ZDNet UK is running an article on the programmer who turned Gmail into a blogging tool:
Quote: Builder: Gallina turns Gmail into a blogging tool - but has the writer missed a trick?
A Mexican programmer has figured out how to turn Google's Gmail service into a blog. Jonathan Hernandez posted a demo of his software, called Gallina, together with the open-source code, on his employer's Web site.
Gallina uses Gmail messages as blog entries, and the email service's message star to signify the publish status. Email replies to conversations are posted as comments to an entry. Because Gmail provides 1GB of email storage space for free, Hernandez' software makes that space available for the blog.
Interesting. I wouldn't rush to try this at home, though, as the article notes:
Quote: However, it may not please Google: the company's terms and conditions explicitly disallow screen-scraping technology of the type used by Gallina.
teammatt3 posted this at 18:07 — 8th September 2004.
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Interesting
heebiejeebieclu posted this at 18:34 — 8th September 2004.
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So how do people view the blog? The people he sends it to? and it doesn't look like he's changed much code, though , any one could do that, couldn't they?
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brady.k posted this at 19:43 — 8th September 2004.
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Thats kinda cool...too bad he disabled it cuz of all the hits
nike_guy_man posted this at 02:54 — 9th September 2004.
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This blog thing still makes no sense to me
Just another part of the reality-TV phase of this world...
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 04:52 — 9th September 2004.
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Hm? I think you've got the wrong idea. Blogging is to [your conception of blogging] what documentaries are to reality TV. There's a lot more to it.
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nike_guy_man posted this at 19:44 — 9th September 2004.
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Documentaries are 20 times more boring than reality TV.
Rockumentaries on the other hand.... (I refer to the only "Rockumentary" to mention being called that in the opening scene)
brady.k posted this at 20:09 — 9th September 2004.
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Rockumentaries kick your face!