Gmail gets built-in themes

Posted Thursday, November 20th, 2008 3:14 pm by Dave Moyer

It took years, but Google has finally brought Gmail up-to-speed with iGoogle, now rolling out a set of excellent (in my opinion) themes for your email!

From what I know, the feature’s being rolled out slowly, and I was evidently one of the lucky few to see the themes tab in the settings. Simply click on the thumbnail and Gmail will load up the theme.

They’ve got everything from a coastal beach to a very good-looking “Shiny” theme, and even a NINJA theme! (Awesome) I chose the Pebbles option, and love the fact that slightly unstable third party themes have a perfect replacement. Go check your inbox and see what theme fits you best!

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Happy 10th Birthday, Google!

Posted Friday, September 26th, 2008 10:57 pm by Dave Moyer

The Official Google Blog’s latest post: 10 years and counting…

And since everyone keeps asking what we’d like for our birthday (besides cake and party hats) — the first thing we thought of was a nice new server rack.

A very special logo is up on the Google homepage today to commemorate the occasion, adapted from the original picture (note the exclamation point):

Google’s been touting this birthday for the past week or so, with a cool AJAX-ey timeline that seems to be increasing in entries as time goes on. Having visited the Denver Google offices before they closed, I’ve seen firsthand what a fun, amazing place Google is to be, and I have a great amount of respect for the company and what they’ve accomplished in a mere ten years (putting aside the big-brother like eeriness of them knowing anything and everything about me… *ahem* Molly…).

Are you a Google fan? Did it revolutionize your life? Should they go bankrupt Monday morning? I love feedback. Comment, people. Comment.

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Where Starbucks went wrong

Posted Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 9:59 pm by Dave Moyer

Okay, the title may be a bit misleading. I’m not talking about the great history of the coffee giant and the flaws in their corporation. I’m talking about the miniscule things that matter to me, and very few other people I know. The logo. If you’re not a Starbucksian like me, I’ll clue you in: Starbucks recently released a new brew of coffee, called Pike Place Roast. Along with the release, they temporarily changed their logo on their cups and advertisements to a slightly modified version of their original brown logo.

Top 50 Mahalo Pages

Posted Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 8:15 am by Dave Moyer

Jason Calacanis has released the list of the top 50 pages on Mahalo, and some of them may surprise you. (Mariah Carey lyrics are number 21? Seriously?) Here are the top 25 pages: