Praises & Reviews for StitcheS™

“An excellently laid out blog with tons of valuable information. Very well written articles and a lot to look at.”
-  George Tsoukalas, Certified Life Coach and Founder of ithinketh.com (New Jersey, USA)

“A blog that contains tons and tons of information which is very useful to all types of readers. This is basically the description that I have for "StitcheS™: The Blogzine for Everyday People". It contains articles from the personal experience of the author, to some everyday life tips, to informative articles on health, food and much, much more. Well, it is indeed one good blog.”
– David Delano D'Angelo, Accountant, Writer and Blog Reviewer (Bulacan, Philippines)

“It is really a good blog. A rare find indeed.”
- Singaporean Entrepreneurs (Singapore)

“Interesting concept and content is good and well written. Enjoyed reading the content and surfing the site was easy.”
- Margaret Stockley, Teacher of TriYoga & Meditation and Co-Author of All Knowledge Is Within (Massachusetts, USA)

“This is a well balanced blog with loads of info. Articles are well written and thought through; they are informative and really get you thinking.”
- George Serradinho, Programmer, Analyst, Webmaster & Owner/Publisher of Serradinho Blog (Johannesburg, South Africa)

“Your writing is very informative and interesting. I think you have a great teaching style and hope many will read and learn.”
– A New Chapter for Balsam Ponds (South Carolina, USA)

“Very informative site. Great work! I enjoyed reading your posts.”
– All About The Garnaat Family (Delft, The Netherlands)

“I had to bookmark this site being it was so informative. Nice stuff indeed. I am sure you will appreciate.”
– CieAura (California, USA)

“His writing is impeccable and his topic of discourse, while they can range from the mundane to the sublime, is never ever boring. He really makes you think twice about what you do, from the really simple everyday things to the more obscure. It is not just facts sharing or diary journaling either. Nor is it just funny or bizarre lists of everything on the web. We definitely have to say that this is the first “thinking man’s blog” that we have encountered so far.”
– Blog2U (Manila, Philippines)

“I like this! It is a great on-line mag! I appreciate blogs that have a clear-cut purpose. I like that the "articles" are short and relevant...keep up the good work!”
– Insanity & Bliss (USA)

“Very nice site and design and some very interesting articles.”
- Fannox (Romania)

“Very informative magazine, keeps you up to date on everyday issues such as health, lifestyle, finances and dealing with confrontations.”
– Catch The Deals Here | A Movie Store (Arizona, USA)

“Nice site. Lots of info to keep you reading. Good work!”
– Nicole’s Visions, Artist/ Photographer (Washington, USA)

“Great site covering a variety of subjects that are informative and well written.”
- Soul-Sisters (United Kingdom)

“Very realistic site with many subjects.”
- Stuff Could Always Be Worse (Georgia, USA)

“Great on-line magazine! It covers many great topics.”
- The Breathing Post (Minnesota, USA)

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Group Chatting in Gmail's GTalk?

Yes! Recently, Google has included a new feature to their Gmail webmail service. Gmail now wires in a "Group Chat" capability inside the email client via GTalk. The newly added goody lets you chat with many friends at once in a single window, a feature very much present and have been very useful in Yahoo group chatting long time ago. One thing unique in the application, though, is that anyone involved in the chat can invite any other member to the group chat. There is also no limit to the number of people you can chat with. Moreover, enhanced emoticons have also been added to make the chatting experience more bubbly and lively.

To initiate a group chat, click "Group chat" from the "Options" tab in the lower left corner of the chat interface when chatting. Enter the names of the people you want to add, and, bingo, you are in your very own chat room. All the familiar features such as chat archiving and taking the chat off the record still work as well.

According to gmailblog writer Sergey Solyanik, these features only work with the latest version of Gmail, which they are still rolling out to IE6, international and Google Apps users.

Although people always expect a lot of things from Google whenever they launch a new product, these new features seem to be “million miles” behind when compared to Yahoo’s YM and other popular chat applications. However, as they say, better late than never.

For a Gmail fanatic like me, I find this development rather totally disappointing. Primarily because I am looking for unique features or breakthrough applications in chatting which other contenders, like YM and MSN Messenger, have not yet implemented.

I don’t know. Maybe I was just craving for too much.

What do you think?

Do you like these new GTalk chatting features?

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Are You Ready for Gmail v2.0?

Nearly 44 months ago since Gmail first surfaced online. I got my free account roughly 38 months ago, though. Throughout this period, this blockbuster webmail application has remained in beta-testing status. Recently, however (sometime late October or early November this year), I have been receiving feeds that, finally, Google is gearing to release Gmail v2.0, although I hardly recall if there was ever a launch for v1.0. Nevertheless, it is still something to look forward to for passionate Gmailers like myself.

So, what are the reported new features then?

I found a comprehensive review about this release from googlesystem blogsite. After reading this review, I went on to see if my account is already active with all the features that have been mentioned.

So far, I am convinced that it loads faster than the “previous version”, although I still find some slower performance each time I get to load the inbox interface. Once the interface is loaded, however, it simply works like a charm for the pre-fetched emails and other known new features.

The best new feature IMHO is the integration of IM networks (with option to select from Gtalk, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, & Jabber). I haven’t tried it, though, but since it is clearly visible in the new Contact Manager module, I guess it is going to be one of the new killer applications Gmail v2.0 would be very popular about.

What is my general impression?

Google has made important changes in its Newer version of Gmail, but its too early to provide general comment/s on its performance.

Now, are you ready to switch? Go ahead and load your mail interface and see for yourself if you are one of the privileged few who can start playing around with Gmail v2.0.

Tips:

1. You have the new version if you can see a link to an "older version" at the top of the page (as shown in the image below), which means you can enjoy the new features: mail pre-fetching, updated contact manager and other small updates.
   
2. If you don’t see the "magic word" in tip #1 try loading this link: https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2
   

What do you think?

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