Even though i would be sticking with Google for now, but i commend your compilation. IMO I would go with these alternatives.
Gmail -> +1 to your idea of personal domain. Though there are other alternatives like gmx, fastmail (as you mentioned), etc
Reader -> Thunderbird is not so great, there are many other clients which are far better feed readers like FeedDemon. Even Liferea and Akgregator are good.
Calendar -> Thunderbird and if you have some money to shell out Outlook is unbeatable. Also evolution is not bad either!
Address book -> Thunderbird and Outlook
Docs -> Ms Word or Libre Writer. MS Word has been around for quite some time and is really polished. Writer on the other hand is like an untamed beast with lots of feature.
Picasa -> Flickr, or if you want to get your hands dirty, you can try zenphoto on your personal domain.
Blog -> Blogger has become relatively old and i have seen many of the old blogs migrating to either Posterous or Tumblr. Obviously one can go for their own domain with Wordpress on it.
Search -> +1 on DDG. Its awesome! It has been my primary search engine for a while now.
Gmail -> +1 to your idea of personal domain. Though there are other alternatives like gmx, fastmail (as you mentioned), etc
Reader -> Thunderbird is not so great, there are many other clients which are far better feed readers like FeedDemon. Even Liferea and Akgregator are good.
Calendar -> Thunderbird and if you have some money to shell out Outlook is unbeatable. Also evolution is not bad either!
Address book -> Thunderbird and Outlook
Docs -> Ms Word or Libre Writer. MS Word has been around for quite some time and is really polished. Writer on the other hand is like an untamed beast with lots of feature.
Picasa -> Flickr, or if you want to get your hands dirty, you can try zenphoto on your personal domain.
Blog -> Blogger has become relatively old and i have seen many of the old blogs migrating to either Posterous or Tumblr. Obviously one can go for their own domain with Wordpress on it.
Search -> +1 on DDG. Its awesome! It has been my primary search engine for a while now.