Like every suburban white kid who grew up in the early 1980’s, I love and respect the Ninja. I am not sure if this affection is traced back to GI Joe’s nemesis Storm Shadow, the short lived show "The Master," readily available ninja throwing stars that you could pick up at the Upper Valley Mall, the […]
Surprisingly Simple Solution for Storing Surprises
Posted on April 22, 2009 //
Recently I wrote a post about a simple technique for enhancing your creativity that I learned from reading the book Creativity by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. In a nutshell 1. Be surprised by something every day, 2. Surprise someone everyday, 3. Write both down and chronicle them over time. I thought it might be wise to […]
Un-say it with Gmail
Posted on April 9, 2009 //
I find that some of my best email editing work happens in the nano-second following the moment I hit send. Sound familiar? Forgotten attachments, poor grammar, spelling mistakes, negative tone, left out recipients and other errors amazingly jump right off the page once it is too late to do anything about it. Good news. Gmail […]
View PDF Files in GMail
Posted on December 16, 2008 //
Short and sweet post. If you use GMail, check out the newly added feature that allows you to view PDF files right from your browser. If someone sends you a PDF attachment, just click on the new View option and take a quick look at it. I stumbled onto this today while retrieving a file […]
Gmail Now Comes in a Can?
Posted on October 23, 2008 //
I am an unabashed lover of Gmail, the free email service offered by Google. This week the Gmail team introduced a new feature that has some real value – Canned Response. The feature allows you to “pre-write” standard email messages that you can then call up with one click and send as a response. My […]
Shiny Metal Objects – Google Chrome
Posted on September 2, 2008 //
Count on Google to invent yet another great product. From the Search Engine to Gmail to Google Docs to Goog-411, the folks at Google continue to make my life better. Enter Chrome – the new web browser from Google. Now those who know me, know that I am a loyal Firefox user. I love the […]
Email the Past – Happy April 1 from Google
Posted on April 1, 2008 //
Google always delivers something fun on April 1st. This year is no exception Check out Gmail Custom Time. Imagine being able to have a tool where you could email into the past… Now wouldn’t that be fun Here is a brief excerpt: “I just got two tickets to Radiohead by being the ‘first’ to respond […]