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Webtropic

Musings on web technologies and ventures.

Problem :
I had this old Gmail account and all its paraphernalia (Google Reader, Google Docs, Analytics, etc) which was named after a ‘nick’ I used in my first blogging days.

Recently I decided to consolidate my various email accounts in Gmail and since some of them were business accounts I did not want customers to see a mail proxied by a strange nicknamed email account. So, I decided to move my old account to a new one named after an abbreviation of my real name.

Now, this sounds simple but it is not. Here is why and how I did it.

Step by step solution:

Gmail: In old account go to: Settings>Forwading & Pop/IMAP and enable IMAP.In the new account go to: Settings>Account>Get mail from other accounts and set to receive mail from your old account.

Storm in SearchNovember 15

I am observing this strange rush the past 4 days: people come to this blog searching for comparisons between Blackberry Storm, G1 Android and iPhone. The source of the attraction is this month old post, which attempted a comparison between the three phones, plus Nokia 5800, using Google Trends.
My question is why? Are there not enough comparisons out there? Why this particular post ranks high in Google searches while it does not provide ANY technical comparison?

And why Google keeps sending people regardless the search word combination they try. Any ideas?

Posted in technology Tagged: blackberry storm, g1 android, iphone, smartphones

Even classy companies screw their web pages!November 13

I saw it today. Checked it with two different browsers (Firefox and Safari) in two different computers. Looked the same as the image below. Don’t know how long is it like this. The question is how long it will remain…

Posted in Miscellaneous Tagged: apple, firefox, safari

Why I won’t quit QwitterNovember 12

Image by ViaMoi via Flickr

Qwitter, the recently launched service that notifies twitter users who is unfollowing them, has created tremors in the blogosphere. Most posts I have read consider qwitter an unnecessary nuisance or even plainly harmful (to the peace of mind at least).

I beg to differ and I’ll try to explain why.

When one has a few thousands of followers on twitter, he probably really knows only a few dozens of them. He ignores who and why follows him (he probably does not even care), while he rarely engages in a spammer cleanup activity.

Before Qwitter one would look at the total number of his followers and if a notable difference was observed, he might wonder why, but never go to looking who actually started or discontinued following him.

But getting emails that say: “such and such xxxstopped following you on Twitter after you posted this tweet … (implying that there might be a relationship between the two facts), then these emails have an alarming effect. They become personal. They stir emotions. They upset. Justifiably? Well, no. Unless one has a fair idea who is unfollowing him. But for a big number of followers this is impossi

Facebook does not let apps go?November 10

Or is this is just a ‘bad’ kind’ of applications? Don’t know but it is annoying.

Posted in technology Tagged: applications, facebook