Drunk dialing (according to Wikipedia) can be defined as:

 A pop-culture term denoting an instance in which an intoxicated individual places phone calls that he or she would not likely place if sober. The term often refers to a lonely individual calling former love interests. The term drunk dialing is a parody of drunk driving, and is intended to imply similar undesired consequences. 

What about drunk emailing?
Google Labs has a new feature for the popular email client called Mail Goggles, which is designed to counter this phenomenon.

When you turn on Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email to your ex-girlfriend. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you’re in the right state of mind?

While it may be somewhat far fetched as a regular feature, it demonstrates Googles flexibility and freedom in deploying new features, experimenting, and having a bit of fun.

It’s probably not the best idea to ever come out of Google, but success is a game of numbers. The more ideas you try, the more likely you’ll stumble across something great.

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!