Category Archives: google

Search your neighborhood on Google Maps

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

You can now search Google Maps by neighborhood in 50 U.S. cities. Some sample searches: “bars in adams morgan dc” “museums upper east side, ny” “pizza portero hill sf“. I’ve long complained that ZIP codes are a terrible crutch used … Continue reading →

Posted in google, local search, maps, yelp | 3 Comments

Playing with my new camera

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Two of the biggest problems with digital cameras are shutter lag (the time between when you press the button and the picture is taken) and shutter interval (the time between pictures). My new camera, the Lumix DMC-TZ3 clearly doesn’t suffer … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer electronics, flickr, google | 1 Comment

Google knows people misspell my name

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’ve been seeing more people search on my name to get to this blog this week. (Wonder why?) This search was interesting: Notice that the searcher misspelled my last name, transposing the “a” and the “r”. I don’t have “Agarwal” … Continue reading →

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Yahoo’s new, improved maps

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I was geotagging some pictures on Flickr and noticed that Yahoo! Maps has dramatically improved. Things that jumped out at me: Improved legibility. High contrast and easy to read. Subway/mass transit stations. They are the small blue circles you see … Continue reading →

Posted in google, maps, transit, yahoo | 9 Comments

AOL launches new search product

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

AOL launched a new version of AOL Search today. Disclosure: I work at AOL Search. (But not on this product.)

Posted in aol, google, search | 6 Comments

Creating a smarter, more useful RSS reader

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

After about a month or so of travel, I’m way behind on my blog reading (and writing). On my Google Reader, many of my subscriptions are maxed out at 100+. I’m tempted to just mark them all read and start … Continue reading →

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Fighting spam with picture e-mail ID

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

It’s time to turn the daily fight with spam on its head. Mail services should try to identify the mail I should pay attention to, instead of trying to just identify the junk. One way to do this is to … Continue reading →

Posted in aol, email, google, spam | 2 Comments

Video of Marge Simpson discovering Google

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I added a video clip from The Simpsons to the Marge Simpson discovers Google post. It’s also below. Enjoy.

Posted in fun, google | 2 Comments

Beautiful architecture and DC’s ugly buildings

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The American Institute of Architects has a compilation of 150 structures as part of the online exhibit America’s Favorite Architecture. As with any such “top” list, there’s bound to be disagreement, but the site is worth exploring. The list is … Continue reading →

Posted in google, web 2.0 | 7 Comments

Marge Simpson discovers Google

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Google made a guest appearance on The Simpsons this Sunday night, with Marge discovering the joys of the Internet. “All this time I thought Googling yourself meant the other thing.” The Springfield search engine’s results are a bit lighter and … Continue reading →

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