internet: iGoogle - Dashboard to Your Digital Life
- 04/20/11 06:58 AM
I recently wrote a post outlining 21 Google Tools that most of us love to use. I will write follow-up articles detailing and highlighting these tools in more detail. Today, I want to highlight the iGoogle web page. Think of it as a dashboard to your digital life! In the screenshot below you will see my main page on iGoogle. This web page is entirely customized according to your needs. You define the "gadgets" that you want to see and then you arrange them into three columns on your page. If you have too many gadgets for one page, then you … (31 comments)
internet: Make Your Own ActiveRain Toolbar
- 04/09/11 04:33 AM
OK, so admit it... ActiveRain is where you spend a good portion of your online time! In this post, I'm going to share a tip that I use to help me navigate very quickly to all the different pages on AR that I frequent the most. I'm going to show you how to set up your browser's bookmarks bar (a.k.a. favorites bar) with links to your favorite AR pages. Your favorite pages might be a little different, but mine are "My Home" (ah) stats and dashboard, "Statistics" (as) where you can see hits on your articles as well as who has … (88 comments)
internet: I Like Having Three Buttons
- 12/23/10 07:54 AM
I like having three buttons on my mouse. I use the third button all the time! Do you? If you use a Windows PC like me, then you too have three buttons... (unless... how OLD is your computer?) The third button is also known as the "wheel" on your wheel mouse. But it is more than a wheel. Did you know you can click the wheel down as a third button? My favorite use of the middle button (i.e. clicking down on the wheel) is to open a link on a webpage in a new tab. What's cool about having it … (28 comments)
internet: Benefits of Chrome Browser - Form Text [Series - Part 4]
- 09/30/10 01:58 AM
The Google Chrome browser has been MY browser of choice for quite a while now. This series of articles is to highlight many of the reasons why it is such an excellent browser. I have tagged these articles so you can see all of them listed and go back to the ones that you have missed with this link Google Chrome Browser - Series We use forms quite a bit on web sites. The new ActiveRain contact form is an example. Sometimes on a form there is not just a text box but a text AREA, or in other words … (13 comments)
internet: Why I Like the Chrome Browser [Series - Part 3]
- 08/30/10 05:06 AM
Of the total time that you on your computer in a day, a good portion of that is spent online... perhaps a major portion, right? Selecting a browser then is an important choice. If you are a windows user, you start off with Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) until you discover (or get shown) that this is not your only choice. This is Part 3 of an ongoing blog series for me to highlight points about MY browser of choice - Google Chrome. If you missed the earlier parts of this series, see the bottom of this post as I will … (3 comments)
internet: Why I Like the Chrome Browser [Series - Part 2]
- 08/29/10 02:40 AM
Of the total time that you on your computer in a day, a good portion of that is spent online... perhaps a major portion, right? Selecting a browser then is an important choice. If you are a windows user, you start off with Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) until you discover (or get shown) that this is not your only choice. This is Part 2 of an ongoing blog series for me to highlight points about MY browser of choice - Google Chrome. If you missed it you can see [Part 1] by clicking that link. Google Chrome first came out … (11 comments)
internet: Why I Like the Chrome Browser [Series - Part 1]
- 08/28/10 05:11 AM
Which browser are you using right this very minute? Ask yourself: Of the time that I spend on my computer, how much of that time is on the internet? When you answer, you'll realize that choosing a browser should be an important decision! If you have a Windows computer, you by default start off with Microsoft Internet Explorer. This is an "ok" choice, but you can choose so much better. This article series will tell you why I have switched and why my personal choice in the browser war is Google Chrome. For starters, Chrome is downright fast. Starts up … (15 comments)
internet: Are you Information HUNGRY? RSS Feeds Are For You!
- 08/19/10 03:01 AM
Information Overload - We all suffer from it in the internet age. Soooo much information out there, wouldn't you agree? But if you're like me, you are constantly being amazed at "wow, I'm really glad so-and-so posted that article on their blog - I really learned something USEFUL". So that person mentally gets added to your favorites, but what are the odds you are going to catch the next great article from the same person. The odds are extremely HIGH if you take advantage of RSS feeds. You've seen the little orange RSS icon all over the internet - now … (9 comments)
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I recently wrote a post outlining 21 Google Tools that most of us love to use. I will write follow-up articles detailing and highlighting these tools in more detail. Today, I want to highlight the iGoogle web page. Think of it as a dashboard to your digital life!
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