Google jumps on the bandwagon . . . a little late

Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:17 UTC

A while back, I wrote about Bloomba and how Alison Overholt of Fast Company raved over its powerful search features. At the time, I dismissed the search features, my mind still lingering in the world of distinct folders and locations to store e-mail messages, files, etc. However, after reading around other places (I’ve looked for links but could find none), it seems that searching is the wave of the future. As systems and applications seek to be more and more user-friendly, they are turning to more abstract, search-based designs. In a sense, I guess they’re becoming more like the human brain (granted, I know very little about how the human brain works).

So, in steps one of our most beloved Web applications: Google, the little search engine that could. Now not-so-little, this search engine has become a giant in all respects and is finally joining the game of Web-based e-mail—and they’re bringing along their search features to boot.

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Bloomba update

Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:19 UTC

Today, I received an e-mail in response to my comments on Alison Overholt’s “The Google of E-mail?” from Ms. Overholt herself of Fast Company. She directed me to a page where she has posted several reader comments that she has received since her article went to press.

For the record, I did not say that Mozilla Thunderbird “has calendaring built in.” I said that it has a calendar extension available for users to install.

Alison Overholt’s article, The Google of E-mail? is now available on-line.

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Bloomba Over Mozilla?

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 18:33 UTC

I just read “The Google of Email?” in the March issue of Fast Company. In this article, Alison Overholt examines flaws in Microsoft Outlook and looks for a competing e-mail client to take its place. The good alternative client, she concludes, is Bloomba. The folks at Bloomba must’ve paid her for this blatant attempt at publicity; she doesn’t review any other competitors. The major reason she recommends Bloomba is for its search features. The “powerful [search] feature makes folders largely unnecessary,” says Overholt.

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