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A Small Improvement in Gmail Contacts

I find it hard to believe that I’m the first person to notice this (and I follow the blogosphere pretty closely), but when I fired-up Gmail this morning, and went to add a contact, I found a subtle (but welcome) improvement.

It used to be that the contact fields, “Title,” and “Company” were buried down in the “More Information” section.

Now, they’re more conveniently located beneath the name:

Google Mail Contacts Improvement

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Posted by Tom on December 19th, 2008 2 Comments

Free Online Conferencing

Over the years, I’ve used all of the commercial web conferencing systems… WebEx, MeetMeNow, and the plethora of others that have come and gone.

Online conferencing is a great thing if you want to make a presentation without having to travel. The people watching can be in multiple locations around the globe, and most of the services offer a combination of screen sharing, chat, video, and voice.

The problem is, they’ve all been pretty expensive for a small company.

That’s why I was especially excited to discover DimDim.

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Posted by Tom on November 13th, 2008 1 Comment

Keyboard Shortcuts in Google Apps

I’m a big fan of keyboard shortcuts, and it’s great to see so many supported inside Google Apps. If you’re the same, and would rather hit a key than drag the mouse, have a look at the lists of keyboard shortcuts maintained by Google:

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Posted by Tom on July 19th, 2008 No Comments