Discoverability & Visibility

Posted by anas on Feb 12, 2009 in Uncategorized | 5 comments Out of sheer boredom (and recalling the opening scenes of Wanted) I started typing my name in Google. The auto suggest feature of Google took me surprise. Below is a screenshot of Google’s suggestions. Obviously, searching for anas imtiaz, the first result was this website. Not only this blog, but my facebook profile, twitter, jaiku and imperial blog also ranked hihgly in this search...
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One-Click AND Drag-and-Drop Attachments in Gmail!

Posted by anas on Jan 1, 2009 in Geek Speak | 14 comments Attaching files using the web-mail interface can be, and surely is, a painful task especially if you have an obsession of keeping files in deep multiple levels of hierarchy. The most arduous part is extracting the file from that tenth level deep folder while browsing and selecting file to upload. It is especially redundant when that particular folder is already open in your Windows Explorer with...
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Yes, This Is You!

Posted by anas on Sep 16, 2008 in Geek Speak | 2 comments Gmail is known for many of its top features including labels, filters and search. But did you know that you have an unlimited number of aliases in addition to your primary address? Consider the following: If your email address is username@gmail.com, then user.name@gmail.com, us.er.n.ame@gmail.com, u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com, etc. are all yours as well. The number of dots can be unlimited, the...
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Google's Web Browser CHROME Features

Posted by anas on Sep 2, 2008 in Geek Speak | 8 comments Google has surprised the world yet again with its very own super web browser’s beta scheduled to be released today. A comic has been released by Google (download PDF here) which showcases some of the features in this innovative browser. Some screenshots have also been leaked which can be found here. I must say that I’m more than impressed by the set of features packed with this...
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Speech Recognition in YouTube Search

Posted by anas on Jul 15, 2008 in Geek Speak | 1 comment This is huge. Google has added speech recognition capability in some YouTube videos that enables you to search for text spoken in these videos. To try speech recognition in YouTube yourself, add this gadget to your Google homepage. The search is currently limited to some political videos only but a good hint of what is yet to come in Google search. If your search query match some YouTube video,...
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