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I posted about Google Wave two weeks ago, and I decided to update this topic. There are a few updated articles I’ve found online: here and here, and a good graphic from an article in Lifehacker.com (a site worth looking into anyway…). Google Wave represents mostly a lot of ideas, with a couple implementations in [...]

I spend time in coffee shops writing on my NetBook and I see two kinds of computer users. One group is what I would call ‘effective computer users’ in that they seem to be accomplishing something on their computers (this is irrespective of whether it is work related or just fun, I’ve seen a lot [...]

The previous posts about Firefox, passwords, bookmarks, etc. certainly don’t cover everything you might need (or want) for your internet endeavors. These posts merely set the stage for this to begin. It is worthwhile to have a stable, secure platform to do anything online. With Firefox set up with the customizations that you want, a [...]

Searching on the Internet may be the most fundamental online activity. There is so much out there, and it is changing so quickly, that searching is probably the only sane fallback position to have! In the last several posts (tools), I have been covering some of the basic tools for life online. Now we are [...]

In the last few posts (in the category ‘tools’), I have covered (in a superficial way)how to get Firefox as a browser, why a bookmarking tool is worthwhile, and now I come to the last part of what it takes to make a browser into a usable everyday tool. You need to have some sort [...]

With Firefox installed with themes, and add-ons, there are still some things to do before you can say you’re finished. Since a web browser is, by virtue of its job, an application which is intrinsically connected to the internet, there are some things you can do to leverage this. You can have all of your [...]

There are a lot of things you can do with Firefox. You can change the look of it with Themes and Personas (these can be configured for you at the Firefox website), and for me the biggest advantage in using Firefox: Add-ons. There are so many add-ons that it can certainly feel rather bewildering to [...]

Microsoft’s Internet explorer web browser is still the most used browser on the planet. Is it because it is the best browser out there? Good gracious no! It’s that most people haven’t thought about it, and (maybe…) they are a bit lazy about checking to see IF there are alternatives out there… Why change? Since [...]

Premise: What if email were invented today, with the advantages of Instant Messaging, Internet Linkages (pictures, videos, and even some online applications), and Social Networking sites (e.g. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, blogs, etc.) instead of having been created over forty years ago. Google has come up with their idea of what this could be…Google Wave.  

  If you use the internet to any degree, especially if you use your email account, having a backup for emergencies would seem to be a good idea. Since there are approximately 183 Billion emails sent daily to the 1.3 Billion email users on earth (of which 70-72% are spam or viruses), it would seem [...]

There are a number of tools I use on my computer and phone. Foremost among them are the applications I use to stay organized. Right now there are two apps that I use the most; Evernote and reQall.