Argh, a network blip and now it’s screwed up.
My gripe is the message “contact support”.
Any idea how?
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SERVICE: GOOGLE FREE APPS misfire
Saturday, July 16, 2011
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SERVICE: GOOGLE+ slugish start
Friday, July 8, 2011GOOGLE+, Google’s version of FACEBOOK, is off to a slow start.
Somehow, not really sure how, I scored an invite.
Initial setup was trivial.
Added about forty folks whom I thought could benefit and enjoy this new “facebook”.
The big attraction to me was the ability to update, like “tweet”, to a specific subset of identities. My highschool mates versus my favorite headhunters versus my relatives.
Rumor hath it that adding someone to a circle triggered an invite.
So I loaded a dummy email (i.e., one of the many I have for various purposes) and about 12 hours later, it received an email update but no invite. So much for that myth.
It’s not very useful without participation. I could effect the same result with a big CC list.
Also, it appears that I can’t control the display name of the identity in my circle.
Also, it appears that there is a weak linkage to GMAIL’s contacts. With no “update”. I went to GMAIL’s contacts and I can’t figure out where the “name” for an identity is coming from. I loaded an email into GOOGLE+ and put in the name in the format I like. Poof, it gave it a different name that is not related to anything I have for it. Weird? And, I can’t fix it.
Finally, putting a post in the Google group for support, generates an email summary of a hundred or so messages, at semi random intervals.
Interesting?
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SERVICE: Text message delayed as needed
Wednesday, June 29, 2011schedule text messages
Text messages queued up with Ohdontforget.com will be delivered at the date & time specified, unless you specify “now”, which will send the message instantly.
creative uses
Remind anyone about an event at a specific day & time queue up birthday reminders for the next several months have your to–do items sent to you throughout the day.
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SERVICE: “MINUTES” made useful
Friday, June 3, 2011*** begin quote ***
Creating well-organized meeting minutes can be time-consuming, yet the best time to send those minutes is ASAP after the meeting has ended. Minutes.io simplifies this task very nicely. Pop open the webpage when the meeting begins and add clearly defined minutes as you go along.
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Would seem to be useful.
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SERVICE: ITUNESU is a treasure chest
Sunday, May 29, 2011http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/whats-on.html
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More than 800 universities have active iTunes U sites. About half of these institutions — including Stanford, Yale, MIT, Oxford, and UC Berkeley — distribute their content publicly on the iTunes Store.
In the Beyond Campus section of iTunes U, students and faculty can access a wealth of content from distinguished entities such as MoMA, the New York Public Library, Public Radio International, and PBS stations.
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Stunning! 350,000 HOURS of lecture.
I’m doing a Yale University course now.
Did I mention “free”?
Yeah, you need a computer and an inet connect. That’s not free.
But ITUNES that “delivers” it is free.
It’s amazing.
Colleges and universities are in big trouble.
As are all Gooferment Skrules!
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SERVICE: Google Advisor for financial comparisons
Saturday, May 28, 2011Making financial comparisons easy with Google Advisor
Posted: 19 May 2011 12:13 PM PDT
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Financial decisions may be some of the most difficult decisions we face—whether it’s finding the right credit card or understanding the impact of paying an extra point on a mortgage. And these days, it seems like we have more financial options than ever.
To help solve these problems, we began testing a mortgage comparison tool in 2009 and have added other financial products such as credit cards, CDs, checking, and savings accounts. Today, we’re rolling these tools into one place: Google Advisor, a site designed to help you quickly find relevant financial products from many providers and compare them side-by-side. Google Advisor is currently only available in the U.S.
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Google is a strange collection of interesting stuff. I guess that’s a business plan.
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SERVICE: Are you selling your pics without realizing it?
Tuesday, May 24, 2011http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2011/05/23/twitpic-inks-deal-to-sell-your-photos/
Twitpic Inks Deal To Sell Your Photos
Posted by P.J. Salvatore May 23rd 2011 at 1:14 pm in New Media
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World Entertainment News Network, a news and photo agency, announced this month that it had become the “exclusive photo agency partner” of Twitpic, a service with over 20 million registered users that allows people to upload images and link to them on Twitter. The deal allows the agency to sell images posted on Twitpic for publication, and to pursue legal action against those who use such images commercially without its permission, according to the agency.
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Do these Users realize they are giving up control of their pictures?
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SERVICE: Why the “cloud” is a problem; you have no control
Monday, May 2, 2011From: apps-noreply@google.com
Date: May 2, 2011 4:00 AM
To: @letters2mychild.com, @gmail.com
Subject: Two week notice: Google Apps accounts will be automatically transitioned
Dear Google Apps administrator,
Google Apps accounts are undergoing an improvement, allowing you to give users access to over 60 additional applications from Google. We encourage you to transition your organization’s accounts on your own schedule now.
* There are several advantages to transitioning on your own schedule: Make the change on your own timeline
* Have time to try the new infrastructure with a subset of your accounts first
* Use automated mailing lists and email templates to pre-notify your users
* Get access to over 60 additional applications from Google right away
Start the transition today by clicking the “Get started” or “Transition more users” button in your control panel:
https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/
We plan to fully transition your organization soon — including all users that you have not yet transitioned yourself. If you have not transitioned by the week of May 16, 2011, we’ll complete the transition for you.
If you have questions about this transition, we encourage you to explore our Help Center documentation for administrators and for end-users.
Sincerely,
The Google Apps Team
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You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your Google Apps account.
Please don’t reply to this email, as we won’t be able to review your response. You may file a case in your control panel if you need additional help.
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
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Suppose now is NOT convenient for me to do all this work or do all this testing!
And, don’t you just love the SPAMMY nature of this email. “Don’t reply” because we don’t care enough to even pretend to listen!
Great marketing message. What genius thought of that?
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SERVICE: GOOGLE APPS FREE is getting “smaller”
Saturday, April 30, 2011*** begin quote ***
From: Google Apps Team <apps-noreply@google.com>
Date: April 28, 2011 6:41 PM
To: @reinke.cc
Subject: Update on changes to Google Apps
Hello,
We recently announced upcoming changes to the maximum number of users for Google Apps. We want to let you know that, as a current customer, the changes will not affect you.
As of May 10, any organization that signs up for a new account will be required to use the paid Google Apps for Business product in order to create more than 10 users. We honor our commitment to all existing customers and will allow you to add more than 10 users to your account for reinkefaceslife.com at no additional charge, based on the limit in place when you joined us.
Sincerely,
The Google Apps Team
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It would seem that anyone with a domain should register it with Google Apps to preserve future flexibility.
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SERVICE: LULU pushes my content to the Apple iBookstore
Sunday, April 24, 2011
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