Changing the subject from Cardinals to online for a moment, I have to talk about what Google is doing to my life. A few years ago, I looked into google with their IPO. I was fortunate to be able to buy in shortly after the IPO at about $119 a share. This was with the investment group, but none-the-less I had my first connection to google. Well, that is not considering all of the searches that I was using google for on the web.
I have become more and more aware of what google is doing, and I have to say, I like how they are improving my life. First, I added Gmail to my list of email accounts. I had used a yahoo account some, but as most of you know, I have an sbcglobal account too. Not even sure how I got that one, but it does a fine job of displaying my spam. Gmail allowed me to bring in my sbc account and link it to my google account - pretty cool! Then, more over, I could read all of my emails as a thread - so every conversation was together. Not bad...I was in.
Next thing I bought into (well, it was free) was the google calendar. I have to say, this has been the best technology that Misty and I have shared. We both upload our calendars and share what we want with eachother. "Do we have plans on Friday night" is not uttered, all we have to do is go to the calendar online and see for ourselves. WOW, has it made planning anything easier. Now I was buying into the franchise. I next took a look at this new voice mail system that google bought where I could get one free phone number and I could set it up to ring any or all of my phones. Cool I thought, but without texting capabilities it was lacking for my purposes. That voice mail system has been completely converted to google voice now and you will each see a new number from me soon. This number will allow me to pick up at home/work/on the road, where ever I want. So, all you need to know is one number...all I have to give out is one number. And best yet, I can screen calls just like the old days with an answering machine. So, if I don't want to hear from people I don't know their number...I can send them straight to voice mail and the voice mail system can text me a transcript of the voicemail.
I could go on, but this is not a commercial for google, they don't need it. It is just sharing how some new technology out there by this one company can help you organize your life. One spot online for me to see my calendar, my emails and now my voice and text messages...oh yeah...and this blog.
That number...314-714-5190. Once I get your number in the system be ready - I can even leave personalized outgoing messages.
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