As today's GMail Fail burst a bunch of people's clouds and productivity balloons, I thought I'd offer up a few alternatives to all the thoughts of "what am I supposed to do now that GMail's down?"
- POP Mail - Remember when we didn't email over the web?
- Telephone - I know... how gauche!
- Cellphone - Dig the Bluetooth earpieces back out of the desk drawer; be pretentious again.
- Smoke Signals - One of the first forms of mass media - difficult to change the channel.
- Telegraph - Surely you've all kept up with your Morse Code ... - - - ...
- Peacock Tail Feathers - You could impress any girl in your local constabulary with your colorful tail.
- Flares - Show your friends where the impromptu rave is by firing off the ultimate glow stick.
- Megaphone - Okay, I know one megaphone wouldn't go far, but if you mounted one on another on another...
- Skywriter - Sure it's a bit expensive, but when productivity's at stake, we all have to make sacrifices.
- Passenger Pigeon - It may take a while to build a time machine and go back to a time before they were extinct, but well worth it when you have to send a bit.ly of your favorite squirrel pic.
