Category: Tech

  • Dark Mode in Google Docs on Chromebooks: Color Inversion

    Dark Mode in Google Docs on Chromebooks: Color Inversion

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    For writers, facing a blank page is always tough.  The blank page is a negative space—it sucks thoughts. It kills ideas. It’s like a black hole … but so white. This morning, facing a bright white Google Doc page was beyond harsh. Dark mode was not recognized by Google Docs in my Chrome browser. I’m…

  • Photos: Aaron Hobson’s Google Street Views

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    Check out Aaron Hobson’s brilliant portfolio of Google Street View shots taken around the world, in “enchanted and remote lands” typically only seen by locals.  Such a great idea!  http://aaronhobson.com/gsv.html (h/t thenextweb.) thenextweb: Check out the full collection of photos on Aaron’s site. (via Photos Taken by Google Street View Cameras) (Source: http://aaronhobson.com/gsv1.html)

  • On Entrepreneur.com: My Roundup of Four Gas Price Apps

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    On Entrepreneur.com, I wrote a roundup of four apps that help you save money on gas, based on your location. Here’s the grain of salt: “Unfortunately, these apps won’t point you to free gas or truly cheap gas — only gas fairies can do that.” Let me know if you’ve had luck with these (GasBuddy,…

  • iPad Launch: My Two Cents

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    I do some editing and copywriting for a computer-book publisher, Pragmatic Bookshelf, but I was pleasantly surprised when its magazine editor, Michael Swaine, asked me to comment on the iPad for PragPub magazine, just a day after Steve Jobs’ announcement. Click here to visit the PragPub Website. “This is an Age-of-Aquarius moment for publishing,” I…

  • Facebook Pages: Where Fans Count

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    In a post on MediaBistro’s PRNewser (Nov. 30, 2009), Joe Ciarallo cites a study by Sysomos that asserts that only 23% of Facebook pages have more than 1,000 fans. On Facebook, brands and bands and other organizations can create a page account that draws fans rather than friends. Fans of a page subscribe to its…

  • Internet Permanence: Tattoo the Body Electronic

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    With apologies to Walt Whitman, I’m working on a presentation with the title of this post. It’s not ready for prime-time, but I thought I’d share the video that sparked the analogy. Not surprisingly, the inspiration was author and BoingBoing coeditor Cory Doctorow, in a Craphound post on sexting (embedded below). Beyond the solid parenting…