I’ve never been a big fan of the “Video Phone” concept, so I doubt I’ll be using this new feature when I’m chit-chatting with friends and co-workers.
However, I can see how this might be a useful business tool, so I am going to pick up a couple of new web cams and give the new GMAIL Video Chat a try this month. I can see how I might want to jump from a chat session with a colleague from another office to a video chat session to show off an “Important Visual”.
Important Visual
Sometimes playing a little “show and tell” can be useful during a business meeting.
Here’s a video Google posted on YouTube.com showing a little more detail:
Like everyone else in the world, I’m slammed with to many “to do’s.” My system for keeping things organized is overwhelmed, and my Email inbox is always about 2 emails away from ready to explode.
I remember reading a book a couple years ago that helped me get organized called “Getting things Done” by David Allen. So I figured, let’s see if anyone has designed a Gmail plugin to follow the rules David set up in “Getting Things Done.” Sure enough, I found what seems to be a pretty nice Gmail little plugin called GTD Inbox.
I’ve been playing with it for the last couple hours, and my email inbox is reduced to ZERO and I have a nice little list of actions on the left side of my screen. So far so good.