05 Nov
Posted by Harper in General at 04:10 PM
Tags: ajax, contact manager, contacts, gmail, google, hacking, isync, javascript, xml
Since Google just changed the game of mobile software - I got to thinking about my new fascination - Contact management. So the first place I go to is Gmail and Google’s new contact manager. Being an iSync freakout, I love syncing my contacts. I LOVE being able to bring in contacts from all my [...]
23 Oct
Posted by Harper in Technology at 01:49 AM
Tags: email, exchange, gmail, gmail-for-domains, google, google-hosted-apps, microsoft, outlook, skinnycorp
So for the last couple months skinnyCorp has been working on moving hosts. It has been pretty fun and interesting and there are a few things that we have been hesitating moving because it is such a pain in the ass. One of those things is email.
Man, I hate email. I mean - I [...]
09 Sep
Posted by Harper in General at 04:32 PM
Tags: bugs, failure, gmail, google, google-talk, gtalk, sad
For some reason my google talk is broken for my person gmail account. It doesn’t log me in while i am in gmail, or gaim, or even using their gtalk client. Its really weird - because if i log in using another account - it works fine. But if i log in using my primary [...]
So i got gmail back this morning. had a bundle of mail that i didn’t get to see yesterday. weird. What was really annoying was that google didn’t respond and that there hasn’t been a response before. It just seems that they are ignoring a problem. Even if they were like “oh your email is [...]
06 Apr
Posted by Harper in General at 12:34 PM
Tags: broken, down, email, gmail, google
I am freaking out.. hah. my email isn’t really working right now. I foward all email i receive from harper @ nata2.org to my gmail account to use gmail as a simple reader. And this morning as soon as i got into work i am unable to access my gmail account. I can access my [...]
09 Feb
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 04:57 PM
Tags: blogs, cell, gmail, google, internet, war, xhtml
this is an excellent write up on the incredible google maps. the most important thing he says is:
I also think it bears noting that Google is pulling out all the stops
to build rich web apps, no matter how weirdly they have to hack the
browser to make them go. And I strong…
28 Jun
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 05:13 PM
Tags: gmail, humor, movies, server
so today over lunch I decided it would be a good idea to import my old email into gmail. it rules. check out the tool that I am using. written by mark lyon. it works pretty well - albeit very slow. but whatever. I will just have it go in the background. my server has a
it was nice. I have bruises. I am real sleepy. and I smell like goth kids. they smell real bad. I am also a bit hungry. I wasn;t like 20 minutes ago. but now I am.if anyone wants a gmail account. I got a buttload of invites. haha
i am so tired. I am going to sleep.
so I got a gmail account. it is pretty dope. a completely different way to use email. it is kinda crazy. I don’t like that you cannot import your old mail. and that you don’t have folders. but the tagging and such really revolutionizes email. it is pretty nuts. I want to give invites to some friends though. so I guess I am gunna have to wait. stupid google and its fancy way of doing things.
Hi. My name is Harper. I am an engineer and software architect involved in social networks and the open source software. I am very happily employed as the CTO to the awesome skinnyCorp in Chicago, IL. We make some really cool stuff. This is obviously my blog. I write about everything from being a professional yoyoer to hacking the newest Internet appliance. Be sure and check out my homepage at harperreed.org. If you are so interested, my resume is located here. I love getting emails and what not so feel free to contact me through here.
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