Gmail (for the first time ever) seems totally down this morning. Nor can I access Google Web or Google Maps. I’ve used IE and Firefox and neither can do it — at least not here in San Diego, CA.
So if you emailed me with a link, comment on a post or personal email, I can’t get to it. I will be gone most of the day and try again tonight.
This all points up the wisdom of backing up key emails, printing them out, or noting important addresses or phone numbers. In my case, I leave important emails and get to them and answer them without printing them out. Due to this I’m going to copy vital emails and have them sent to another email address in the future.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.