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How to Google Yourself Effectively and What to Do About It

March 11, 2010 in How-To, Productivity by Brian Croxall

What do you get when you Google yourself? More importantly, what can you do about it if you aren't happy with the results?

Using Google Chrome and Chrome Extensions for Speed and Productivity

February 23, 2010 in Productivity, Products by Julie Meloni

Google Chrome is a web browser available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is SPEEDY. With an expanding extensions library, Chrome can become your primary web browser. In this post, I talk about some of the popular and helpful Chrome extensions.

What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening.

February 16, 2010 in Products by Julie Meloni

The world has had a week to live with Google Buzz, and it has been a wild week for both users and Google engineers. In this post I discuss some Buzz-related incidents (both good and bad) and some general tips for using Buzz in your daily social networking routine.

All Things Google: Using Filters to Manage Your Inbox

February 12, 2010 in Productivity by Amy Cavender

Dealing with email overload can be a daunting task. Using filters to prevent some messages from ever reaching the inbox can help reduce the clutter, and get us one step closer to Inbox Zero.

All Things Google: The ‘Droid you’re looking for

February 4, 2010 in Productivity by Alex Jarvis

In my two semesters using it, It has become clear that Android is ready for the classroom arena. Android aids productivity by allowing the phone and the various web applications it uses to come closer together.

Digital Office Hours

January 22, 2010 in Pedagogy, Productivity by Brian Croxall

Many of us use instant messaging in our professional and personal lives, and we can pair IM with different tools to offer digital office hours.

Google Faculty Research Awards Program

January 20, 2010 in Productivity by Nels P. Highberg

Google has announced their Faculty Research Awards Program of grants from $10K-$150K for projects that will improve information access.

GoogleDocs Forms

December 14, 2009 in Pedagogy, Productivity by Prof. Hacker

Guest author Thomas Burkholder explains the simplicity and flexibility of Google Docs Forms, and suggests some classroom uses.

All Things Google: Using Google Reader to Streamline Your Reading

December 4, 2009 in Productivity by Amy Cavender

Many of us read a lot of blogs, and keeping up can take a lot of time. Google Reader can help us streamline our reading and keep track of important information.

Using Super Smartphones for Productivity

December 3, 2009 in Productivity, Products by Julie Meloni

iPhones, Android-based devices, and other "app phones" offer tons of productivity tools while still fitting in your pocket. In this post, you'll learn a little bit about using a "super smartphone" for productivity (and phone calls), as well as what to consider when thinking about purchasing such a device.

All Things Google: Lost a paper you wrote? GMail to the rescue!

November 24, 2009 in How-To by Amy Cavender

It's late. You're trying to finish a project, and you recall that a previous conference paper you wrote contains some passages that would be helpful. The problem is, you don't have the original, and the only version available to you is a protected PDF. Now what? If you're a GMail user, you might be in luck.

How to Use Google’s Calculator in a Physics Class

November 2, 2009 in Pedagogy by Prof. Hacker

This guest post by David L. Morgan explains how he uses Google's built-in calculator functions in his physics classes.