Tag Archives: Google

Contacts – Keep In Touch or Update Details

One of my New Year resolutions was to keep in touch with more people. I also need to clear out my contact list as there are lots of “old” and incomplete entries in my Google contacts list. Ever the productivity … Continue reading

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InBox Zero And Quantified Self

I’m a huge fan of keeping my inbox empty, but not very good and keeping it that way. I’m becoming more interested in the “Quantified Self” concept i.e. you can only fix things that you can measure. The obvious answer … Continue reading

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Social Media – How I Make It Work

Social Media – there are so many sites out there all wanting my input. There are so many other web sites that produce content that want me to read their content. You can see what my plumbing looks like here.

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Google Spreadsheet & SQL Queries

photo credit: therefromhere I am a big fan of Google Spreadsheets, they give you most of the features of a desktop “office” based spreadsheet but your data is stored online, no more need to carry your data on a USB … Continue reading

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Google Calendar Sync – Auto Run

A nice quick hint. I kept forgetting to start Google Calendar Sync when I started Outlook. I don’t always start Outlook when I start my laptop and I’m not always online when I run Outlook so puting it in my … Continue reading

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Google Reader – Send To GMail

I’m a huge fan of Google Reader. They recently introduced a “Send To” feature to allow you to share items with other users. The one that was not included by default was Send To GMail ! Try This: https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=cm&cmid=0&fs=1&tearoff=1&to=&su=${title}&body=${url} Whoops, … Continue reading

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