Ha Ha Robert. I am sure you are going to love it. I look forward to seeing your suggestions for Gmail and Google Calendar seeing that you have used corporate applications all this long.
DrumsNWhistles
· 3 years ago
Last week I would've been singing the praises of Gmail. This week it's been a complete nightmare, since I can't access it at all and there aren't any bodies at Google willing to actually help troubleshoot it.
So be careful...use Gmail, but back it up with Outlook or something to your own computer or you could find yourself without your email and without a way to fix it, too.
It's a pity that they have such a great product but do not support it in any way, shape or form.
Congratulations to you and Maryam on your move to Podtech...you both sound very happy. I'm looking forward to meeting Maryam in person at Blogher...will you be there too?
DnW
John Walker
· 3 years ago
If you still like Outlook as you Email client, Gmail supports POP3, so you should be good there. I like Google Calendar, but I wish they supported synch to Outlook Calendar. I may have to develop something up to do that.
Robert Scoble
· 3 years ago
Drums: yeah, I'll be there!
nortel
· 3 years ago
so why is the internet boring? your statement looks like a nice trick to techmeme-ed to be honest.
/pd
· 3 years ago
Robert , is this gmail hosted services ?
Sam Davyson
· 3 years ago
I look forward to seeing your suggestions for Hotmail once you have played with Gmail.
Charlie Wood
· 3 years ago
Is Podtech using Salesforce.com (yet)? If so, I have something that's going to blow your mind. (But I won't plug it here.)
-Charlie
William
· 3 years ago
I've been using the Gmail hosted stuff for a while for my family mail/calendars and it's been great. I use Outlook for mail most of the time but find more and mroe I'm just using the gmail interface. My wife still likes Outlook Express but that's another story.
Calendaring, something I never used to use outside of work, has totally changed my life. I'm one of those people who often forgets not just what they have to do, but what day it is. Having a shared calendar allows my wife and I to put up events which we'll both see. And SMS reminder, including a daily agenda, help me stay on top of things.
Now if only Outlook 2007 would let me subscribe to a iCal calendar without using the dopey webcal WebDAV protocol.
Dmad
· 3 years ago
Geez, Scoble, you really don't know how to comprehend what you read, do you? You apparently missed Cuban's point completely.
Rod Edwards
· 3 years ago
Mapped events in the valley from upcoming, eventful, and Expo:
Going from a large company to a small can be quite disconcerting - I recently made the move from a 12 person team in a 100 person department in a 4,000 employees university to a 6 person office that's part of a 25 employees (across 3 countries) company.
There's fewer people to have water cooler type discussions with, that's for sure!
Pay-as-you go, month-to-month space, you can grow (shrink?) as business demands.
www10
· 3 years ago
So, was it easy making the switch to using GMail? :) It's definitely a great place to outsource your email needs to.
Do write more about life in a startup! See ya
Susan
· 3 years ago
Sounds like someone needs a SBS 2003.. has exchange you know ... and it can even be hosted ;-)
Brett Nordquist
· 3 years ago
I tried moving off a hosted Exchange solution to Gmail last month and it was terrible. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't been used to Outlook 2007. The attachment preview in Outlook 2007 is a huge time saver if you review a lot of attachments each day.
I eventually moved off the hosted Exchange to just regular POP/SMTP solution through the company that hosts my blog/website. Hosted Exchange was sweet but not worth the $25/month.
Good luck moving off Outlook. No way in hell could I do it at home or at work.
I've been using Gmail for domains for a couple months and really love it. Great to go from computer to computer and access to the same stuff. I prefer to anything I've used before.
Matt Cutts
· 3 years ago
Let us know how you like Gmail. Once you get used to the keyboard shortcuts, it's really fast. :)
In fact, don't you think you should try a symbolic month of MSFT-free stuff? :) Store everything on the net: calendar, email, etc. Go to Bloglines for your RSS so you're running fewer apps and more webbiness.
Go on, give it a try! :)
Jon Galloway
· 3 years ago
I'll echo what several people have said - the best combo is Outlook (or another e-mail client) on top of GMail.
I made that decision GMail went out on me right before a conference call, and I was left without access to several important e-mails. It's the best of both worlds - you get the benefits of an e-mail client (backed up, toast popups, etc.), and you get the benefits of web based e-mail (can use the web interface whenever / wherever), mobile access via m.gmail.com, etc.).
Lewis
· 3 years ago
You should give Windows Live Custom Domains a try. Upgrade the accounts to Windows Live Mail beta, and you'll get the familiar Outlook look and feel with a whopping 2GB of storage.
Rachel
· 1 year ago
For an historical footnote, Hosted Exchange provided by companies like 123Together (for reference http://www.123together.com) clearly came out the winner. Especially with the move to mobile device integration as that became central to small business success.
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So be careful...use Gmail, but back it up with Outlook or something to your own computer or you could find yourself without your email and without a way to fix it, too.
It's a pity that they have such a great product but do not support it in any way, shape or form.
Congratulations to you and Maryam on your move to Podtech...you both sound very happy. I'm looking forward to meeting Maryam in person at Blogher...will you be there too?
DnW
-Charlie
Calendaring, something I never used to use outside of work, has totally changed my life. I'm one of those people who often forgets not just what they have to do, but what day it is. Having a shared calendar allows my wife and I to put up events which we'll both see. And SMS reminder, including a daily agenda, help me stay on top of things.
Now if only Outlook 2007 would let me subscribe to a iCal calendar without using the dopey webcal WebDAV protocol.
http://blockrocker.com/categories/events/37.175...
There's fewer people to have water cooler type discussions with, that's for sure!
Pay-as-you go, month-to-month space, you can grow (shrink?) as business demands.
Do write more about life in a startup! See ya
I eventually moved off the hosted Exchange to just regular POP/SMTP solution through the company that hosts my blog/website. Hosted Exchange was sweet but not worth the $25/month.
Good luck moving off Outlook. No way in hell could I do it at home or at work.
In fact, don't you think you should try a symbolic month of MSFT-free stuff? :) Store everything on the net: calendar, email, etc. Go to Bloglines for your RSS so you're running fewer apps and more webbiness.
Go on, give it a try! :)
I made that decision GMail went out on me right before a conference call, and I was left without access to several important e-mails. It's the best of both worlds - you get the benefits of an e-mail client (backed up, toast popups, etc.), and you get the benefits of web based e-mail (can use the web interface whenever / wherever), mobile access via m.gmail.com, etc.).