upcoming Google Wave is similar to the product development idea of Gmail+Blog proposed in this post:
as of May 12, 2005, Gmail integration with Blogger was already being talked about but is 'a bit fuzzy' at that time.
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Gmail integration. This would be a natural. However, everyone is a bit fuzzy at---
this point as to what integration would entail and exactly what benefits this
would bring to Blogger and Gmail users.
http://www.bloggerforum.com/blog/
On February 5, 2006, I wrote Google a proposal, along with my application to a job opening, to create a GMail+Blog service which will offer:
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publish his personal correspondence in blog format viewable by the recipients of---
that email post. If Gmail user A writes to Gmail user B, the thread of that
email post is both viewable to A and B in a blog format. The file resides in the
account of the sender, where he has full discretion to edit or delete his own
email posts.
- he can view his blog posts 'By Contact' or 'By Mailist'.
He will have access too to the email post sent to him by another Gmail user.
- aside from one blogger writing about his thoughts to a faceless
generic reader, with Gmail-Blog he is writing to a particular person he knows
and that person also keep tracks and read it because it is also an email.
Imagine a relationship history between two people recorded through mail-blog,
and Google to be that instrument.
- through 'Picasa' Gmail-Blog can be
enhanced by a photo-blog of family pictures, office events, etc.
- with
GMail-Blog, it is not only easier to search mails but worth archiving them,
where instead or aside from labeling their mails, they write to blog.
Lately, Blogger offers private blogging through email permissions.
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For each address entered, the Google Account associated with that address will
be given access to view your blog. If an address is not associated with an
account, that person will be sent an invitation email. In this email will be a
link which will let them do one of three things:
Sign in to an existing
account.
Create a new account.
View your blog as a guest (no account
required).http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=42673&topic=9084
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I am happy that Gmail and Blogger teams have finally offered integration of the two Google products, however, I will even be happier to see the other above features I proposed. (BTW, I also emailed this to Yahoo, after some time).
Whereas with present day blogging, you blog to an audience (one to many) whether public or those you permitted viewing access. With GmailBLog (or 360Y!Mail), an email user can blog one to one (personal email thread) or one to many (to an email distribution list). While this may be partly satisfied by yahoo 360 where only friends or friends of friends can view a 360Blog, there is none yet that offers a one to one blogging platform as proposed above.
