Ploughing through a backlog of email and other “business”.
…decorative papercutting, an art form which has evolved into various unique styles in different areas of the world. From Chinese Jan Zhi to Swiss and German Scherenschnitte, to Mexican Papel Picado, I enjoy them all, and hope in time to feature each style on Animalarium. (via Animalarium: Polish Papers
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the corner room: Coming Home and Other Moments
A young couple lives across the street from my corner room window. I can’t see their house well from here, but I can see their garage, outside of which they park their two cars, a white minivan and a black sedan. I’ve been aware of them for about a year now. From here, two buildings away, they…
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Re: Gmail Priority Inbox ... | Smarterware
The only worry I have about Priority Inbox is the additional complexity it adds to Gmail. As I said this past week on TWiG, Gmail is just getting stuffed with new and more advanced features: phone calling, Buzz, Tasks, and now this, not to mention the (awesome, but huge) buffet of optional features in Labs.
There is lots of coverage on this already today but I am linking to Gina’s piece because a) it is a nice, concise overview but also b) she brings up the important observation quoted above.
GMail has such an overwhelming myriad of settings, features and options now it is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate. Priority Inbox is a compelling feature but I sure would have an even easier time dealing with my mail if there were not chat lists and buzzing and themes and all sorts of other stuff I had to turn off just to, you know, check my email.
Having set up my father with a Gmail account, I know that chat lists and themes and a lot of the other stuff that bothers people about Gmail are things you have to turn on, not off, or they’re easily minimized to just a heading in the sidebar. Dad doesn’t even know or notice they’re there.
Tech-savvy people are often their own worst enemies when it comes to things like this; we turn everything on, try out all the bells and whistles, then get distracted and forget to turn it all off. Gmail is easy to use without any Labs items turned on; Priority Inbox is one of the few features I might actually turn on for my Dad.
When a new feature appears I often take the opportunity to go through Labs and turn off some of the things I don’t need. I’m waiting patiently for Priority Inbox to appear in my Gmail.
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