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On the email front, I just purchased my FirstNameLastName.org domain for use with email. I will never be locked into any free email service for my primary address. I can reassign my domain records to any paid service that I choose, should Google Apps cease to be a viable free service.
I remember reading another similar blog post about why paying for useful services is so important after delicious was going to be shuttered. If it wasn't for the fourth quarter save by Youtube's founders, we would have all been driven to paid services like Pinboard.