One more reason why I love Gmail.
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Gadgets & Apps
Imagine an email plug-in that scans what you have written and then runs it through a “tone” algorithm. “Neutral,” “Friendly,” “Sympathetic,” “Encouraging,” etc. If your words and phrasing do not match the tone you’ve selected, the plug-in rewrites accordingly. If unable to do so, it asks you do re-word the message.
It could know something about the recipient, based on previous emails, text messages, and voice-to-text phone messages (i.e. Google Voice)
If such a plug-in existed, it could eliminate misunderstandings. It could make you seem like a nicer person.
Would you use it?
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The new service puts Google in competition with Skype (and all the other telcom providers). Gmail has offered voice and video chat for two years, but both parties must be at their computers.
I made a couple of calls tonight and the quality was pretty damned good. Will I call someone from my laptop instead of just picking up the mobile? Probably not when away from my desk, but I can imagine using my MacBook as a speed-dialing speaker phone. And my brother and I have been calling (laptop-to-laptop) back and forth from Indonesia for a couple of years. Sounds like he’s in the next room.
Calls to numbers in the United States and Canada will be free at least through the end of the year. International calls range from 2 cents a minute to many countries.
And if you need to reach me, my Google phone number is 573.200.6776
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A small group of people were having a meeting at the Coffee Zone this morning. I overheard them talking about “motions” and “seconds” and noticed one of the group was taking notes on her iPad. She had it in her lap and was pecking away at the virtual keyboard. A laptop sitting on the table would have been far more intrusive.
All god’s children are rushing tablet devices to market and it will be interesting to see if they can come up with hardware and software to compete with the iPad.
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