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	Monday, June 27, 2005

Doing Search in Gmail  (techdrivenlife)   If you are using Gmail, you might be excited to know that not only does it have over 2 gigabytes of storage space for you, but it also, as expected have lots and lots of features that allows you to search fast.  I got this from the tech site AskDaveTaylor which you should visit if only it has really some great advices and answers on various technologies.   This is part of his answer on how to search Gmail:   " I did some digging around and was rather pleased to find out that the Gmail search system has lots and lots of what we search engine folk call predicates, specific tags you can apply to a word so that it matches a specific type of data. It's like the powerful site: predicate in the regular Google search system (and you know about that, right?) .   The easiest search predicates to learn for Gmail are from:, to: and subject:. For example, want to find a message from me? Look for from:taylor in your Gmail archive. Want to find all messages from me that mention blogging? Try from:taylor subject:blog. You can also <more>....     9:20:39 PM     comment []   trackback []

Getting Important People to Notice You   (techdrivenlife) According to the excellent suggestion of Mark Pincus ,   the easiest way for you to be able to talk to influential people, or for most technical people, the venture capitalists, is to write about them in your blog.  If somehow they have heard about you before, it is easier to do certain things.  At least you won't come in as a total stranger.   It is almost like brand recognition ---   if you were in a department store, and you are buying something you don't know, and there are 10 brands staring at your face, you might be apt to choose the one which brand name has a slight name recall , or you read about it once or twice somewhere.   4:50:19 PM     comment []   trackback []