I'm very excited because I was just able to secure a Gmail account. For those who aren't familiar with it, Gmail is Google's e-mail product (it was launched in April of this year) which is currently in beta test. You can only get an account if someone who has invitations to share sends you one. (Incidentally, I was able to secure an invitation by going to a Web site called Gmailswap. It was pretty easy. If you're interested, I suggest you check it out.)
Gmail is very cool because it organizes your messages into "conversations" rather than folders. You can see the whole conversation you have with someone very easily. I suppose the main benefit of Gmail, however, is that the account provides 1 GB (1000 MB) of storage for free. By comparison, my current personal e-mail account made available through my broadband access provider--to whom I pay money every month--only offers me 250 MB.
Anyway, now that I have my Gmail account, I am in search of an invitation to Orkut, which is Google's social network/community building site. If you have an invitation to share or know of someone who does, please send me an e-mail. Thanks!
Just a quick note to say that a friend of mine did send me an Orkut invitation. Thanks David!
Posted by: Jeff De Cagna | January 01, 2005 at 06:31 PM