I recently had a long term collaboration with a number of colleagues, where part of what we did was produce, edit, and agree upon finalized versions of text. We applied various formatting such as color, cursive, and bold to track the status of specific text blocks. At the end of it all, we needed to… Continue reading Paste text without formatting
Tag: Google
Start a new Google Doc/Sheet/Slide deck straight from the address bar
I recently learned of a nifty little trick for users of Google’s Workspace services (i,e. Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms etc.): You can start a new document, spreadsheet, slide deck and so on from the address bar of your web browser. Simply enter the appropriate command (below) into the address bar, hit return, and watch as… Continue reading Start a new Google Doc/Sheet/Slide deck straight from the address bar
Improving your Google-fu
Search engines can be a great way of finding what you’re searching for. Using them to their fullest extrent, however, requires a bit of knowledge about how to structure your searches. These examples are some that I use on a regular basis:
Setting up Google AdSense on WordPress
Regular readers may have noticed that ads started appearing on the site back in the beginning of february. While I don’t expect to ever earn a lot of money on this site, it would be nice if it didn’t cost me money. Running a WordPress blog on a hosted domain isn’t all that expensive, and… Continue reading Setting up Google AdSense on WordPress
Top five Google apps
Spending as much time online as I do, Google is an integral part of my day to day routine. This is my top five list of Google apps:
Google Wave: First Impressions
For the last month or so, I’ve been playing around with Google newest online toy; Google Wave. Billed as a “personal communication and collaboration tool”, it is designed to combine email, IM, wikis and social networking. Written in Java, using OpenJDK, Google has announced plans to release most of the source code as Open Source.… Continue reading Google Wave: First Impressions
Gears + Dropbox = Mobile computing
I’ve been looking for a sturdy, simple and preferably free solution to enhance the way I take my computers with me. I’vew recently found just that.
Seven tips for more efficient Googleing
Since its start in 1998, Google has grown to become one of the largest search providers in the world. Here are seven tips to using Google more efficiently:
Read your GMail while offline
In a previous post, I talked about Google Gears. Now, let’s take a look at a practical application. First, the developers at Google brought us the next big thing in web-based email. Now, they are bringing a way to take it offline. Bear in mind, Offline is a GMail Labs feature, so it is… Continue reading Read your GMail while offline
Google Gears for Offline and Online goodness
The clever people at Google have made Gears, an Open-Source multiplatform program that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to your web browser, such as: