Geekularity

Ignoring that faint voice in the back of my head that tells me that Google may indeed be Skynet, and that our robot overlords are just a few years away from their planned invasion, I decided to hand Google the keys to my kingdom. I have moved several of my internet domains over to Google Apps. What that means is that all of my Email, Calendar, News, and soon phone calls, will be hosted (and probably indexed) by Google. In the coming weeks, I will move all of the domains I manage, both personal and professional over to this amazing service. This excludes my clients whom I manage, but do not actually host.

I’m doing this because hosting my own email is both tiring and expensive. Rather than spend countless hours being my own systems administrator and doing endless battle with the spam trolls, I decided to delegate this little bit of geekery to someone who is more proficient. When complete, this move will hopefully free up some significant mental energy (and funds for that matter as the Google Apps basic package is free) to spend on other pursuits. Besides, Gmail and Google Calendar are easy to use, easy to access, and quite a good value for the price!

Right now, I’ve only moved my professional domains, but my [family] clients and my personal domains will soon follow. When all is complete, I should no longer need to rent a dedicated server, and my monthly recurring expenses should go way down. This comes after reading Scott Hanselman’s post about doing the same thing for himself and his entire family. So, special thanks to Scott for outlining his process and his reasoning. It was a big help.