As Gmail turns 20 on April 1, a look at its impact on online communication and its future as other messaging apps have come to dominate how we communicate
As a web designer it's incredibly gratifying to have worked on a site that has served people for 20 years. I'm forever grateful for the opportunity. — https://www.theverge.com/... @darnell@one.darnell.one : I remember signing up for #Gmail all those years ago with glee. Back then, #Microsoft email via #hotmail was a hot mess, while #Yahoo email was slightly better—but only in the sense that 💩 is better than 💩 🔛 🔥!! … Anneliese / @ann3nova@tech.lgbt : :omya_google: ✉️ — Still using my Gmail address from 2004 to this day. :) — https://www.theverge.com/... Chris Brandrick / @brandrick@mastodon.social : Gmail is 20 years old. — Just checked when I opened my account — September 2004. 💀 — https://www.theverge.com/... Victoria Song / @vicmsong@mastodon.social : Gmail turns 20 on Monday! Wrote a little bit about how Gmail revolutionized email, how my relationship with email has changed, and my hope for a less tedious inbox. — https://www.theverge.com/... Bluesky: @crowslabyrinth.com : I received my Gmail invitation from a coworker in 2005. — Just browsed my oldest emails from that year. So many memories. [embedded post] X: Victoria Song / @vicmsong : Gmail turns 20 on Monday! Wrote a little bit about how Gmail revolutionized email, how my relationship with email has changed, and my hope for a less tedious inbox. https://www.theverge.com/... Seth Roseman / @rosemanseth : Shoutout to all the elder millennials whose Gmail is basically their name! @edudzi_ : Fun fact: many people at Google were against the creation of Gmail. They didn't think it stood a chance against Hotmail and Yahoo. LinkedIn: Mally Mclane : I was one of the first to have a Gmail account (which is still active today: mallym@gmail.com!), due to having friends who worked at Google. … Forums: Hacker News : 20 Years of Gmail r/google : 20 years of Gmail BeauHD / Slashdot : 20 Years of Gmail — Victoria Song reports via The Verge: When Gmail launched …
Gmail turns 20 on Monday! Wrote a little bit about how Gmail revolutionized email, how my relationship with email has changed, and my hope for a less tedious inbox. https://www.theverge.com/...
This was still the era when you could only e-mail a handful of people you knew at your own college, at other colleges, or at maybe three companies. And if you had more than about 100 messages in your inbox, you had to decide which ones you were going to delete before you ran out…
In 1991, I shared an apartment with four housemates, two of whom were engaged. They worked at our college's IT department, and needed to print out all of the e-mail they sent each other because their accounts were going to turn off as soon as they graduated. They had BINDERS.
Gmail turns 20 on Monday! Wrote a little bit about how Gmail revolutionized email, how my relationship with email has changed, and my hope for a less tedious inbox. — https://www.theverge.com/...
Gmail turns 20 on Monday! Wrote a little bit about how Gmail revolutionized email, how my relationship with email has changed, and my hope for a less tedious inbox. https://www.theverge.com/...