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Joan works and plays on the web and is happy to speak to groups or individuals about the web's communication possibilities
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gMail – Useful Features
gMail is my favorite mail application, as I have blogged about here previously: http://jnthweb.ca/2010/08/gmail-other-email-addresses/ http://jnthweb.ca/2010/08/why-gmail-labels-not-folders/ There are other reasons in other posts, but here is an excellent succinct list of why and how gmail is useful: http://www.thethinkingstick.com/5-gmail-tips-for-teachers
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Email Oracle – Gone!
A good idea, that didn’t work too well, and is now closing!
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gMail and CloudMagic for Searching
Now that you’re using gmail, do you ever find yourself writing a message, but needing information from a previous message or from your Contacts? It can be annoying to save the current message as a draft, (1) or open a separate copy, (2) just so you can search (3) for what you need. There’s a View Post
View PostWhy gMail? Labels Not Folders
Labels in gMail Most email applications let you set up folders for storing messages you want to save. You have to decide what category your message fits into, if you want to keep it (but not in the Inbox), make sure you have a folder with that name, and store the message there. Then, when View Post
View PostWhy gMail? Other eMail Addresses
Years ago I had a Hotmail address as well as an address based on my service provider and one for the institution I worked for. Three email addresses: one I could open on any wired computer, as long as I remembered the exact address and my password for it (didn’t always happen), another I could View Post
View PostGoogle Search Cheat Sheet
Want a quick and easy lesson in sophisticated searching? Check out, bookmark, and/or print outhttp://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html Cross-posted at http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/google-search-cheat-sheet/
View PostThe Many Uses of Google Apps
I firmly believe that re-inventing the wheel (often done on the web) is superfluous, so when I find useful material, I don’t re-create it, I give credit and link to it. Richard Byrne at http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ has great, easy-to-understand information on what’s free on the web, aimed especially at teachers but useful for others too. One of View Post
View PostGoogle Search’s Market Share
Fascinating information about Google Search from TechCrunch – http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/29/google-mobile-search-market-share/ Amazing!
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