Reflections on Google Apps

I just completed our first deployment to Google Apps Premier for a client and a had a great time with it. I've already moved my domain (paulhite.com) over to it and I highly recommend anyone who needs a mail system for their domain to consider it. Here are a couple thoughts on the overall process and results:

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud.

Despite deep-seated childhood fears of all data being consolidated into a single powerful system that touches everything, a little research (and extensive therapy) helped me to develop a healthy relationship with "cloud computing". And by that, I mean that nearly everything I do is contained in the cloud and I am completely dependent on it. Healthy is a relative term.

Google Knows How Smart We Isn't

I stumbled across a very brief blog post concerning Google search suggestions and how they reinforce the idea of "txt speak" being associated with immaturity and generally less-than-stellar decision making skills. I thought I might expound on this with some screenshots.