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Latest I *heart* Gmail post..

He whispered softly in her ear “You look beautiful – I’d love to mess with your usability…” I just can’t stop telling people how great Gmail is.  I know there are people who don’t like it, but I don’t think they’ve tried hard enough.  Who really cares about folders?  Colored labels are the hotness. I [...]

Using Google Calendar Effectively

I’ve been using Google Calendar to various degrees since its inception. I feel like I’ve finally gotten to a place where it works truly for me, but it took some doing. I’m going to share best practices that I’ve found – and also how I’m using it to enhance my web development with Joomla now [...]

Another Free, Useful Google Tool

During this process of trying to get the new Russellville Dental Lab site up and going I have been actively retracing all the steps that I’m going to take leading up to the launch. That includes design of site, site conversion goals (what I want the user to do), additional features of the site, implementing [...]

I am beta testing Google Apps for domains.  It allows you to brand and use gmail, Google Calendar, Start page (like an intranet dashboard), Google Talk, and other services – ALL WITH YOUR BRAND! Currently I am testing this on v5webmarketing.com.  With my host, I can not use this service to modify the main page [...]