August 2nd, 2006 in Communication, Lifehack, Technology

Micro-Hack: Gmail Contact View

(This isn’t worthy of a full post, but we have no micro-hack trick here. I’m hacking Lifehack?)

In Gmail, I keep finding it really useful to hit the Contacts button on the left side navigation area, and then click on a contact’s name. What comes back is a little contact card area up top (complete with picture, if they’re a Gmail user, or if you’ve bothered to add pictures to your contacts).

Below that are all the emails between you and that person. It’s very useful for quickly scanning, and I find it a cleaner, easier-to-mess-with view instead of just applying a filter. (In fact, I’m a bit lazy with the filters).

That is all.

–Chris Brogan.

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  • The Moose says on August 3rd, 2006 at 11:40 am

    Hmm…when I click on the Contacts link in the sidebar all that happens is the Contacts maintenance screen opens. I don’t get a list of contacts down the sidebar. Maybe there’s a setting I have to change to get this to appear?

  • Sleepyface says on August 3rd, 2006 at 1:03 pm

    lovely.

    thanks for the tip! very useful.

  • anthony says on October 15th, 2006 at 11:07 am

    i like from you to give me the password

  • mike says on October 16th, 2006 at 12:15 pm

    hit me up dude I need a mailbox tapped into
    ta m8
    :)

  • asy says on October 28th, 2006 at 4:59 am

    coba2
    I wanna know how to open my boyfriend’s mail

  • Jenny says on November 1st, 2006 at 7:10 am

    hello my name is jenny.. i lost my msn because someone has hacked it and now i got a new msn account but i need my old one back. all my important contacts are on the old accoutn and i dont know the password. is there any way u can help me and hackinto my account and send my password. my old account is lil_cute_jenny_04@msn.com and can u send the password to kiwi_fruit_01@hotmail.com

  • john says on November 8th, 2006 at 9:19 am

    can you hack in kristinacpc@yahoo.com
    I think my wife is cheating

  • Denis says on November 17th, 2006 at 11:21 am

    You are all liers ! If you cannot make it, why then should you lie to the whole world and picking money for nosense that never works ? 3 Months now I have tried all ways , all instruction to get into my wife yahoo mail at no avail. The MAIDEAMON always says the address given in TO field no longer exist or is not a member of yahoo.
    But it is ok to keep people busy, how about for educational purposes ? To hell with you.

  • tt says on December 5th, 2006 at 10:59 pm

    FYI: I am divorcing after 25 yrs of marriage. My STBX was controlling and suspiscious, but had many good qualities as well. The final straw was when I caught him spying on me. There was never any reason to spy on me, I was always honest and faithful.

    Take this into account if you decide to invade your partner’s privacy.

  • aj says on December 12th, 2006 at 5:47 am

    can u please hack this id for 1 day only. tell me the password.it is urgent.

  • dsada says on January 15th, 2007 at 8:50 am

    well guys, if wife/GF is using your pc, then put a keyloger, That will do job for getting password without hacking into someone account….

  • Jasper says on January 16th, 2007 at 5:09 pm

    I need to hack my boyfriend’s gmail account. I don’t have access to his laptop computer. Can anyone help?

  • Justin says on January 18th, 2007 at 12:40 pm

    What happend to my hotmail account was that i changed my password and when i came to change the secret question (because i forgot it), it kept saying that my password is invalid.. i tryed my old password but still the same. I tryed to guess what my secret question was but i couldn’t remember it altough i think it was something like the old password, but because i tryed to figure it out alot of times it has been blocked for me… the alternate e mail is still a problem because my yahoo mail isnt working because i haven’t used it for quite a long time, and now i remained without the password, without all my contacts and i cant talk to my friends which i will never meet again. I had to make a new account and try to reach (which is really difficult) all my friends from scratch…
    I need to hack my old hotmail account password back… Can anyone help me please? my lost password hotmail is: djvirtualjay@hotmail.com

  • Miss L says on January 21st, 2007 at 3:02 pm

    someone has made up a gmail address and has hacked into my hotmail account, stolen all of my pictures and emails and are sending the around. How do I get them to stop ASAP?

  • Bella says on February 6th, 2007 at 11:23 am

    Would like password for Gmail account: c.kump1@gmail.com. Can someone provide? Thanks.

  • vicky says on February 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pm

    1 week ago someone hacked my msn add and all my contacts are inportant to me! this person has been sending horrid messages to my mates and i told them someone hacked into it! please help me! what can i do to get it back! anyone out there help me pleaz! the hacked add is vickyangel178@html.co.uk send da password to crystalbabe@btinternet.com

  • Courtknee says on February 15th, 2007 at 2:41 am

    I need my password for gmail.
    can someone help?
    it’s hurinsbane@gmail.com

    send the p/w to gocourtney123@hotmail.com
    Please.

  • Micheal says on February 15th, 2007 at 2:04 pm

    hey can some1 help my g/f msn account was hacked and they changed the password and also the secret asnwer but changed that into french her msn is j.ferre@hotmail.co.uk if any1 can get it back plz email me with it all at:

    bigboy_thugs22@yahoo.com

    many thanks :)

  • sonia says on February 23rd, 2007 at 9:03 am

    can some hack my husbands password of t.charmer@yahoo.comand send it to daring_shegirl@yahoo.com.i think he is cheating me

  • Emily says on March 5th, 2007 at 7:56 pm

    hey,i really need your help. i cant remember my old accounts password or secret question thingy cuss i made up something really stupid. ive created a new account but alot of my really close contacts, pictures and web sight i joined were on there and i cant remeber them. i was wondering if you could send the the password of seachild@hotmail.com to direto_29@hotmail.com. it would mean alot. thanks, emily

  • Ashley says on March 7th, 2007 at 5:22 pm

    Hey,
    So, my boyfriend is insane and, worse, he’s a hacker. So, he’s always hacking into my e-mail account I guess to see if I’m talking to someone he doesn’t want me talking to. I’m wondering if there is something I can do to better protect my gmail account. I don’t understand how he keeps doing it b/c I change my password ALL the time. It’s really ridiculous. If you could help me out that would be great!

  • Damien says on March 13th, 2007 at 5:52 am

    I NEED ACCESS TO MY GIRLFRIENDS EMAIL ACCT. Gmail, and her Yahoo. This is VERY serious. This is over custody of my child, not some lovers/suspicious/cheating spat.

    If you can help, I can PAY!!

    Many Thanks,
    Damien
    FunnyGreat@Gmail.com

  • Heather says on March 15th, 2007 at 1:03 am

    Can some1 hack this mail for me? michael.magid@gmail.com or michaelmagid@aol.com This person is sending lewd and disgusting photo’s to my teenage daughter.

  • Law says on March 20th, 2007 at 9:45 am

    I need a password hack. The e-mail is justinesherry@gmail.com Thanks

  • dimples says on March 20th, 2007 at 11:34 am

    hi everyone, can anyone pls hack my own acct or get the password for me. my ex hacked my e-mail acct and my friendster acct. this is the address c_dimples_to@yahoo.com thanks in advance..

  • dimples says on March 20th, 2007 at 11:35 am

    hi everyone, can anyone pls hack my own acct or get the password for me. my ex hacked my e-mail acct and my friendster acct. this is the address c_dimples_to@yahoo.com. pls reply to my other acct jhayrdimples@yahoo.com thanks in advance..

  • rachna says on April 6th, 2007 at 2:30 am

    c_dimples_to@yahoo.com. pls reply to my other acct jhayrdimples@yahoo.com thanks

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