Google category feedSeveral weeks ago, I posted about losing precious voicemails from my mother after her passing, and how the Clockwork Mod backup saved them. After some further fiddling around with the backup, I picked up a few more interesting tricks for Windows users. Details after we get our groove on. Read the rest of this entry »
Posts filed under Google
Hypothetical: you, a web developer destined to create things of beauty, have a client who just wants the “basics.” Said client wants a simple customer-facing web presence for minimal expense. He doesn’t want the hassle of web hosting, has no idea what “HTML” stands for and really is just looking for a site to get customer attention. How can you do this? Answer after the obligatory music video. Read the rest of this entry »
More than likely, this should be titled “This is why you don’t root your Android” but, considering Clockwork Mod was what saved my precious voicemails, I don’t give a shit! Long story short: my mother passed away yesterday. Sudden. Unexpected. I have several voicemails from her that I need to save for posterity. Enough sad. Instructions after a totally random and unrelated video. Read the rest of this entry »
OK, I’m lame. I was really very happy when I got to combine my AIM account with my gTalk account. I have a bunch of friends who primarily use AIM, and I didn’t need to keep another program running. But, on the Chromebook, I couldn’t use AIM with the built-in Google Talk app. It constantly said my chats weren’t being sent. Simple solution after fun video. Read the rest of this entry »
My shiny CR-48 (aka, “Chromebook’) is becoming less shiny by the day. I love that I have a relatively-quick, lightweight and, most importantly, free netbook that my kids can use to for flash games and school research. But, every once in a while, something really annoying happens without cause or solution. Today, the top keys inexplicably stopped working. There is a thread from December in the CR-48 forums as well as a dev update from earlier in February on this issue. More info after the random video
Read the rest of this entry »
I spent a buncho time adding my kid’s/family member’s birthdays to Google calendar tonight. Then, when I decided to add contacts, I couldn’t figure out how to do it without spending a bigger buncho time. D’oh. As usual, Google is a step ahead. But, before that, a fun, completely unrelated song.
Read the rest of this entry »
I was just pondering the other day that Google utterly owns my existence. You may chortle a bit, but I’m not joking. Google has ownership over my passwords, eMail, chat history, contact list, calendar, books, some pictures, documents, phone and…yeah. You get the idea. Read the rest of this entry »
w00t: Google Listen. This has to be one of the coolest apps I have on my phone. While the search methodology took a few minutes to get (it’s not the usual Google goodness) I eventually found 6 full length house-trance-ambient podcasts. (Be sure to check out the World Electronic Podcast by Magnature – fucking hardcore.)
Listen is just a neat little podcast aggregator. Nothing more, nothing less. Search for them as you would feeds in Reader, listen to them, subscribe and download for later. Certainly beats the Pandora app that never worked quite right on my Moment.
And the boo: I DON’T WANT LATITUDE. Maps is great and all, but I did not want you to install a SECOND program that I will not use. While there may be a way to get rid of it, I don’t feel like putting in the effort to find out. give me an uninstall link in Market, please.
Latitude is, in a few words, a cyber-stalking program that queries where you are and shares your location with friends. Fun for LARPing maybe, or finding some place that’s out of the way, but otherwise it’s a battery draining novelty for friends to stalk each other. Or crazy exes to stalk you. Either way.
Since I picked up my Samsung Moment about 6 months ago, I’ve explored more than a hundred apps. Games, navigation, blogging, IMing, videos…you name it, I’ve probably tried it. In fact, this post is coming straight from my hardware keyboard a la the WordPress app.
But, despite the many excellent finds, a Google Reader app had eluded me. They were either slow or unstable or just plain broken (or a combination of the above). Now, though, I have two fantastic readers to put head to head.
In one corner, we have NewsRob, a free app with a pro upgrade. NewsRob is quick, sexy and directly integrates with Reader. Even better, it has a “share link” option which utilizes any account linked with my Android. I can even drop it into a new WordPress post. Niiicccee…
In the other corner, there’s gReader. It’s a little slower on syncing, but otherwise approximately the same.
That’s not to say gReader isn’t good. I’d dare sat it’s better than NewsRob. Instead of hiding all the options in the menu like its competition, gReader brings all options to the front when you tap the screen. Share? Visit? Star? Next article? Mark as unread? You got it, right there.
gReader also has an easy unsubscribe feature. Press and hold the feed name from the list and you can easily unsubscribe. NewsRob does gReader one better and let’s you manage the feed or mark all items as read.
Two featurrs gReader has all its own are the “inverse” colors and the copy link option. If you prefer reading white-on-black (not me), a major plus. And if you blog on the go (me) the copy link option is invaluable.
So, give them both a shot. Just search for them in the Market and enjoy!
I admit it. I came fairly ill-prepared for the first edition of Techie Tuesday. It’s OK, though, because my nifty little Samsung Moment is a nearly endless supply of material. Let’s talk about Android apps.
Android apps are discussed all over the fucking place, so you may have seen some of these before. Or maybe you’re holding on to a virgin phone. In any case, on with the list!
I'm Becky. I write this blog. From time to time, someone else will write this blog. I like WordPress, hiking and puppies.
You can hire me for WordPress or PHP odds n' ends on oDesk.