Over the last few months my programmer self has gotten sucked into a full-on love affair with source version control system Git and a Git host, GitHub. Explaining Git to non-coder humans is... Read more
Just posted updates to two of my Firefox extensions: Better Gmail 2 and Better GReader. Better Gmail 2 users can now enjoy the new Hide Labels in Message Row script (which hides labels until... Read more
Yesterday Google rolled out some impressive changes to the Gmail mobile webapp that makes checking your email in your phone’s web browser an actually-attractive option. No small feat.... Read more
Had my very first adventure in Second Life this past weekend, the uber-popular 3D online virtual world that’s been around since 2003. It’s ridiculous that I waited this long to g... Read more
Android users who are switching over to their Google Voice phone number full-time like I am need a handy little app called GV. GV provides calling and SMS support via your Google Voice numbe... Read more
Turn a boring old spreadsheet into an interactive web-based map, timeline, or table with some simple HTML using the free, open source Exhibit project. Exhibit takes data sets up to about 500... Read more
Figure out what font that hip web site uses and download a copy for your own project using some of my favorite typography tools and free font downloads, published over at Lifehacker this mor... Read more
Lifehacker’s lead editor Adam Pash launches his “pet project” MixTape.me today, a slick web-based music player where you can find tunes, listen to, create, and share playli... Read more
One of the lesser-known aspects of Gmail Labs’ useful Canned Responses feature is that it’s available as a filter action. This means you can auto-reply to messages that match cri... Read more
When you want Gmail without the @gmail.com address, you want a Google Apps account. Over at Harvard Businesses’ Conversation Starters blog today, I ran down the advantages (and disadva... Read more
Last week when Google made changes to Gmail that broke the Better Gmail 2 extension which I maintain, users were freaking out about their spam count showing and hierarchical labels not worki... Read more
A few years ago I would’ve sworn I’d never give up a rich desktop email program like Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird to check my email in a web browser. But here I am in 2009, a... Read more
Google rolled out some changes to the HTML that runs Gmail in the last few days that rendered several of Better Gmail 2‘s features completely busted. (Yes, that’s the technical t... Read more
Minutes ago I posted an update to the Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension, which adds all sorts of functionality to Gmail. Since Gmail Labs launched, there’s been less of a need for Bette... Read more
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