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Do you reQall that Good Idea??
As an internet consultant, I spend an incredible amount of time in the car, or in meetings at clients’ offices or coffee shops (where I can grab some high-speed internet access). During these times things run through my head, either because I’m purposely thinking about a project, or randomly (more likely!). When I need to [...]
Grandma’s Guide to Video Chat
Use video chat to give a video tour of a new home to friends, introduce a baby to relatives, keep in touch with traveling loved ones… the list goes on. Here is a simple way that any grandmother (or even YOU!) can use to get started with Google video chat on her own. This video, [...]
Gmail: View .doc attachments right in your browser
If you receive Microsoft® Word files as attachments in Gmail, you can now view them with a single click — no need to download, save, and open files with a desktop application when you just want read them. The Google Docs viewer that allows you to view .pdf, .ppt, and .tiff files in your browser [...]
Gmail: Custom Signature for each Email Address
Google’s Gmail now supports a unique signature for every email address associated with your account. So if you’re sending email from Larry@my domain.com, you can automatically have a different email signature than when you send from Larry@anotherDomain.net. Google has also introduced rich text signatures into Gmail. Now you can change the colors or font size [...]
A Simplified Users Guide to WordPress
Axemedia has developed a very useful simple guide to using WordPress (WP) for those new to managing a WP powered site. In particular those who’ve had their WP site set up for them by a web designer or developer. It covers the common tasks of writing and managing content and basic site maintenance. It does [...]
Ever Wonder How To Use OpenOffice?
I have been experimenting with OpenOffice as a replacement for Microsoft Office for the past 10 months. Overall, it works great, and I have set the preferences to store everything (documents, spreadsheets, slide shows, etc) in MS-Office format so that I can easily share these files with anyone. OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software [...]
RatePoint: Build Your Online Reputation
Every day millions of consumers flock to the Web to read and share reviews about businesses. RatePoint helps you take a common sense approach to your online reputation.
Firefox Freezes when Opening PDFs — The Fix!
As I moved to FireFox version 3.0 several months ago, I started having problems with FF freezing when trying to open PDFs. This problem didn’t occur EVERY time, but often enough to be really annoying. And it seems to take FF/Vista a really long time (several minutes) to clear this freeze. Now at FF 3.5.x, [...]
