For you Picasa users, this quick tip shows how to control the size of the photos that you attach and send via email using Picasa. The default settings might not be to your liking, so learning how to control the size of your photos can let you get the results you want. If you aren’t using Picasa to manage your… Read More »Control Photo Size in Email Attachments with Picasa – Video Tip
QUESTION
Name: Kathy
From: Grand Junction
OS: Windows XP
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When I go into different web sites I get this message:
ERROR
A runtime error
has occurred?
Line 30
ERROR: Object required
Yes No
This occurs quite frequently can you tell me why and what I can do about it?
ANSWER
This error is usually due to Read More »Email of the Week – 006
Gmail remains at the very top of my list of best email services and email interfaces. Not only can you use an existing email address (in most cases), but you can get your email from any computer very quickly. One overlooked option in any email program is the search function. I see too many computer users scrolling through all their… Read More »Using the Search function in Gmail – Video Tip
Long time followers/listeners/readers of mine know that I love goats. My family raised two pygmy goats from 6 weeks (bottle feeding) to now. Sadly, we lost our female goat a couple of years ago, but we still have our friendly old male goat. That being said, I naturally gravitated to this headline from Google’s blog today about goats doing their… Read More »Goats eat Google’s weeds
You know that I write about Web 2.0 (cloud computing) often. To me, working in your browser is easier, safer (for backup), and more consistent than using desktop applications. And since most of us use only the bare minimum of features for document creation, why spend $100s of dollars for name brand applications. Online applications offer full Microsoft Office compatibility… Read More »For Beginners: 3 Getting Started Guides for Google Docs
For new (or veteran) Gmail users out there who missed having the ability to insert images directly into their messages, the wait is over. Today, Google announced that if you enable the Inserting Images option under Labs.
This new feature gives me the opportunity to introduce a second Gmail feature to you that enhances the way you work with Gmail. In order to enable the Insert Image feature, you first have to know about Labs. Google introduced Labs as a part of Gmail about two years ago. This feature contains many add-ons and enhancements that Google engineers have developed that can be optionally added to Gmail. To get to Labs, all you do is click Settings at the top of your Gmail screen, then click the Labs tab.
In addition to enabling the Inserting Images option (it’s towards the bottom of the Labs list), you might also want to try:Read More »Inserting images into body of Gmail
You asked for it, and I deliver. Watch the short video below to see how to use Google Maps and the Google Maps Street View feature. Be sure to pass the article and the video on to your friends and family!
Hey Grand Junction, CO visitors (where I live), have you noticed that the Google Street View is now available for many parts of the city? This photo was taken from a street view map from Google Maps. If you are still using Mapquest, you really should try out Google Maps…faster, clearer, and more features. Would you like me to do… Read More »Google Maps Street View in Grand Junction, CO
Lately, I’ve noticed that Google has been trying to help search results by adding similarly worded search terms or phrases to the end of the first page of results. If you aren’t quite finding what you hoped to find, try clicking some of the Google suggestions. Also, Google announced today that they will be expanding the web page summaries included… Read More »Two new features for your Google searching
Like Microsoft in the 90’s, it appears that this decade and into next Google has the biggest target on their back. They are big, successful and seemingly everywhere. The article below reports that a Washington DC group concerned with privacy wants the FTC to investigate Google’s privacy practices. The incident I talked about last week regarding the small and very specific situation where a Google Document users saved files might be viewed by another user also under very specific circumstances spurred the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) to as the FTC to investigate Google.
Common sense tells me thatRead More »Is Google the next big target in technology?