Sep
19
One of my favorite
new (at least new to me) internet applications is Google Docs. There are
quite a few reasons why I like it so much. The following
are just a few of the main reasons why:
- Office!? We don't need no stinking
Office! For those non-windows users out there
(which now includes me), you won't need MS Office anymore.
Google Docs allows you to create documents, spreadsheets,
and presentations. You don't have to download any software
either.
- You've been saved. Any document,
spreadsheet, or presentation you create is automatically
saved. Any changes you make get saved as well without ever
having to hit the save button.
- It's polite to share. You can share
any document/spreadsheet/presentation with anyone. This is
extremely valuable when you are not the only one working on
the document.
- Let's talk about this for second. If
the person/people you are sharing this document with are
viewing it at the same time, you can chat with them in real
time about the document. This comes in very handy when
making changes that will need to be agreed upon. I honestly
didn't think this feature would be too valuable until I used
it. It's especially valuable when you are working with
spreadsheets. Being able to tell someone to look at Cell
'C16' in the very same window that contains the spreadsheet
proves very useful.
- They're Everywhere! If you were
working on a document using your work computer and couldn't
finish up, there is no need to worry. When you go home, all
you have to do is get on your computer and there it is, in
your Google Docs
repository, just waiting for you to finish working on
it.
So if you're a Mac user, or if you like having more
freedom with your documents, I highly recommend using Google
Docs to manage all you documents. I promise, you won't be
disappointed.
Apr
11
Someone please tell my why this Twitter crap has become so
damn popular all of the sudden?
Do people really care what other people are doing? Why
would I waste my time typing out a message explaining what
I'm doing?
What's the deal with twitter?
UPDATE (04.27.07): Okay... So I signed up for twitter
to see what the deal was. ummm... and ummm... I must
ummm... admit, I'm addicted, and I can't even explain why.
So, I guess the question in the title of this post is still
legit: What's the deal with Twitter? I've been converted
www.twitter.com/trick
lin
Apr
03
A co-worker recommended I download a program touting to
be the "TextMate" for
Windows called "E-TextEditor". For
those of you who don't know what TextMate is, it is an HTML
editor exclusively for Mac, that is exclusively amazing.
Knowing the great things TextMate offers, and owning a PC
myself, I was pretty excited to see if the claims were true.
So, I downloaded, and I honestly must say, I'm very
impressed. The functionality of this editor is pretty
amazing. There really is a long list of things that can be
done with this editor, so I'll just list a few of my
favorite things (like the song):
- If you have the HTML bundle selected, and create a new
document, and type 'skel' + Tab, TextEditor will
automatically generate an HTML skeleton for you:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8" />
<title>Page Title</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/master.css"
type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title"
charset="utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
- Type 'Table' + Tab and see what happens
- Holding down the 'Alt' key, and clicking and dragging
your mouse over text will allow you to do column
selection.
- Type 'h1' + Tab, and the h1 open and close will
auto-generate. Then begin typing, and based on the content,
E-TextEditor will suggest a value for the h1's 'id'.
The list goes on an on. Anyway, I recommend downloading
the trial version, and giving it a try. You may find it
worth the $35 to own it outright.
