Gmail, Seriousness & Retro Web Design

Wow, it’s actually nice outside today. No more snow. The sun is out. Very little wind. I was driving around with windows down. And yet due to being an Internet fiend I’m sitting here typing on my keyboard.

Ah yes, the life of an Internet user. I’m gonna type this fast so I can get back to standing on my not-so-awesome apartment balcony.

New Gmail security feature

Gmail recently added a new feature that allows it’s users to detect suspicious account activity. This I like.

Half the battle in regards to keeping online accounts secure is knowing who is accessing them, and this feature allows you to keep tabs on whether or not your account is being accessed where it’s supposed to be accessed.

Got somebody logging into your account from another country? A country that you’ve never visited in your life, much less accessed the Internet from? Gmail will tell you if it happens.

Are you taking yourself too seriously?

I think this is a question that every person should probably ask themselves, at least as far as the Internet is concerned, which is why I laughed when I read this.

However, I think that some of the points being made in that post are not actually so bad. Posing for a social media profile picture? Aren’t most people posing for pictures anyways, regardless of where it ends up?

I don’t think that it’s a bad thing for people to take themselves too seriously on the Internet, however. Many different approaches have worked for many different people with both good and bad results, for many things. I can’t just cut a solid line down the middle of that argument myself.

Retro web designs

Check out this list of retro and vintage web designs. There’s 50 sweet examples. This is appropriately titled as “inspiring”.

Retro web design isn’t cliche yet is it? I hope not, I still like it.

There’s just something cool about designs that play off styles of the past, they can have a haunting look and feel.

Closing note -

If I spent the last 5 minutes tweaking the heading sizes on this post, as opposed to spending only 10 minutes writing this, am I taking myself too seriously on the Internet?