WordPress is awesome, but I initially created a couple blogs with the url structure of mysite.com/2010/07/13/post-name/ The url structure worked fine until I starting thinking, “hey, those are pretty long urls.” Doing some research, I found that having the year, month, and day in the permalink structure i.e., /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ created other problems such as if you wanted to repost an [...]

Google Docs has received a major upgrade, and the new features are amazing. Google Docs is Google’s version of Microsoft Office. Different from Microsoft Office, Google Docs resides on the web, is free, and offers great collaboration tools. Benefits of Google Docs: It costs you nothing It’s fast If your computer crashes you don’t need to worry because your documents [...]

Well, the moment is finally here for Google Chrome aficionados.  What is Google Chrome?  Well, the following should help explain: Google Chrome (the browser) now supports extensions which are really cool. Extensions can help you block ads on pages, track information such as prices on Amazon.com, and much more. The second great addition is bookmarking sync. With bookmark sync, you [...]

After much anticipation, I received my Google Wave invitation from Google.  The service right now is in “Preview” which means some things may not work quite right until the official release. Right from the start, I was impressed with how it works, and could see this being a game changer for the web.  Good for Google!  And good for us, since we [...]

Google Wave is set for release tomorrow to 100,000 lucky testers. Like 100,000 Golden Tickets awaiting to be sent to the lucky winners who will find in their email inboxes tomorrow an invitation to the revolutionary new service/product. Google Wave will combine in-a-sense, email, instant messaging, blogging, sharing, etc.  Email will work much more like a conversation. A ten minute [...]

Google Reader has been on the scene for a very long time; however, it’s such a handy tool, and so very few take advantage of it, it’s worth mentioning. Google Reader can Save You Time Think about all the websites you visit on a weekly basis (or even on a daily basis).  Once you start adding up how often you [...]

Isn’t there something magical to the number 3: Three Stooges, Three Blind Mice, Three’s Company, Three’s a Crowd?  Well, Google Chrome is joining the Three’s Crowd with version 3.0 of its famed Google Chrome Web Browser. Alas, most people still ask, “What’s a browser? Is that Internet?”  Sigh. I was visiting my sister’s family a few weeks ago, and she [...]

There’s been a Google Voice app for the Android phone for a while now, but recently, Google released an update that makes it even more useful. Long press on your Android home screen and select Shortcuts and then select Toggle Google Voice (this is assuming that you have the Google Voice App Installed). You can now Toggle the following options [...]

Well I just received the invite that I’ve been waiting for to enable Google Voice.  If you’re not familiar with Google Voice, the following short animation will surly help and most likely peak your interest: In a nutshell, here’s what Google Voice can do (given to me in my first voicemail from Google): Welcome to Google Voice! Google Voice gives [...]

I stumbled upon some hilarious images at Worth1000.com today, and saw an interesting add for the first online vector editing program. Hmm…I’ve had need for some vector image creation, and I thus got my first look at Aviary. Aviary, in a word is AWESOME. Basically, Aviary offers a suite online tools for image editing and graphics creation. Below are some [...]