Neal Freiman
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Announcing the move, Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote Gmail users could, quote, say goodbye to V0T3F0RP, I'm not going to read it all, or MrBrightside416 at gmail.com or whatever you were into at the time.
That certainly was the vibe back in 2004 when Gmail first came onto the scene.
Many people thought of it as another AIM, choosing usernames featuring inside jokes with their friends, pop culture references, or their sports heroes.
But Gmail turned into something far more pervasive, and as the New York Times notes, it's your username for signing into streaming services, paying bills, and sending important messages to important people.
It's your portal to the internet.
And like Donning accused it, shedding your cringy email address could be a way to grow up and look the part.
Do you remember your first Gmail address?
It's the one I have now.
It's very professional.
nfreiman3 at gmail.com.
Oh, my gosh.
Well, I don't know if I should have said that.
Okay, finally, Easter weekend is treating us to a feast of Final Four college basketball games with a national title on the line.
On the men's side, Illinois and UConn tip things off in Indianapolis on Saturday at 6 p.m.
Eastern, followed by Michigan and Arizona around 9.
The winners will square off in the championship game on Monday.
For the women, UConn, again, faces South Carolina tonight at 7 p.m.
Eastern, followed by Texas and UCLA.
That title game is on Sunday.
Toby, how are we feeling?