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Important (Mundane) Topic: Are You Backing Up Your Data?

With all of the recent news about Search Engine Optimization, you could almost forget that the thing we did here before these dang intertubes took over our lives was Computer Care. Through PC-VIP we do fixed-cost business computer support world-wide, and at The Computer Answer Guy you’ll get the best break/fix computer care in New York City.

And this week, courtesy of Google, business is pretty good.

The problem has been resolved, but last week Gmail broke, as over 150,000 users suddenly found their Gmail accounts replaced by … nothing. Sure, it’s free, but when your Gmail vanishes you aren’t thinking about how much you paid for it; you just need to get it back.

He Who Controls Business Change CONTROLS Business Change

Dealing with me can be a bit like taking a blow from a sledgehammer to the side of your head. I’m going to tell you what I think, and while I go to sometimes ridiculous and unneeded lengths to see every side of a story, once I get to “my place”, I dig in, and invite those around me into my foxhole.

It’s about control. We all want to be in charge of our stuff. The question is, how do you do it?

Is It Time to Dump E-Mail? Google Seems to Think So.

Is it time to dump e-mail?

My head hurts just thinking about that question. But as great as e-mail is, it has problems.

For one, e-mail is too linear. So while e-mail is great for communications that involve me sending you a message, you answering, and the subject either being considered addressed or me being able to ask the next question until the chain of e-mails reaches its logical conclusion, it’s limited.

Google World Domination Business Change Continues

Do you use Gmail? What about Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, or any of the other “free” e-mail options? Wait; you’re surprised by my use of quotes on the word free?

You’ve probably noticed that when you send e-mail using the services I mention they get appended with ads. You may have noticed that the ads are smart, too; they aren’t random, but refer to products or services that you and your correspondents might be interested in. Well, hold on to your hat:





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