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Google SearchWiki
Don’t miss the Official Google SearchWiki announcement and intro video !
The new Google SearchWiki has some pretty cool features. Although changing page rankings will not affect everyones search results it is a great way to see the notes from everyone on any given page, and this just might become as important as the rankings themselves.
Seeing live [...]
My Top 5 Desktop Applications List
I rarely talk about my computer, and the reason is that I try to do as much with Web Apps as I can. On any given day I will work on 3 different computers and I have to be able to keep working without skipping a beat.
However, there are several desktop applications that I have [...]
Google Chrome & Gmail At Odds?
I thought this was pretty funny, seems Google may need to work on some of their custom error messages.
According to this error I received, Google Chrome is not a supported browser for Google Gmail?
Gmail Canned Responses
Now this is a pretty useful addition to Gmail, Canned Responses.
If you find yourself answering the same question over and over in Gmail, you can just add a canned response and then set a filter to handle who the response gets delivered to automatically.
This is not the same thing as autoresponders, this is more fine [...]
Keep It Simple
Most people have heard of the old KISS Principle, Keep It Simple Stupid.
The KISS Principle should also be modified for the Internet, here are some examples:
Keep It Simple Social (Networking)
Keep It Simple SEO
Keep It Simple SEM
One of the things I have noticed over the last few years is how so many people have complicated things, [...]
Social Media in the Workplace
While doing research recently I kept coming across job postings for different Social Media positions with larger companies. In between the lines a couple things got my attention.
Why does a Social Media person need to be in a Corporate office?
Are we already painting ourselves into a corner with the term Social Media?
When will Social Media [...]
Google Chrome Under the Hood
I can not claim to really understand the in depth processing under the hood of Google Chrome, however, I have found it interesting to watch the processes it is doing compared to FireFox.
Using Sysinternals Process Explorer makes it very clear that each tab is using an independent process space while maintaining connectivity to some global [...]
Search the Web
One of the things that can be a little frustrating is working with people who really don’t understand the Internet and how to use it. But, at the same time working with these same people can be a real education if we pay attention to what they are doing. My wife likes to remind me [...]
FireFox Still Preferred Over Internet Explorer
According to several sources Internet Explorer continues to have major security holes and the fixes seem to be coming too late if at all. While Microsoft drags their feet, you can expect FireFox and Safari to continue gaining market share.
Still more reasons to avoid Internet Explorer | Defensive Computing - CNET News.com
Firefox users safest on [...]
How to Get Free Web Hosting
Have you ever wanted to host a lot of domains, for a little money, while still getting a solid server with great support. Me TOO !! So I did.
A couple of years ago I went searching for the best deal on web hosting. I did a lot of research and tried a lot of different [...]
Wifi at Home
Since moving into our new house, and just to be clear about this, it is not really new, just new to us. The reason that clarification is important is the fact that we are working hard first to cleanup and fix anything that we find that is not up to our expectations, and then we [...]
