Topic 90 of 109: Google's web based email service - gmail.google.com
Thu, Apr 29, 2004 (09:51) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
I read something pretty interesting about gmail at camworld this morning:
Google Foreshadowing
At the end of 2001 I wrote up my thoughts on Online Community Technologies.
I've learned a lot since I wrote this piece but the basic concepts I
outlined stay true. Most importantly I wrote:
The killer app of the Internet is email. That's been repeated by so many
people that it's hard to dispute. Now, take a look at all of the above
examples and how they contribute to the concept of online community. What is
Google missing? What is Yahoo missing? If Google ever gets into the business
of archiving mailing lists so they are searchable (especially if they spam-
proof them, like Yahoo does). Can you imagine being able to search the Web,
all of your mailing lists, an image directory, and newsgroups all from one
place? Google is poised to be the mother of all online communities, by
becoming the multi-linked hub between communities.
Now that Google is launching their own web-based email service, will it be
very long before they start offering mailing lists and other components that
make up the core of online community tools? If you look at their offerings
over the years and watch their acquisitions, you'll see that they are
increasingly moving into this space. It's interesting to also look at this
trend as a possible lead-up to their impending IPO.
http://camworld.com
I got interested in camworld when I met the site's author at sxsw.
So, is this actually in the works at google? And will it be the next big
thing?
2 responses total.
Topic 90 of 109 [web]: Google's web based email service - gmail.google.com
Response 1 of 2: wer (WERoland) * Sat, Dec 2, 2006 (19:31) * 1 lines
Man, what a dated topic...btw, my gmail addy is tex.italian@gmail.com
Topic 90 of 109 [web]: Google's web based email service - gmail.google.com
Response 2 of 2: Conf admin (cfadm) * Sun, Dec 24, 2006 (11:13) * 7 lines
I just found out you can put dots in gmail addresses.
It's a good way to get having a gmail handle like texitalian18
Mine is walhus at gmail dot com.
google has some cool new services for websites that I'm checking in to that you can run on your own domain.
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