This is an Outrage
It turns out that not one but two of my students now have Gmail accounts and I—I, what sits on their dissertation committees! I what gives them papers to grade!—do not. Appalling. I am investigating whether I can become a co-author on both of their Gmail accounts despite having done nothing to get one of my own. There’s a lot of precedent for that kind of thing.
Update: Well, that didn’t take long. Two readers generously emailed with invitations: Alex Halavais was first, so I took up his offer. Thanks very much, Alex and Brad. For my next trick I will publicly sulk about not having enough $50 bills.
posted on Monday, June 21st, 2004 at 2:57 am
This is obviously like one of those special flight lounges that the mobile vulgus aren’t even supposed to know about. I mean, I had heard of Gmail, but I didn’t realise there was some sort of invitation-only club. What gives here?
And I’ve just been offered one … thanks
Me too, please! Same for the $50 notes
Well…not that I’d necessarily accept just any old invitation from just anyone… Oh, who am I kidding? I’d do just anything to join the kool new club! Ask me ask me ask me
I don’t know if anyone saw this link about Gmail is too creepy at Pen-Elayne on the Web. Whaddya’ think now?
I got my invite (thanks, Baptiste!). Now I have to work out what to do with it! It seems as if a gigabyte of Google-searchable storage ought to be really useful, but I’m not immediately sure how. Like Scaramouche I’m a bit leery of putting all my email into such a system. I might try forwarding blog comments there.
Yeah, GMail is great!
All this and they get to send you targeted marketing too!I was jonesing for a GMail account for a while too. I schemed and plotted how I might aquire an invite. Finally, I did what you did…begged my users for one. Hey, whatever works.
At this point I’m starting to wonder whether I’ll be cooler if I don’t have a Gmail account.:) Nah, please somebody send me an invitation. Thanks.:)
Ehm, can I have an invitation too? I’m not a Timberteer, but at least let me be a g-mailer!! I mean, I’m a not a co-blogger at a very cool blog, hence for the sake of some weird conception of equality I’m entitled to something else as a compensation… ;) yes, an extremely weird conception of equality, but I just thought that it was worth giving it a try.
I’m all set, thanks. Unfortunately, as expected this late in the game “eszter@” is already taken so now I’m at a loss…
Just because it’s scarce doesn’t mean you have to want it…. this is marketing