Come next March, I'm going to be missing Google Inbox. Completely changed how I use email for the better. I'm dreading going back to the tradition email workflow and hope to God that somebody builds something to replace Inbox in my life.
I also miss StumebleUpon from years ago. I don't even know if the site still exists, but for me it died when it forced me to pick interests. The great thing about that site was that it served me random things from outside of my bubble. I saw all sorts of fascinating stuff that I'd never have seen if I were trying to search for and curate content. I'm tired of algorithms trying to sell me a faster horse.
Ditto on Inbox. Tried to use Spark as a replacement, but it wasn't even close to providing the experience Inbox does. Do you have any alternatives in mind?
I just made the switch off recently. It actually is a lot more seamless than you'd expect. You can still snooze emails, and then "archive" (mark as done) everything that is taken care of/replied to/no longer needs your attention. Those are probably the two biggest pieces of the Inbox workflow that are pretty much identical in Gmail.
It's not quite as integrated, but all of the pieces are still there. For using reminders, you'll have to use google Keep. And for tasks without reminders, you can use Google Tasks.
On the plus side, it feels like Google stopped maintaining Inbox a while ago and it was getting horribly slow for me. The new gmail is amazingly responsive in comparison. I'm actually glad I made the switch for that reason alone (I had to make the switch before march because the Android Inbox App stopped working - it would crash within second after I opened it every time).
For me that was one of the great features, it didn't try to serve "hot" (new + popular) content but just random stuff you might or might not like.
I've been thinking recently about a similar service that instead of trying to find content that it thinks you'd like and relates to your current interest, it would work the opposite, just for you to find new and interesting things that are outside your normal content-bubble.
Would require a special type of user who is fine to browse through bunch of bad content to find golden nuggets.
I also miss StumebleUpon from years ago. I don't even know if the site still exists, but for me it died when it forced me to pick interests. The great thing about that site was that it served me random things from outside of my bubble. I saw all sorts of fascinating stuff that I'd never have seen if I were trying to search for and curate content. I'm tired of algorithms trying to sell me a faster horse.