. I guess I never trusted PayPal that much so when I saw the email I figured, "Darn those guys! They've messed up again!" So I instantly hit the 'dispute this' link and then started putting my ...
The idea of having an expiry date on emails has always appealed to me. A couple of years ago I built a proof of concept email delivery system which would let me do exactly that. The message content of the email was pulled from a server. So after sending an email, the content could be ...
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