This week, I talked with Dan Russell, a search anthropologist at Google, about the time he spends with random people studying how they search for stuff. One statistic blew my mind. 90 percent of people in their studies don’t know how to use CTRL/Command + F to find a word in a document or web page!…
Before I start today’s topic I will answer emails I have received this from a couple of readers. “Are you going to write about which computer I should purchase for Christmas?” Sorry, but no for a couple of reasons. First, I stopped doing this several years ago because they always sounded the same. Next, it…
At a recent speaking engagement, I was talking to the group about security. This discussion was centered on Virtual Private Networks or VPNs. Since 1996 when a Microsoft employee created a secure tunneling system for computers, VPNs have been around. It was not as we know a VPN today; however, it certainly set the process…
I wrote about one of Google’s great apps called, “Google Calendar Sync” in 2012. Then in 2013 they did away with it. It was an easy to use add-on for Google that made it easy to sync between your Outlook (usually work related) and Google calendars. That way you could have your business appointments in…
So on November 20 I ordered this from Amazon: It was supposed to arrive on Nov. 22. On that day I received an email saying it would be delivered on Friday. I checked the shipping and it was in Richmond in the morning and Michigan that afternoon? Then it went to Connecticut? Friday I received…
Nope, I am not referring to a car, a new superhero movie or a cheap wine. I am however talking about one of the better applications out there. It is cross platform meaning it is available for Linux, Windows and Mac computer operating systems. However, at this time it is not available for iPhones or…
I thought you may like this neat trick someone showed me a couple of weeks ago. Are you a Google Calendar user, as am I? Do you enjoy keeping track of your Facebook friends’ birthdays? If so this trick is for you. I use my Google Calendar all of the time. I use it to…
I know I have been writing about Google products for the last couple of months. Since they are the number one free email provider in the world that makes sense…for me anyway. Today we will talk about one that many have asked me about over the years… the “oops” button (my lingo). Not just for…
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