{"id":296,"date":"2006-08-11T02:15:03","date_gmt":"2006-08-10T20:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/11\/whats-in-a-name\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T14:43:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T09:13:38","slug":"whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/2006\/08\/whats-in-a-name\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s In A Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019d once read somewhere that Shakespeare did not enjoy the luxury of a dictionary in his time.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s true or not, but even if he did<\/em> have a dictionary at hand, he wouldn\u2019t be able to look up a word unless he knew how to spell<\/em> it!\u00a0 And, that is true for all of us.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to Google.\u00a0 Today, we take the Internet – and Google – for granted.\u00a0 All the world\u2019s a mere search box and a mouse click away.\u00a0 But, what would happen if we did not know the name<\/em> of the thing we were searching for?\u00a0 How would we \u201cgoogle\u201d it then?\u00a0 What would we type in that ubiquitous search box?!<\/p>\n

Every time I look, Google seems to be upto something new and exciting!\u00a0 Sometimes, it\u2019s scary to think of just how dependant I am on Google\u2026 and it only keeps getting worse (or better?!)<\/p>\n

A recent discovery I came across, thanks to my religious visits to Google Labs<\/a>\u00a0is a feature called Google Sets<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cGoogle Sets\u201d automatically create sets of items from a few examples<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s the description.\u00a0 That\u2019s it.\u00a0 No reams of web pages explaining the functionality and what it can or cannot do.\u00a0 Just one line.\u00a0 But, imagine the power\u2026<\/p>\n

With Google Sets, you don\u2019t even need to know the name<\/em> of the entity you\u2019re trying to find.\u00a0 Just key in a few names from its category, and you get a complete list of choices to scan.\u00a0 That elusive luxury brand, that particular movie of Tom Cruise you\u2019re trying to pinpoint, that ERP software you\u2019d heard your client mention just once\u2026 every thing<\/em> can now be found, thanks to this technology.<\/p>\n

The service is still in beta, but already looks pretty impressive.\u00a0Give it a test ride<\/a>.\u00a0 You never know, when you\u2019ll need it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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