Comments on: #googlefail: Are We Too Dependent? http://www.themattsmith.net/2009/05/googlefail-are-we-too-dependent/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:50:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: FergatROn http://www.themattsmith.net/2009/05/googlefail-are-we-too-dependent/comment-page-1/#comment-81 FergatROn Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:27:59 +0000 http://www.themattsmith.net/?p=139#comment-81 I agree with you Matt. I can handle a couple minutes of down-time from Google. Their products are so convenient that it's almost stupid to host your own apps. I like centralization as well. I try hosting my own apps, but mine never look as cool or flows as well as Google does. With that said, since the last two #googlefails, I've rethought my depedence and I'm now slowly getting off the google-high one app at a time. I still use Google Reader daily, but I'm not so dependent on Gmail. I went back to using a desktop application to handle my emails. Since I'm on Linux (Fedora to be specific), I'm using Evolution. When I'm not on my desktop, I run Gmail. So; the only issue now is sometimes having to double my cleaning efforts. No one likes a messy inbox. I agree with you Matt. I can handle a couple minutes of down-time from Google. Their products are so convenient that it’s almost stupid to host your own apps. I like centralization as well. I try hosting my own apps, but mine never look as cool or flows as well as Google does.

With that said, since the last two #googlefails, I’ve rethought my depedence and I’m now slowly getting off the google-high one app at a time. I still use Google Reader daily, but I’m not so dependent on Gmail. I went back to using a desktop application to handle my emails. Since I’m on Linux (Fedora to be specific), I’m using Evolution. When I’m not on my desktop, I run Gmail. So; the only issue now is sometimes having to double my cleaning efforts. No one likes a messy inbox.

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