soren42's Journal: I feel like such a whore...

Well, I wandered over to GMail Swap, and posted a swap request, in order to obtain an invitation to join GMail. (For those of you who aren't familiar here's a little insight on what I'm talking about: GMail is a free webmail service from Google that offers one gigabyte of storage, a novel interface and sorting system, and cool Google-like features. Since GMail is still a beta service, it is only open to a small number of beta users invitated to participate. Getting an invitation can be difficult, and therefore having a gmail.com account imbues the owner with a level of geek status. GMail Swap is site that allows users to exchange GMail invitations for services, thoughts, products, etc. - anything unique and obscure, but still valuable.) I offered to review a resume or document in exchange for an invitation.

Apparently, I chose wisely in what I offered. There are 3500 requests on the system, and 220 invitations available. Within 10 minutes of posting my offer, I had 4 offers for an account.

So, I've joined the gmail elite. Woo hoo! I have yet another e-mail address. Sometimes "status symbols" are as much of a hassle as a help.