Comments on: Can’t… resist… Google… can’t… resist… http://www.thinkmacro.org/2008/12/cant-resist-google-cant-resist/ media | technology | society Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:02:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Dima http://www.thinkmacro.org/2008/12/cant-resist-google-cant-resist/comment-page-1/#comment-3030 Dima Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:30:47 +0000 http://www.thinkmacro.org/?p=331#comment-3030 Thank you, Guy, for the comments! And, Veronica, we will have to check that utility out... be prepared :) Thank you, Guy, for the comments! And, Veronica, we will have to check that utility out… be prepared :)

]]> By: Veronica http://www.thinkmacro.org/2008/12/cant-resist-google-cant-resist/comment-page-1/#comment-3020 Veronica Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:53:32 +0000 http://www.thinkmacro.org/?p=331#comment-3020 How about something like this: http://lifehacker.com/software/gmail/geek-to-live--back-up-gmail-with-fetchmail-235207.ph ? How about something like this:
http://lifehacker.com/software/gmail/geek-to-live–back-up-gmail-with-fetchmail-235207.ph ?

]]> By: Guy Sheffer http://www.thinkmacro.org/2008/12/cant-resist-google-cant-resist/comment-page-1/#comment-3013 Guy Sheffer Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:34:27 +0000 http://www.thinkmacro.org/?p=331#comment-3013 It seems I even found an error in mighty google, specifically about the e-mail system. I am one of those strange people - I access my Gmail via IMAP, and also sync the data to my own computer. I rely on google, but i constantly sync the information to other systems. It just happens that google is the best at what they do. Note that although they are using open standards, and you can access gmail over POP3 IMAP etc. The code for running gmail itself is closed, thats our main problem of tracking whats going on, or moving to another "gmail" provider. No one has done such a good implementation of a webmail client after all. Before that, I used their POP3 service. But it seems to have implementation problems when you start pulling e-mail from multiple clients. Only one gets the mails (I need to find the time to blog about it. Finding such a fundemental error in implementation in google is big). About the backups: I have developed a saying - in 30 years or so, a lot of people family photos will be lost because the average user does not backup their data. We seem to be at an era where we generate tons of data, but we don't back it up, and we don't make sure that it would be accessible with technology we might have in 30 years from now. It seems I even found an error in mighty google, specifically about the e-mail system.

I am one of those strange people – I access my Gmail via IMAP, and also sync the data to my own computer.

I rely on google, but i constantly sync the information to other systems. It just happens that google is the best at what they do.

Note that although they are using open standards, and you can access gmail over POP3 IMAP etc. The code for running gmail itself is closed, thats our main problem of tracking whats going on, or moving to another “gmail” provider. No one has done such a good implementation of a webmail client after all.

Before that, I used their POP3 service. But it seems to have implementation problems when you start pulling e-mail from multiple clients. Only one gets the mails (I need to find the time to blog about it. Finding such a fundemental error in implementation in google is big).

About the backups:
I have developed a saying – in 30 years or so, a lot of people family photos will be lost because the average user does not backup their data. We seem to be at an era where we generate tons of data, but we don’t back it up, and we don’t make sure that it would be accessible with technology we might have in 30 years from now.

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