Frustration - A Story in 36 Steps
Read that Google Spreadsheets now support dynamic updates of stock information.
Get excited!
I can have all my stock info aggregated together! In a useful layout!!
(I don’t care about daily info so much. Online portfolio deals do.)
Read the help documentation for GoogleFinance().
Figure out maths involved.
Enlist Lane’s help with maths.
Play around with fields until the layout is optimal.
Add [...]
Site feeds are getting the shaft
Google’s Webmaster Blog officially recommends offering gadgets over feeds.
Q: Why is it better to create gadgets rather than create feeds?
A: First, gadgets are much more flexible. As a publisher, you control the format of your content. Second, gadgets are by nature more interactive. They can be built with flash, HTML or AJAX, and are generally [...]
Subscribing in Google Reader
Here in New Zealand, Internet service is often times slow (thanks to lower available speeds and that pesky distance thing). There are also caps on the total amount of bytes you can transfer in a month. While I enjoy visiting friends sites, It can become a costly test of patience.
As a result, I’m getting [...]
Helpful Dialogs
I’ve recently started using the web based GTalk that’s available through Gmail. It’s pretty handy for quick little things. Occasionally I’ll even “pop-out” one of the chat boxes into it’s own window, for a longer conversation.
That’s when trouble starts…
I’m not accustom to having chat tied to a browser window or to leaving my email open [...]
Measure Map aquired by Google
Bringing Measure Map to Google is an exciting validation of the user experience work I’ve been doing with my partners at Adaptive Path for years. By opening up the app to more bloggers through Google, we hope to help even more people become passionate about their blogs. – Jeff Veen on the Official Google Blog
Congratulations [...]
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