No IMAP, Yet More Storage for Google Apps and GMail
The biggest news today is the announcement by Google of IMAP availability for GMail. There was some discussion prior to this on yesterday and Monday around the blogosphere, and finally, its been confirmed.
Although Google is rolling out this new feature to as many GMail users as possible, it should be noted that such new features aren’t as readily available for Google Apps users. However, I’m happy to report that my domain, ronaldlewis.com, received Google’s promised storage boost for GMail over the weekend (storage has already increased some 87% from 3.8GB three days to its current 4.36GB):
Of course, this pales in comparison to the 16GB of storage Google granted my Google Apps domain back in October 2006:
Living and Working from Anywhere
Have you ever desired to live and work from anywhere in the world without confinement to a desk or cubicle? Would you give up your home, friends and family to explore everything on the face of this planet — right now? Would you sacrifice the comfort of your surroundings to embrace new ones several times per year? Would you be willing to break social conventions and your own “safe rules” to think outside the box and redesign your life?
Thanks to Timothy Ferriss and Lea Woodward, both are providing the world with the insight and tools to achieve such a life. Ferriss is doing so with his new book, “The 4-Hour Workweek” and Woodward with “X Marks The Spot: The Indispensable Guide To Living As a LIP And Working From Anywhere”.
Woodward’s focus is on living and working anywhere (”Location Independent Professional,” or LIP), while Ferriss’ is reducing your hours, outsourcing and enjoying your life to the fullest with an abundance of free time.
Both Woodward and Ferriss’ approach are both great, as they both enable you to live your life independent of any location while traveling the world NOW — not when you’re retired and older. Both challenge you to think differently and to throw out common concepts about permanent domiciles and the like.
So far, I’ve had the pleasure of reading Ferriss’ book and plan to order Woodward’s soon. In the meantime, I’ve become acclimated with Woodward’s approach via her lipliving.com site, which also features other LIPs (again, “Location Independent Professional”) sharing their LIP plans, challenges, goals and more.
I must admit that this lifestyle appeals to me greatly and is something I intend to pursue. I am also in a great position currently as I have no overheard (house, car, family or significant other) and am self-employed as an imagineer, social media producer (lifecaster, blogger and podcaster) and Internet marketer — all of which are ideal for living and working anywhere in the world. Thus, I am happy I chose the Internet as my full-time focus more than two years ago. It’s the best choice I’ve ever made, regardless of the pitfalls, frustrations, etc.
What about you? Are you ready to shatter the rule book and take control of your life? There’s nothing holding you back but yourself. It’s your life, passion and dream. Don’t place them on hold until you’re well into your 60s. Life is meant to be lived, and there’s no sense in waiting for “retirement.”
Is Google Allowing Third Parties To Remove Live Links?
Rather than waste time with traditional methods, I pose this question to the engineers and administrators responsible for Google’s index:
Who’s Removing Links They Do Not Own? (Or altering their search results?)
It is my understanding that only webmasters can submit requests to have links removed from Google’s index. If this is so, then why was this URL recently removed from Google’s index without my knowledge (Ironically, It’s still searchable via using the entire URL — yet that defeats the purpose of search engines, doesn’t it?)
Does this mean that those with friends or “connections” at Google can, on a whim, have links of anyone’s web site they do not agree with removed? Or, was the removal (the search result anyway) the result of an unknown or published hack that Google has yet to patch, or just a glitch in the index that has yet to recover?
In any case, would the former be fair to website owners (if it weren’t hack related)? Would this mean Google is potentially skirting its link removal policies? Is this an unknown trend on the rise, or just a misunderstanding?
What’s your take, Google?
TechCrunch Now Moderating Comments?
I’ve been a longtime reader of TechCrunch and for the first time today, I noticed something rather interesting:
Now, mind you, TechCrunch does have spam filters in place, so one would think moderation isn’t necessary — or, perhaps this is just an isolated coincidence. Who knows? Has anyone else noticed their comments being moderated recently as well? Respond below.
So Long, Jim
Earlier today while speaking to a friend in Detroit, he informed that his neighbor and our mutual friend, Jim, had passed two weeks ago. Jim had succumbed to breathing complications which I suspect he’d be suffering from due to his years of smoking. I also learned that he was battling bone cancer as well.
According to his wife, he’s in a “better place” now that he’s gone. It’s rather unfortunate, as he was only 66. It’ll be weird not seeing him around anymore and he’ll definitely be missed.
So long, Jim.