Ha, I was just about to shut down after checking my email when I encountered Gmail’s April Fool’s Day joke. It’s a “new feature” that lets you send email whenever you want — including in the past.
Ever wish you could go back in time and send that crucial email that could have changed everything — if only it hadn’t slipped your mind? Gmail can now help you with those missed deadlines, missed birthdays and missed opportunities.
With all the clever things Google comes up with to help us organize our lives, this almost sounded plausible. But keep reading: Read the rest of this entry »
What does it mean to be a good citizen? Perhaps it is my upbringing, or the few months I spent in the Boy Scouts, but I associate good citizenship with helping others. Perhaps the election season provoked this line of thinking, but the political and governmental aspects of citizenship are not what is on my mind today.
