Back to work again...

Well, it's back to the world that has a strong resemblance to office space for me :(

I really don't like my hair cut at all. It's quite upsetting. I did like it the first day I got it, but now I really wish I'd never cut my hair. Usually I only feel bad the day I cut my hair, and then I get over it and begin liking the style, but not this time. This time the dislike grows every day...

So because of my wonderful blogger account, I get to be one of the first people to try out gmail, google's new e-mail service. So far I mostly really like it. (Today I don't cause I can't seem to open it!) I has sooooo much storage, which is great for an e-mail packrat like me. Also, there's this neat feature that when you've replied to an e-mail it give you the option to open the original message in what looks like another window. I can't explain it really well, but it seems to me to be a very organized way to look at your mail. If you want to help me use this, shoot me an e-mail at alison.stephenson@gmail.com

A few points about it:
1. I've heard a ton of talk about the advertising that google is using, for the record, it's the same kind of advertising that is at the top of this page. (Yahoo's advertising is way more obtrusive). As far as it looking at key words in your mail to decide what kind of advertising it should use, that really doesn't bother me. a.) it's not a person sitting there staring at my mail. b.) if I have something that is so sensitive that I don't want it to be accidentally seen, I won't use that service. (actually I'd try not to use any of the free services). c.) the advertising is only seen by me. (Unlike yahoo that sends out flashing advertisements with some of my messages. )

2.) It's got 100 mb of storage!! For free. That alone is just about enough to make me consider it.

3.) I really like the way that the reply feature works. (Like I said, I really can't explain it very well.)

4.) You can search your e-mail archives, a definite plus.

That's all for now. I know what I think of it isn't very sophisticated, but if you want the average, can't program for crap person's opinion, I think it's great.