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Ever noticed how parking garages are designed only for cars?
In the years that people have been building parking lots and structures, we seem to have perfected the art of painting lines marking the location for our cars. We have small spaces for compacts, largers spaces for SUVs, loading zones - all of which were born out of the needs of the vehicles and their purposes. Recently, garages began expanding...
In the previous installment, I talked about how to set up Gmail to retrieve email from other accounts. This enables you to use Gmail as a central hub for all your email use.
The next step is to set up Gmail to send using these various email accounts. Otherwise, any time you respond to an email (from any of your accounts), it will appear from “yourgmailname@gmail.com”.
1. In Gmail, click...
I’ve recently made a shift to a different email workflow. In the past, I’ve used Apple Mail as my main email program. It easily allowed me to manage my various email accounts whenever I had my notebook with me. However, with the addition of my new netbook, I find myself switching up computers and operating systems. I needed an email method that was a little more universal.
The email accounts...
More and more of what I do can be done online – writing, collaboration, email, phone calls, video calls, file sharing. It used to be that you’d need dedicated desktop apps to do most of this stuff. Want to write? Buy a copy of MS Office. Want to email? Use Mail or Outlook. File share? Collaborate? You’d need to email or talk on the phone.
Software as a service or cloud computing is nothing...
Andrew Crow is a senior experience designer, trainer, and speaker at Adaptive Path. He has a passion for developing innovative design solutions for customer needs.
Initially a print and web designer, Andrew moved into information architecture and interaction design to promote holistic user experiences to corporate clients. Andrew has over 12 years of design, technical, and strategic experience in the technology industry.
Before joining Adaptive Path, Andrew managed the web and user experience team at Princess Cruises where he led the development of an entirely new online booking system, e-ticket solution, and online branding and marketing initiatives. Prior to that, he worked with element18 and Interfocus Advertising in Los Angeles.
Continually obsessed with the latest technologies in the mobile and gaming space, Andrew advises on the design of Palm, Windows Mobile and iPhone applications, social networking, and collaboration software. He is an advocate of ubiquitous computing, and approaches projects with a desire to ensure that the experience of the device fits into the overall product strategy.
Past clients and employers include Second Life, Ameriprise, Autobytel, Cunard Line, Millimeter Magazine, and Princess Cruises.
Andrew is a member of American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Interaction Design Association (IxDA), the Information Architecture Institute (IAI) and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).