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Nov200827

Lou

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What is a snurl and does it scare you a bit.ly?

imageWith a name like snurl, you have to expect people to be just a bit suspicious. Yet, snurl is your friend

Snurl, along with his sidekicks tinyurl, bit.ly, gd.is and my new current favorite cli.gs provides a useful service – transforming web addresses into something short, memorable, and easy to type.

The problems is that web addresses, sometimes referred to as url’s are too long and hard to remember. For example, the address (url) for this article is: http://www.loupage.com/index.php?/site/what_is_a_snurl_and_does_it_scare_you_a_bitly. Now that is quite a mouthful and really hard to type without making a mistake. Also, if you use Twitter and are limited to a message length of 140 characters you use up more than half just sharing the address for this page.

All of the services mentioned above shorten a page’s web address to something that is easier to type and remember. Case in point, the shortened version for this page is: http://cli.gs/2ju2UB.

Now isn’t that better?
Photo by: Maureen Flynn-Burhoe

Nov200811

Lou

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Read Any Blog in Your Language

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Photo courtesy of Google

One of the many things I appreciate about Tab Church is the number of people from other countries. So here’s a tip that may help my International friends.

You can now read any blog in your own language via Google Reader. Here’s how you do it:

  • Subscribe to a blog or other feed like normal using
    Google Reader
  • Pull down the feed settings menu on the right and
    choose “Translate into my language.”
  • The text is instantly translated.

Of course this will also help my American friends read non-English blogs.

So, does anybody know some non-Enliglish language blogs that I should add to my reading list?

Feb200805

Lou

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Free Stickers Help Make You an Email Ninja

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One of the best ways to increase productivity on the computer is to learn to use keyboard shortcuts – and the web version of Gmail has a number of keyboard shortcuts. However, the difficulty for most people is actually learning the keystroke combinations that increase productivity. (Of course, you’ll have to enable the shortcuts in your settings.)

Once again, Google to the rescue. The good folks at Google are offering free (for the cost of a stamp) stickers that will help you learn these productivity enhancers.

Where to Find the Shortcuts

Just in case you didn’t know about the keyboard shortcuts, or if you need a reminder, you can find them here. My favorite shortcut is “?” which brings up a list of shortcuts. My second favorite keystroke combination is “e” which archives the conversation regardless of your current view.

How to Get Your Free Stickers

Just send a self-addressed stamped envelope (along with a note if you’re so inclined) to:

Send me some Gmail stickers already
P.O. Box 391420
Mountain View, CA 94039-1420

For more details, check here. | via The Official Gmail Blog

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