Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
Like seemingly everyone on this app I have plenty of opinions about Twitter > X and figure now is a good time to open up a bit about my experience at the company.
I tweeted for years into the void for the love of it like many of you, but after selling my startup to Twitter in… Show more
Esther Crawfordtwitter.comI am looking now for software that insists I make choices rather than whispers that none are needed. I don’t want my digital life to be one shame closet after another. A new metaphor has taken hold for me: I want it to be a garden I tend, snipping back the weeds and nourishing the plants.
Ezra Klein • Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
In 1985, a gigabyte of hard drive memory cost around $75,000. By 1995, it was around $750. Come 2004 — the year Gmail began — it was a few dollars. Today, it’s less than a penny. Now Gmail offers 15 gigabytes free. What a marvel. What a mess.
Ezra Klein • Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
