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Sensis websites are total shit… according to BRAN

June 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments

This is why I love BRAN, the tech podcast by Aussie journos Angus Kidman, Nathan Taylor and Roulla Yiaccoumi: a quote from the latest episode (90): "Every site Sensis has rolled out is … let's not mince words… TOTAL SHIT…"

I…

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Google Apps Toolbar

October 27th, 2007 · No Comments

With the latest version of Google's toolbar for Firefox and IE, you can set it to create new messages in GMail when you click an email address on a web page. But, confoundingly, it only works with Gmail — not…

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Death to Outlook and Exchange: two-way, over the air Google Calendar to Blackberry sync!

April 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments

If I could sync my Blackberry with Google Calendar over the air, bidirectionally, I'd be able to dump Outlook forever. (Though admittedly Google doesn't have a particularly robust contacts system for Gmail yet and it would be nice to sync…

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How to import your Gmail accounts into your Google Apps 10GB mailbox

March 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

One word: awesome. Thanks to Oli Zerdos for picking up on this.

I had two full Gmail accounts and I was always going back from my Google Apps account into gmail to search old emails. It'll be brilliant to have them…

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When two worlds collide…

March 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This interesting image is of my office building in Sydney, as shown in Google Earth. You can check it out yourself by searching for Corner Castlereagh and Goulburn Streets, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Evidently two photos taken at different angles have had…

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Customise your Google Personal Mobile homepage

July 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Nice.

http://www.google.com/ig/cp

Now you can customise what appears on your Google Personal homepage when you access it via your mobile.

Via DownloadSquad.

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Apple's bizarre Google Adsense advertising

June 20th, 2006 · 1 Comment

What the hell is going on with this ad placed on Google by Apple Computer Australia?

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No MacBook Pro is "from $2295", and the iMacs now have Intel processors, not G5… and they start at $1999.

On the upside the ad…

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Goodbye Outlook: hello Google Calendar

April 23rd, 2006 · 6 Comments

outlookclippy Goodbye Outlook: hello Google CalendarIt only took me a few days to decide to switch my calendar from Outlook to Google's brilliant new Calendar.

It has always been a pain accessing my work calendar remotely — we're lucky enough at ACP to have the…

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The BBS days uncovered thanks to Google

April 17th, 2006 · 12 Comments

I noticed a few people had found my blog by searching for "Daniel Warne" this weekend. I wondered why they'd be doing that, as I haven't used "Daniel" since I was at school… everyone refers to me as "Dan". I…

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If you thought blogging was self indulgent

February 25th, 2006 · 5 Comments

UPDATE | OK, I noticed this morning that "Nikki Neal 19" is the most popular video on Google Videos. So I bring you this potted summary: Nikki's greatest fear is of bees. Her goal for this year is to get closer to…

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Is Google getting us addicted?

February 10th, 2006 · 3 Comments

googlepokie Is Google getting us addicted?

Today's announcement of Google Desktop Search 3 and subsequent press release from the Electronic Frontiers Foundation warning people not to use it if they don't want the contents of their computer mirrored at Google has sparked some very interesting debate.

GDS3 offers…

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