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H: Use more than one about.me address
I would like to be able to use two different about.me addresses. One would be my screen name that I use everywhere around the web (eg. about.me/tschareck). Another one would be more like about.me/firstname.lastname, so I can use it in more professional situations.
Is there any way to accomplish this, other than creating two profiles, one for my nickname, and one for my real name?
AI: As of now, creating two separate profiles is your only option. |
H: How to rotate photo in SkyDrive
How can I rotate photo, that I have uploaded to SkyDrive album without the need of deleting and re-uploading it?
AI: You can't. SkyDrive does not yet have a feature to rotate photos.
PS: After I wrote the above line, I checked the official SkyDrive Help & How To. They confirm what I wrote:
You currently can't rotate photos using SkyDrive. If you have the
SkyDrive app installed on your computer, you can open photos in your
SkyDrive folder and rotate them in a simple photo viewer such as
Windows Photo Viewer. When you close the files, your changes will be
saved and the photos will be automatically updated on SkyDrive.
Tip: To edit your photos, you'll need to use a photo-editing program
like Photo Gallery before uploading them to SkyDrive. Photo
Gallery is a free program that you can use to edit and publish
photos directly to SkyDrive. |
H: Google Apps Free mail Notifier?
I’m looking for a free mail notifier for Google Apps mail. Gmail notifier does not work and Chrome notifier doesn’t have sound notifications—that is the main feature I need.
The one I found is GmailNotifier, but it’s not free. Anyone knows a free one?
AI: There are a couple of Chrome extensions that do a nice job, although they don't help much if you don't always keep Chrome open.
This one is great, although it uses quite a bit of memory: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oeopbcgkkoapgobdbedcemjljbihmemj |
H: Can we teach Google Search sites that we prefer?
I know we can teach Google which sites we want blocked, but is there a way to let it know what sites we prefer.
For example, when I search for a movie title I would rather Rotten Tomatoes to come up instead of (or before) IMDb.
AI: There was an experimentaly feature called Google Preferred Sites in 2009, but it seems it is no longer available. |
H: Delete an attachment sent in an email between Gmail accounts
I accidentally sent the wrong image in an email and it contains sensitive information. Is there a way to delete that file? I know the answer is going to be no because once the email is sent it goes to another server.
But if I have a Gmail account and the person I sent it to has a Gmail account could Gmail delete that file? I really wish Gmail showed a preview of attached files or let me preview the email before sending it.
After I sent it it showed the images inline in the Gmail conversation which is how I noticed it.
AI: According to the discussion here, there is no way to recall a sent email.
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/B3o-rYSMLrY |
H: How can I delete the multiple draft mails in Gmail (that I have selected via checkboxes)?
I can use the checkbox to select multiple messages, but how can I delete them all in one go? I've tried every option I can see to no avail.
AI: If they are all drafts, click on Discard drafts.
Otherwise, click on Move to and then on Trash. |
H: Why is my wife's Google Voice being forwarded to my Google Voice?
Recently, I've started getting Google Voice calls that are not mine. The phone rings with my GV caller Id, I answer it and press 1 to speak to unknown caller, then I get a second prompt, this time telling me the caller's name, if I answer it, it is a call for my wife.
Somehow, I've got a daisy chain going here where my wife's GV is forwarding to my GV. I checked her settings and my GV is not listed as a forwarding number.
Could this somehow be related to our home phone VOIP being down due to internet being down? That VOIP (voipo) is configured to use caller id of my GV, but I did not set it up to forward calls.
How can I untangle and debug the cause of this multiple forwarding?
My current forwarding rules are:
Google Chat: [email protected]
Google Chat: [email protected]
My Mobile telephone number (and receive text messages)
My Work telephone number
My wife's current forwarding rules are:
Google Chat: [email protected]
My Wife's Mobile telephone number (and receive text messages)
Our home telephone number (VOIPO)
AI: The issue was that VOIPO service was configured to forward calls when there was no answer to my Google Voice number. |
H: On Mobile devices where can Facebook Business Timeline Pages be administered from?
Facebook can be accessed on mobile devices via a web browser or via an app.
In a desktop browser Administrators can login as FBTPs to post content and use the site as their the page.
Can administrators of FBTPs login page use this same functionality on their mobile, and if so what steps do you need to take (on the browser, in the app) to do so?
AI: To get to this page in the mobile version of the site do the following:
Login
Open left sidebar
Scrawl down and click "All Pages" under "Pages"
Click the page you want to administer
Open the "Info" tab
Scroll all the way to the bottom
Click "Edit Settings"
Then you can change the following settings on the image to select what you want to do.
This will let you post as the page on the page wall. I don't use the app. But I'm pretty sure, it'll have the same option. |
H: Viewing events in Google Analytics?
I know how to add code for custom events in Google Analytics—_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'some button'])—but how do I view these events?
If it's Home -> Intelligence events -> overview, could anyone confirm if events are supposed to be real-time? Do they appear every 24 hours?
Update
Because _trackEvent doesn't appear on the admin dashboard immediately like _trackPageview I've fallen back to using the following event wrapper for _trackPageview:
window.gaEvent = function gaEvent(event_name){
event_name = event_name.replace(/\s/gi, '_');
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', event_name]);
};
//super easy to use:
gaEvent('Application action');
AI: On the left-hand menu, Behavior->Events |
H: Excluding all URLs containing a specific word
Suppose I enter the following search string:
msdn proxy website
I get a list of results that contains (among other results) sites which have the word msdn in their URL. What if I want to exclude these sites?
The following doesn’t work:
msdn proxy website -allinurl:msdn
AI: Don't use allinurl use inurl.
Samples:
sherlock holmes inurl:wikipedia
sherlock holmes -inurl:wikipedia
Ok, fine... I'll use your example:
msdn proxy website -inurl:msdn |
H: How can I stream live video on YouTube?
Nowadays, I see a lot of users live streaming on YouTube and wanted to try it for myself. However, when I go to my channel I don't see an option for live streaming.
I tried researching how to do this on YouTube and Google, but without luck.
So I was wondering, how can I live stream on YouTube?
I don't have any pro account or any of that, but I've watched livestreams from users who I don't think have pro accounts either.
So livestreaming is open for everyone, right?
AI: I was also searching for this in vain. But I found out from the youtube blog that the right to livestream is reserved for "content partners whose accounts are in good standing." So you need to become a content partner to livestream as of right now. You can sign up to become a content partner at http://www.youtube.com/yt/creators/partner.html
To answer your question "So it is open for everyone?", No. It is not open to the public yet. They are beta testing with their content partners.
Source:
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2011/04/youtube-is-going-live.html |
H: Amazon AWS Free Usage Tier after first year?
The whole Free Tier offer isn't totally clear to me.
For the first 12 months I get free limited use for most of the Amazon services.
But what happens after the 12 months?
Do I need to pay something if I completely stop using it by then?
I simply would like fiddle around with all this webapps stuff.
AI: You get a year of running the equivalent of 1 micro instance for 1 years with moderate bandwidth. It used to be pretty easy to breach the limits on the EBS, but they seem to have raised that now.
After 12 months you have to pay for what you are using, but remember there's more than just turning off any instances, you have to remember to delete everything in S3 and EBS. But as long as you are careful, you don't pay anything. |
H: Finding an old incoming friend request on Facebook
I got a friend request from someone a month ago, approved it, and in the meantime, I forgot his name. I would like review all friend requests I got in the last month, to help jog my memory.
Is there a way to do this?
AI: If you have Timeline, click on your name at the top to go to your Timeline, then click Activity Log, and then switch from showing all activity (All in the upper right corner) to Friends. This will show your recent friends along with the date and time that you became friends. |
H: How to set restriction list to hide everything including comments and activities?
If you put someone to restriction list, this user doesn't see your comments on your wall. That's one of the expected behaviors. But if you comment an entry in a page or write into the wall of a friend, this user still sees these entries. I want him to not see anything. I can't find any possibility to do that? Any ideas?
AI: If you comment on a page then that is public (except for any geographic or age restrictions set by the page admin) and even non-friends can see it. If you post on your wall/timeline then you control who can see it; if you post to Public then even those on your Restricted list will see it. If you write on another person's wall/timeline then they control who can see that; the best you could do is to ask the other person if they wouldn't mind restricting those to Friends only (or if the person you are restricting is also their friend and they are not making the posts Public then you could ask them to instead exclude that person).
If you add someone to the Restricted list they will still see be able to see anything that is Public. It is a way to be Facebook friends with someone without actually allowing them to see anything more than they would be able to see if they were not friends.
If you want them to see even less than what a non-friend can see then block them instead. From their profile click on the gear and then Report/Block... and choose the Block option. In that case you will no longer be friends with the person and they will no longer be able to see or like or comment on any posts or comments of yours on pages or the walls of other people, even if they are public, using their account. In fact they will not be able to view your profile at all and you will not be able to view theirs.
Of course, if the posts are public then they would be able to see them using another account.
It sounds like you may not mind if they can see Public posts, but you just don't want those sent to their News Feed automatically. However they control which information they want to see in their News Feed, out of the information that they are able to see. By default, most posts and comments from friends to a page or wall that are visible to the person will appear in their News Feed, although they have the option to not show posts or Comments and Likes from you if they choose. Even if they only sent you a friend request and you have ignored it, they will still see Public posts by you in their News Feed unless they turn them off. By default these Public posts can also be seen by going to your profile. If they are public then they will be difficult to hide. |
H: How to delete all friends in a facebook list?
There's a great tool to manipulate friends into list as raised here.
Though we cannot quickly/batch delete all friends in a list.
If you know how to do this, please share.
AI: A while ago, I had to delete friends in a list I had previously maintained. For that purpose, I used this userscript. http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/43404
The script works out of the box in Google Chrome and requires you to install Greasemonkey extension in Firefox. I reckon it should work fine in other web browsers as well. |
H: Gmail auto-reply each weekend?
I cannot find a feature in Gmail which will let me set an auto-reply message sent each weekend automatically?!
So any person who send an email to me during Sat or Sun will get auto-reply that I will reply them on Monday.
Does such thing exist in Gmail?
AI: In short, no you can't. You can use the 'automatic vacation' responder found on the first page of settings within GMail to set a specific date, however you're going to have to do that at the end of each week.
More here - http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=25922 |
H: Can I undo a "mark all as read" operation in Gmail?
I accidentally marked all of my messages as read in Gmail.
Can I undo this action?
AI: As Alex has said in his comment, "If you haven’t touched anything after, you should have the option to undo the previous action in the notification that appears at the top of Gmail." but if you have and that notification bar no longer exists, then I do not think so that there is absolutely any way to undo it.
If you use GMail Offline Feature, then you can see what messages you haven't still read but that too you would have to do before you sync. |
H: See Facebook posts made on my behalf by apps
Is it possible to view all Facebook posts that have been made on my behalf by Facebook apps that I have authorized?
AI: I dont believe there is a way to filter your posts to view only ones made by an app. You will have to manually go through all your posts.
If you are worried about apps making posts on your behalf you can check your activity log:
https://www.facebook.com/Your_Username/allactivity |
H: Is it possible to sort by votes in Trello?
I'd like to set a list, or an entire board, such that all its cards will always be sorted by vote count.
Is this possible?
AI: Please see this card, which has just been moved back to the Trello development board.
https://trello.com/card/sorting-a-list-by-vote-date-label-alphabetically-etc/4d5ea62fd76aa1136000000c/486
Card order within a list is meaningful. When you change the order of
cards in a list, it means something and is reported in a notification.
This presents special challenges for the design of any sorting
functionality we might consider.
When you sort, who sees it? You or everyone? Is it reported to
everyone? What if you inadvertently sort and destroy a list order that
was meaningful? Do we need to offer recovery/undo options?
If sorting is just for finding cards, do we offer the ability to sort
only for your current view of the interface? How do we reflect that to
you so that you don't think you've re-sorted for everyone? What
happens if someone changes the order of a list while you have it
sorted?
We would need to support sorting temporarily, for viewing, in which
case you wouldn't be able to reorder the cards, and everyone else
would see the current order, and "solidifying" that sort, which would
be reported ("Rich Armstrong reordered the Ideas list by Votes.")
There's clear value in being able to find things in lists, but sorting
can be really problematic.
For the foreseeable future, we're likely to focus on improving
filtering before tackling any sorting. |
H: In Firefox, how to subscribe to RSS feed without "Reader vs Homepage" page?
Using Firefox 11, though I remember this being true in versions past, as well. Is there any way to tell Firefox to add RSS feeds to Google Reader specifically, rather than to just "Google", so I don't have to go through the "Google Homepage" vs "Google Reader" selection screen every single time?
I could have sworn I'd done this in the past, but I've been away from Reader for awhile and now can't find any instructions for it via Google Search, Mozilla Help, and Stack Exchange.
AI: Try installing Better GReader in Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/better-greader/
Go to Firefox's Add-ons Manager (Tools > Add-ons) and select "Extensions".
Find Better GReader in the list of extensions and click the Options button.
Click the Subscribing tab.
Check the box for Auto Add to Reader (Bypass iGoogle Choice)
Click OK.
That's it. When you choose to subscribe via Google, it'll go straight to Google Reader. |
H: What is Socialcam and how do I disable it?
More and more frequently, I am seeing posts tagged "Socialcam" pop up on my Facebook feed. When I click these links (which often feature gaping shark jaws, large snakes, ambiguous ladyskin, or other provocative imagery), I am asked to open the videos through the Socialcam app. But I don't want to! In fact, I don't want to see these Socialcam posts on my newsfeed ever!
Is there any way to keep these posts from popping up?
AI: What is Socialcam: Socialcam is a feed of user-generated videos. Just by clicking on a Socialcam link in Facebook and accepting their app, every Socialcam video you watch from then on is shared to your Facebook friends automatically. In your case, you just see the content from your friends who use the Socialcam app. The content is questionable, the titles of the videos are often salacious, and the images it posts in your timeline can be downright embarrassing.
How to disable Socialcam posts: In any of the Socialcam posts, click on the little down arrow on the right, and select "Hide all by Socialcam". This will disable all Socialcam posts. You can also block the app from your settings. |
H: Set "All mail" as my default Inbox in Gmail?
Is there a way to set my Gmail so that the default Inbox is "All mail"?
I mean as soon as I go to gmail.com or mail.google.com, All Mail opens up, is this possible other than specifying it in the address?
AI: The address you are normally taken to is mail.google.com/#inbox. It's simply a matter of changing that mail.google.com/#inbox to mail.google.com/#all.
There currently is no way to have it go there by default. I would suggest just bookmarking https://mail.google.com/mail/#all or you could go a whole different route and use some kind of Greasemonkey script that would allow you to change where the GMail button links to. |
H: How to get Gmail notified when a label has new unread message?
I create a label for facebook/twitter incoming notification messages and auto archive them into associative labels using filter.
That way, I don't get notified when new messages arrived. So what I need is to get notified in some other way (popup or send an one email per hour saying that I have new mail in that label).
How can I get that?
Update
The number of notification mails is huge; which makes my inbox flooded with notification
AI: I found Checker Plus for Gmail for Chrome
Looking for the similar one for Firefox but not found yet.
Google search
Installed it and go to option
Config for the labels |
H: Change Cover Photo Without Uploading again
I have a photo uploaded in an album that I want to set as the cover photo for my Profile. Is there a way to do so without downloading the photo and upload it again?
When I open the photo, under the "Options" I see, "Set as Profile Photo" but there is no "Set as Cover Photo".
Is this possible?
AI: Yes there is. Visit your profile page, click on the Change Cover link at the bottom left of your cover image, then Choose from Photos.... |
H: In a Google Document, how do you embed one list in another?
I'm having problems embedding a list inside another a google document like so:
item in main list
item in embedded list
another item in main list
yet another item in main list
The document already has some embedded lists like this so I assume it must be achievable, although they may have been added in OpenOffice or LibreOffice before being imported to Google Docs, but I don't seem to be able to create any new ones.
If I press the list button to try and do so, it makes the current line no longer a list item. The number list button just changes the entire of the current list to a numeric list. The indent one place button, which I would expect to be the correct thing to press, breaks the list in weird ways.
Searching for an answer I just find lots of information on listing the documents you have in your Google Docs account, so any help here would be greatly appreciated!
AI: Create the first item of the list
Click on the Bulleted list or Numbered list icon from the menu
Press Enter
The second item of the list will be automatically created
Click on the Increase indent button
You are done.
In your case, it might be the fact that the document was created in a different editor and the CSS rules behind are broken by the indentation button. In this case, your options are either to edit the CSS/HTML source or to recreate the list entirely, copy/pasting the text in plain, without the whole formatting rules. |
H: What internal boards do the Trello Team maintain?
I recently saw a Trello board about Trello itself, with stuff like usage examples, keyboard shortcuts, etc...
I can't seem to Google-fu it up now. Where is it? Are there other internal Trello boards except the Trello Dev Board?
I looked around in Fog Creek's company profile, and saw a few other boards, but not the one I was looking for.
AI: See https://trello.com/fogcreek
For boards belonging to other Trello app developers see https://trello.com/trelloapps |
H: Trending Articles - Something new of Facebook?
I have recently spotted this in between my facebook news feed:
Is this some new feature of facebook or is it because of some app?
AI: New Feature of Facebook. Not any apps. There has been no official announcement about it AFAIK. But you can read more here at Mashable. |
H: In Beeminder, how to set your current level and your Goal?
I have just started using Beeminder.com. I am having trouble understanding how to set a goal saying that "I have to read 47 pages of a book within today and I have read 0 until now." There seems to be only one number that I can enter and that number is set as my current level as well as what I started with as well as my goal. Here is a screenshot:
I have gone through reading the instructions, checking the settings numerous times but I still can't find anything.
What's wrong?
AI: I just made a temporary test goal that I think does what you want:
https://www.beeminder.com/d/test130
You'll want to put 0 as the starting value and 47 as the goal.
One problem may be that Beeminder doesn't like goals with a shorter horizon than one week. Everything is kind of built around the "akrasia horizon" -- you can change anything about your goal, including making it end altogether, starting a week in the future.
More generally, Beeminder is best for making steady, gradual progress toward a long-term goal. If it's more of a binary thing -- "I need to force myself to do XYZ tomorrow" -- then StickK might be the better choice.
(Thanks so much for asking this, btw. I'm a founder of Beeminder.) |
H: How to set several owners for a Google Drive folder?
Strangely enough, I couldn't find any information about this, which I would have thought is a common problem. I want to share a folder with another person I work with. I want to give them the same permissions as I have, not just edit. I want to make them owners of that folder.
Is that possible at all?
AI: Only one person can own a folder in Google Drive. You can allow access to other people, but there can be only one owner.
http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2494886 |
H: How do I download a complete list of followers for a Twitter account?
There's an existing Twitter account with 500,000 followers.
How do I download a complete list of followers for a Twitter account of that size?
AI: You can use the Twitter REST API to get all the followers.
First you need the followers/ids method:
https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/followers/ids
With that method you can get all the ID's (beware you can only get 5000 ID's at a time).
If needed you can get more info for the follower(s) with the users/lookup method:
https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/users/lookup |
H: Facebook basic page information (name) not being saved
When trying to edit the basic information for the display name of page (not the vanity url) the information does not get saved.
I am trying to change the name from "FirstName LastName" to "fila"
On save, the page results in a blank page and the information isn't saved.
Web Inspector shows that the name field is sent in the form data,
Form data
profile_super_category:1013
...
pageid:name:fila
...
but nothing in my eyes comes out as any error message or the response.
The page is unpublished.
Why is this happening?
AI: I searched various sites for information to resolve this and most seem to point to clearing the IP access activity in security settings. Clearing out all devices and activity stil resulted in no changes in the page.
I ended up adding one extra character to the name "afila" and after that the changes were saved.
It seems Facebook applies the 5 letter username rule to display names although it is implicitly implied by the silent fail with the blank page.
So in order to change the display name of the page, the display name must be at least 5 characters. I was able to successfully change other items on the page after doing this. |
H: Enable "Like/share" buttons under Blogger post
I created a blog three years back, and another last year. Both are on Blogger (e.g. myblog.blogspot.com). In the second blog, the social media like/share buttons are by default under every post. (See below.)
How could I get that enabled in my older blog?
I couldn’t find any settings for that.
AI: In the Blogger Dashboard, go to Layout > Blog Posts (edit), and there is an option for Show Share Buttons. Turn this on, and the buttons should show.
If they don't, then it's likely that your Post Template is corrupted - the best description I've seen of fixing the problem is here: http://www.bloggersentral.com/2011/01/reset-corrupted-blog-posts-template.html
There is also another option, which gives you more comprehensive buttons that include counts of times that you post has been liked etc: it's written up here: http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/03/putting-facebook-share-this-badge-on.html |
H: Which email services "thread" email conversations into 1 item in the inbox (like Gmail does)?
I would like to have a record of all email services, other than Gmail, that have the following feature: a chain of replies to a single original email are placed together into a "thread" so that all subsequent replies are grouped into just one entry in the inbox. It's a format that mimics online forums, where you click a thread title to see the original post and all the replies. Which email services have this capability?
AI: You can use mozilla-thunderbird with any email, and use this extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/gmail-conversation-view/ |
H: How do I get the unique number of days in a datetime column in Google Spreadsheets?
I have a column full of datetime values in a Google Spreadsheet.
I want to get a count of how many unique days there are. As in 8pm and 7pm today would count as 1. Tomorrow at 9pm, 3pm and 4pm would also count as 1.
AI: Assuming your dates are in A1:A30, the following array formula worked for me:
=ArrayFormula(COUNTUNIQUE(TEXT(A1:A30,"yyyymmdd"))) |
H: Why have some of my friends have gone missing from Facebook?
I was looking through my friends list and spotted this:
Some of my friends (well more like acquaintances, but you get the picture) are displayed in the list, but don't have a "Friends" button and the link on their name links back to my friends list.
I can think of the following explanations but none of them make complete sense:
They are people I've sent a friend request to that haven't responded yet. I'm not convinced by this as I'm sure that in at least one case they contacted me.
They no longer have a Facebook account. In this case I would expect them to be missing from the list completely.
They've blocked me. Again I'd expect them to be missing from the list. (I'm not bothered if they have blocked me - as I said we're more of acquaintances).
Is it one of these reasons or something else I've not thought of?
AI: I looked on my Manage Friend's list and found similar people. However, when I click on their names, a dialog box with the following message appears:
This account has been deactivated. Only you can see {friend's name} on your friends list. You have the option to unfriend {friend's name}.
However, my friend's page looks different than yours, so there could be other reasons for this. Given what I'm seeing, it looks like 2 is the most likely candidate. |
H: Tumblr vs other web frameworks
I'm a new user to Tumblr and I was amazed by the quantity of functions and its level of integration with main social networks.
What was the best to me, was the possibility of editing the code of the pages directly from the site, possibibly inserting JavaScript.
However now I have to create a site, not a blog.
So my question is: are there comparable free services focused on website creation, which allows the choosing and modification of the themes?
AI: I wouldn't call Tumblr a web framework. It's a social blogging platform that allows customization through an templating engine. You can not insert any JavaScript. They allow you to call certain approved js files like Twitter’s widget.js but that's about it.
Basically you have control of how your content is displayed via HTML and some custom CSS along pre enabled social sharing.
No hosted platform is going to allow you full control. WordPress.com would be better for creating a website. Your best bet is to self host and use a CMS to build your site. |
H: Mass delete Gmail email while keeping certain addresses
I would like to delete the majority of the emails in my inbox. I have read ways of doing this, here is the method:
Open your web browser, head to Gmail, and sign into your account.
Next to the Search the Web button up top, click Create a filter.
In the "Has the words" field, type before:2011/01/01. That's just an example date; it would delete all messages received prior to January 1 of last year. You can use any date you want, as long as it conforms to the format YYYY/MM/DD.
Click Next step.
Check the box marked Delete it, then check the box for Also apply filter to ### conversations below. (Tip: If you want to preserve your mail while still getting it out of your inbox, choose Skip the inbox (Archive it) instead.)
Finally, click Create Filter. Depending on how many messages meet the filter criteria, the deletion process may take a minute or two.
Using the above method is there a way to do this but tell it not to delete email from [email protected], [email protected], etc.?
AI: Use labels/filters to tag the emails from the ones you want to keep.
Use the filter to Archive the emails with those labels.
Everything else remaining in the inbox can be assigned to a new label called "deleteme"
archive everything with that label
At this point there should be nothing in the inbox. Of course all the emails still exist, the archive function just removes inbox label.
If you are running out of space, then go to the label "deleteme", select all the messages, and click the delete button. |
H: Search Google News for articles within a date range
How can I search Google News for items and stories that fall within a date range?
For example, I want to search news articles on "hockey" with dates between 2007-2008.
AI: Go to Google News
Click on the drop-down arrow in the right side of the search box
From the drop-down menu, look for Date added to Google News: and choose your convenient option
Click Search |
H: How to sync/backup "my documents" to Google Drive
Google Drive (at $2.49 for 25gb) seems like a great option for cloud storage. But I'm looking for a program to backup/mirror/sync my documents folder to Google Drive.
I've been looking for backup/sync with android mobile access to email attachments, etc. and Google Drive may fit the bill.
is there a program to sync drives to Google Drive?
AI: To get synchronized backups to my Google Drive, I've done the following:
Map the Google Drive as a network Drive
I also looked at many different programs/apps to get automatic live synchronization.
There are a ton of different synchronization apps, but most are manual (or run on a schedule).
There are very few "live" synchronization apps.
Currently, I am testing PureSync - I've tested it with just a few files, and it's worked flawlessly. It has a lot of synchronization options:
Synchronize on file modification, schedule, startup, etc.
delete behavior
hierarchy
directional capabilities
etc.
I am going to test further, and will write up my findings. |
H: Additional emails in Google Apps
I want to create additional email addresses for my Google Apps account, like [email protected] or [email protected].
Do I add additional users? Those emails addresses don't really represent users though.
Is there a different way of modeling that or should I just add more users?
AI: You can add unlimited alias email addresses to an existing account—Google calls them Nicknames.
Access the Domain Management for your domain (e.g. https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/mysite.com/Dashboard)
Click on Organization & users
Select the account you want to add an alias to
Find the Nicknames sections and click Add a nickname
All email sent to [email protected] will be received by that account |
H: How do I get this kind of YouTube page?
I have a client that wants his YouTube channel page to be designed this way:
http://www.youtube.com/user/insanehomefatloss
The problem is that I cannot alter the content ABOVE the video. Obviously there is some HTML/CSS setting that I cannot access in entirety and I would like to be able to edit that part.
Any ideas, info?
BTW, the client has the partner status on youtube, his channel is:
http://www.youtube.com/user/chainfitness
AI: This is their background image. you can find it here: 2946 pixels wide by 1490 pixes high.
How you get the link at the top to work: Go into Channel Settings and upload the background image that you want.
Youtube partners are allowed to have a custom header/link in their channels. Here's a video that shows you how to add a banner/link to the top of your youtube partner channel. It's kind of a goofy video, but it's helpful |
H: Can Google+ Users send private messages to each other
This is a very basic feature of any social networking site, but still I am not able to find it on Google+.
I have tried messaging many Google+ users who are in my circle and also have me in their circle, but didn't find any link/button even remotely saying "Message".
Can someone help me out here?
P.S: Sending e-mail through gmail is not a substitute to sending private message in Google+
AI: Private messaging in Google+ is handled the same as all other messages are - it is intentionally very consistent.
To send a private message, use the "Share what's new" box to write the message.
In the "Add more people" section, remove any other people or circles (including "Public") and start entering the name of the person you want to message. You should be able to auto-complete them. You can also plus-mention them in the message, and this will do the same thing.
You can then "Send" as normal. The message will appear in their stream and they will get a notification if they have that configured.
Additionally, if you look on a person's profile, there may be a small envelope icon directly to the left of their profile photo, above the banner image. This will do the same thing. Not everyone has this enabled, however. To enable it, edit your profile and select "Change contact settings", and make sure that "Allow people to send you a message from a link on your profile" is checked (and either public or visible to the circles you want to use it). |
H: How do I edit my Fitocracy profile?
Today I signed up for an account on Fitocracy, which is pretty much a social network for tracking (and I guess sharing, if you're into that) your workouts and other fitness achievements. Setting up the account was pretty painless, but now I would like to replace the default profile text under About me. I can't find any way to edit this information. I also don't see how to edit my profile picture. I'm ok with the picture for now, but I would sure like to know how to change it in if I want a new one in the future!
I did sign up using my Facebook account, so I wondered if perhaps I might need to edit this information from within Facebook. However, I don't see any way of doing so.
AI: The page is http://www.fitocracy.com/general-settings/. You can get there by clicking your profile image thumbnail in the upper right of the page and then clicking Settings. |
H: Is it possible to whitelist applications from which posts are visible on my Facebook newsfeed?
On my Facebook newsfeed, I see posts made by people, and by appliactions such as Farmville, Selective Tweets, random games, etc.
Is there a way by which I can whitelist the apps from which I wish to see posts?
Currently it allows me to blacklist applications, but that doesn’t help with new games and scammy apps being added on a weekly basis. I would rather just whitelist certain known good apps and keep all the rest invisible.
AI: No. No such feature exists because of obvious reasons. If they were to allow such feature, people would all whitelist a handful of apps and rest of the apps will never be used, hence making Facebook a bad place for app developers. So, from Facebook's point of view, this feature doesn't make sense. |
H: YouTube referer/tracking URLs
YouTube has some kind of tracking system which adds feature to the link depending upon the source. For example, in the following example, from the feature I know that it is from the sidebar (related questions)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXX&feature=related
My question is when the url with feature=g-like is generated?
AI: &feature=g-like is generated when you visit your own liked video feed.
Visit YouTube, sign in and then go to the home page clicking the logo of YouTube where it shows you your social feed. There, click the like button beside your profile picture, as highlighted below:
Hover over or copy the URL of any of those videos YouTube says you liked and you'll see &feature=g-like appended to them. |
H: Is it possible (and if so how) to Share a post on Facebook to a FanPage?
I realize Fan and Group pages are different.
I can Share to "A Group's timeline" to a group I'm in. But That does not seem to be possible for a Fan page.
Use Case: I'm looking at my Facebook stream and I want to share something to the Fan Page. (I could share to a Group but apparently not to a Fan Page. I have to actually go to the Fan Page to Post something there)
Correct?
If it is possible, how do you do it?
AI: The option is right there on the share dialog -
You can choose On your page and there will be options to post it on a page you administer and itt'll be posted as your page. |
H: Let users only change their own data in Google Spreadsheets
I have a Google Spreadsheet in Google Drive. Users can change everything and anything in the spreadsheet. Now, I want them to be able to change empty fields or their own fields only.
Is this possible? If yes, how?
AI: It's not possible using just Google Docs. If you've written some sort of program that just uses Google Docs as a storage mechanism, then you can do anything you want. For example, you could add a column that records the name of the person who created each row. When someone tries to edit a row, verify that they are the person listed as the row creator before accepting the edit. |
H: Is it possible to create a Google+ circle of people who liked/shared a public post?
If I'd want to reach a group of the same interest, wouldn't it be the best way to find the people who publicaly liked/plussed this topic?
Is it currently possible to add all people, who liked a post?
AI: Although the API can give you the list of people who +1, share, or comment on a post... currently there is no API that can do circle management. You should be able to write a webapp that provides links to each user in a short format, and then manually add each person to a circle, but that is probably the best you can do at this point. |
H: Why can't I receive a notification email on Trello?
After registration with some email I get:
Confirm Email
We sent an email to [email protected] with a verification link. It
might take some time to show up, but when it does you will be ready to
use Trello.
The thing is, I don't see any email.
I've tried this address as well:
https://trello.com/resendValidate
I've placed my email several times, and I can't receive any email at all. Yes, the email is correct. Yes, Trello has sent me other emails to this email, for example when I was invited. But I haven't received any email for registering.
Is this a manual process?
AI: Please contact [email protected]. We can provide you with logs to take to your mail administrator that will help them track down the missing messages. |
H: Displaying SE Flair on my Facebook Timeline
Is there any way I show off my Stack exchange Flair on my Facebook Timeline?
Pasting the HTML code snippet as a "Status Update" just gives a link to my SE Profile.
Also is there any way I can make it appear as the first post in Facebook for ever?
EDIT:
I am looking for some-kind of Facebook app to do this. There is no app to do any such thing but there may be apps which post whatever html code snippet you give and also dynamically update them.
AI: Facebook doesn't allow updating a post content. So no app can help you with that. And only way to stick a post on your timeline is to make it featured. But as the post object cannot be updated, you just have to post it and feature it everytime your flair is updated. And also you have to post images of your flair as Facebook doesn't allow parsing HTML content on your timeline. You can render HTML on your App page (So if anyone visits your app, you can show them your flair), but not on your profile timeline. |
H: How to delete search history on Facebook?
Let's say we have searched for some person frequently for a couple of days on Facebook (who may or may not be our friend). When we start entering the person's name (or even the starting letters) in the search bar next time, their profile will be automatically shown in "suggestions" below. This is same in the case of groups/pages anything like that.
It means that Facebook stores our "search history" using some method.
I have two questions based on this:
Is there any hack or something we can use to clear our private search history on Facebook?
In any case, if Facebook stores whose profiles we have visited, can we use this information to know who visit our profile frequently, via any hack?
If we have to use something like Graph API or anything like that, please outline me the process.
AI: No. It's integrated to Facebook search algorithm. Public don't
have access to it.
This has been made possible recently (near the end of 2012). Here's
how you can delete your search history:
Go to your profile and click on "Activity Log".
On the left sidebar, you will see options like Photos etc.
Expand them if needed by clicking on "MORE" until you find one that says "Search". Click on it.
You will see all your Search history. Click on the link that says "Clear History" on top of it.
Click "Clear Searches" on the confirmation box that appears as the last step.
No. That's not public. Some apps claim to show you who visited your profile. But they are just scam. It's not possible. Facebook doesn't provide such information. |
H: Personalize Google Search to show certain sites based on keyword or term trigger
Can I set some sort of preference to say, when df is typed, set the first result to be bay12games... on my computer alone and not for the entire web?
Say I want to type this in Google Search:
df
I want this to be the first answer that only my computer will return:
Not this actual listing:
I'm not asking about getting my website to rank or show up first in the results, but rather customising what is shown to me and me alone.
AI: Google does have a personalized search, providing you are logged in to your Google account and you have Google Web History enabled. This will customise the search results for your machine/account only.
However, I don't think you can be so specific as to control the exact position of these results and to position a particular site at the top of the list. |
H: Email Reports from Google Analytics
Are weekly email reports of website statistics from Google Analytics still available with since the latest updates/redesign?
EDIT: and does anyone know of any plans to bring this back, if it has been discontinued?
AI: This seems to be still working, and this is how I believe it is done:
Sign into your Google Analytics account
Click on Standard Reporting
Click on Email BETA
Enter your email address and Subject in their respective fields
Click on the ", CSV" drop down menu to choose one report format
Ensure Weekly is selected next to the Frequency label
Click on your day of the week
Type your message in the white pane
Click on the Send button |
H: How can I hide my activities on News Ticker?
I was wondering: is it possible to hide your activities from being showing in News Ticker in Facebook?
Secondly, is it possible to control 'likes' and 'commenting' activities to be show on friends news feeds? It’s really annoying that they can see my each and every activity no matter whether I want to share with them or not.
AI: Facebook says the following in their help post about ticker and privacy:
Who can see stories about my comments and likes in ticker?
To control stories about your commenting activity in ticker and news feed, always check who can see the privacy of the posts you're commenting on. Learn more about sharing privacy. If you aren't comfortable with who can see the post, please don't comment on it or like it. If you do, a story about your activity will be eligible to appear on Facebook, including on your timeline (profile), in news feed and in ticker.
Remember, your comments and likes are only visible to people who can see the original post. For example, you might comment on a photo one of your family members posts just to family. A friend of yours who cannot already view the photo will not see a story in ticker about your comment.
Please note that unsubscribing from a friend's 'comments and likes' in your news feed, does not have any impact on whether your friends see it when you comment on or like their posts.
Also see this: http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-control-what-your-friends-see-about-you-their-facebook-tickers-0130113/ |
H: Creating Google+ Account without Gmail address
Google allows us to use many of its services without having a Gmail account. But when I visit Google+ and click on the "Sign Up" button, it asks to select a new username and create a new password.
Is it possible to create a new Google+ Account without a Gmail address, but with, say, a Yahoo address?
AI: Yes, you can create a Google account with your Yahoo email address—or any other email address, for that matter—if you follow this link: https://accounts.google.com/NewAccount.
Just to make things clearer because your question mixes some issues that might lead to confusion:
If you want to sign up for Google Plus with a Yahoo email address and you already have a Google account under that address, you cannot sign up for Google Plus separately. It will all be linked in your Google account.
If you use only Google services that do not require a Google account—such as Search, Maps, Translate—and you have not created one yet, you will be forced to create a Google account upon signing up for Google Plus. After all, it is linked to your identity and therefore you need to create an account (I know I am stating the obvious, but one should never assume any prior knowledge). |
H: Is there any way to force subtitles in a YouTube video?
I uploaded a video in French on YouTube but a non-negligible number of English-speaking people are going to watch it. I uploaded the .srt file and everything works fine when I press the "CC" button.
However, I would like to force subtitles when I embed the video on my blog. I read the instructions here but they don't work anymore.
Any idea?
AI: Yes, you can.
If you are the video owner, you can make captions appear by default by
adding this tag to your video: yt:cc=on. It won't stop people from
turning them off by clicking the CC button, but it will default
captions to 'on' for most users.
Embedded videos
When you embed a video on another site, you can make it so that
captions are always shown on the embedded video. To enable captions on
a video you'd like to embed, just add &cc_load_policy=1 to the video's
embed code.
You can also choose a caption language for the embedded
video. To specify the caption language for the video that you'd like
to embed, just add &hl=fr&cc_lang_pref=fr&cc_load_policy=1 to the
video's embed code. Here, hl sets the language for the player menu,
cc_lang_pref sets the language for the captions shown in the video,
and cc_load_policy=1 makes captions on by default. fr represents the
ISO 639 language code for French. You can look up 2-letter language
codes in the ISO 639-1 standard.
Source |
H: How to add an email address from a gmail message to my google contacts
Possible Duplicate:
In Gmail, how do I create a contact from a recipient of an email?
There's a sidebar that pops up offering to add people on the message to my circles, but not my address book. Is there a way other than cut-n-pasting that lets me take one or more addresses from an email (to/from/cc) and put them in my address book? I'm looking for something analogous to the 'take address' feature in pine/alpine.
AI: Apart from the "Add to Circles", the side pane also has the options to add the contact.
See this screenshot: |
H: Hide a page from the navigation menu on blog hosted on Wordpress.com
I have a blog hosted on Wordpress.com.
My navigation menu includes a link to each page I've added to the blog. I would like to add a few additional pages to the blog, but not have them appear in the navigation menu.
Is there a way to hide a page from the navigation in a theme when running on the Wordpress.com hosting environment?
Note: Using the Custom Design upgrade to apply a CSS fix might be a solution, but I am looking for a solution which does not require any upgrades.
AI: There is a rather lengthy explanation on the wordpress.com support page regarding custom menus, so I will just post the link to it: http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
You should find the required info there. |
H: Does a notification go out if you add a checklist item?
If all you do is go into a card and add an item to a checklist, does the assigned member get a notification?
AI: There's is only a notification for completing checklist items, not adding them. All subscribed members will get a notification for completing a checklist item. |
H: Can we link two Google Sheets?
I want to make a link between two spreadsheets, like if I click on a code in a cell, it opens the spreadsheet which the code refers/links to.
AI: You want to enter a link in a Google spreadsheet.
The syntax of the command is: =hyperlink("url";"Phrase")
The key is that the Google spreadsheet you want to open has a URL. |
H: How to vertically align shape text in Gliffy?
In Gliffy, I have a rectangle shape and I want to draw another rectangle inside it. I need a name for both of the rectangles. I can give shape a name by selecting the shape and starting to type.
My problem is, I can't find a reasonable way to align the text vertically, only horizontally. I can just hit enough line breaks after the text to move the text upper, but in my opinion this is a hack solution.
AI: The only way to do it is to dissociate the text from the box and thus make them two different objects. This way, you can manipulate their alignment both on horizontal as well as on vertical. |
H: Anonymize a Google Images URL
If I search Google Images for mountains of madness lovecraft, I get something like this URL:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1019&bih=805&q=mountains+of+madness+lovecraft&gbv=2&oq=mountains+of+madness+lovecraft&aq=f&aqi=g-S1&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0i24.4470.1890.0.2347.8.1.7.0.0.0.285.245.2-1.1.0...0.0.W_C1z_rfY-k
Is there a very easy way to get a short URL suitable for sharing?
AI: You can either use the URL https://www.google.com/search?q=mountains+of+madness+lovecraft&tbm=isch or you could just use a URL shortener, like bit.ly.
Note: tbm=isch means the search will be done in images. |
H: How can I prevent all notifications from a given Facebook user?
I have this one FB friend updates too often. I "unsubscribed" from him so his updates no longer show up on my news feed, but every time I visit FB the "world" icon in the upper left has a number (such as 368,000) superimposed on it and it will mostly be updates from this one guy.
Is there any way I can remain FB friends with him but completely hide his activity?
AI: Make sure that he is not on your Close Friends list; you will receive a notification for almost everything that one of your Close Friends does unless you turn off notifications for Close Friends. Also if he is posting to a group, make sure that you have notifications turned off for the group. |
H: Is it possible to disable Google Universal Search (not see videos & images in results)?
In 2007 Google introduced Universal Search (sometimes called blended search), and started including images and videos in the regular search results page.
I don't want to see those results. I know how to click the videos or images link at the top of the page and if I enter text in the search box it is because I am looking only for text.
It used to be possible to do a search at Google.com/custom to get the old-style simple search results page, but that link now results in an error:
your computer or network may be sending automated queries
No results are given.
Is there any way to go back to the simple text-only Google results page?
It would be preferable to do it by manipulating the query string so that I can replace my default search engine with simplified results.
AI: I found an elegant solution to this problem using Google Custom Search.
To see the result in action, go to this custom search engine.
To set up your own version, go to google.com/cse and:
click "create a custom search engine"
put whatever you want on the setup page, but use a nonexistent url for the "sites to search" box
click "next" twice (change the look if you like)
click on the link "change the basics" under "next steps"
at the bottom of the "basics" page, check "search the entire web but emphasize included sites"
uncheck "Show automatic thumbnail"
save changes
click on the name of your search engine at the top of the "basics" page to use it.
To use your search in a URL (to replace your existing search engine):
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=000628392187335527771:2-d3w-aefr4&q=searchterms
You'll need to replace the cx variable with the value from your own custom search engine and replace "searchterms" with %s or whatever you usually use in your URL to indicate keyword placement. |
H: How can I delete all articles stored in my Pocket (aka ReadItLater) account?
My Pocket (aka ReadItLater) account has become too cluttered and I want to delete all the articles. Is there an (easy) way to do it?
The Web interface has a bulk edit mode, but it shows only 13 articles at a time and I have hundreds of articles, so selecting 13-at-a-time and deleting is a real painful affair.
Note that I don't want to delete my account, just want to clear it.
AI: I sent an email to Pocket support and they provided me with this link
http://getpocket.com/privacy_clear
which will clear all data.
This will only remove the content in your account, not the account itself. You will still be able to log in with your account.
This does what I needed! |
H: How to delete iGoogle account?
I have tried iGoogle for some time, but I don't like it and want to permanently delete it. But the new products information confuses me. Clicking on edit (bewerken) in the title will ask me if I want to delete my Gmail account. But I would just like to remove iGoogle. The dashboard doesn't give me any options on doing so either and iGoogle settings themselves does not have such an option either.
AI: It cannot be undone. You can Delete your Google Profile, Google+ Account GMail Account, Orkut account but not any other particular service from Google. All you can do is stop using the service, ignore it, or delete the whole Google Account.
Just be visiting google.com when you have search for anything or sign in and not igoogle.com |
H: How to delete my own message which was mistakenly posted on a friend's timeline
I mistakenly posted a message on a friend's timeline. I was typing the message and I accidentally hit Enter after the first letter.
Now I cannot delete this post. When I hover on the message, nothing happens. No menus or delete signs. Is it forbidden to delete my own messages in the new Facebook?
AI: Go to your activity log, filter by Your Posts and select delete
Or go to see friendship,
http://www.facebook.com/YOUR_USERNAME_OR_ID?and=FRIEND_USERNAME_OR_ID
And see if the message is there, click the timestamp you should arrive at
http://www.facebook.com/FRIEND_USERNAME_OR_ID/posts/POST_ID and delete the post
If the above fails use this form http://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=144040449046092 it's the opposite of what's happening but I don't see why it wouldn't be using the same or around the same feature internally |
H: Why can't I share my Google Docs presentation outside of my college network?
I am a student at Smith College trying to make a Google Docs presentation visible to anyone in the world with a link.
However, the options that surface when I click Share only let me share within Smith College. This document is also shared with some other students at Smith College.
Why can't I share this presentation with the rest of the world?
In fact, I can't even publish it on the web to everyone.
AI: It's because you don't have permissions to do so. The administrator of the Google Apps account has disabled this ability. There is a setting in the admin that scopes out the permissions and share abilities.
They've selected the option that restricts other users from being able to see or edit the document unless they are within the organisation, in this case, the school.
Users cannot share documents outside this organization
In order to be able to share from Google Docs, you will need to have the administrator's account change the settings permission to allow you to do so. |
H: How to move Dropbox "Camera Uploads"?
I am a fan of Dropbox's new automatic camera uploads feature. However, I am not so keen on the name of the directory itself. Is there a way for me to rename "Camera Uploads" to something else?
Simply renaming the directory will cause Dropbox to regenerate it the next time a camera is connected, and I cannot find anything in the local preferences or on the website.
AI: As of today (6/10/2012) there is not a way to do this. Changing my folder name to Camera from Camera Uploads prompted the upload process to create a new folder named Camera Uploads. You can rename any folder to Camera Uploads (top level only) and it will upload photos into it automatically. |
H: On YouTube, how can I see the top n video over 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, etc?
I used to be able to choose top videos on YouTube, where you would pick a category (sports, etc) and then you could choose from:
1 day
1 week
1 month
All time
I can't seem to find this feature anymore. Does it still exist and if so, how I do a see it?
AI: I find this might be just what you want:
http://www.youtube.com/charts/videos_views?t=a
You can choose day, week, month from the top left buttons. |
H: How does Bing know the terms that I had recently Googled in the past month?
After I typed "a" into Bing, a list of terms that I had recently queried in Google appeared in purple.
How does Bing know what terms I recently Googled?
AI: As @Dez has pointed out, it is due to the Autofill/AutoComplete feature that browsers (not just Chrome; although it may not be activated by default) implement to make filling forms easy. |
H: How can I write-protect files on Skydrive?
Is it possible to write protect (lock) files on Skydrive so they do not get deleted by accident?
AI: No. You can only change permissions to a file or folder. |
H: Gmail filter which removes a label
I've actually 2 questions.
The first one, simpler: is it still possible to create filter manually with a Boolean string or do we have to use the filter tool (the form it comes out when you create or modify a filter)?
Second one: I've a filter which puts all messages coming from [email protected] in a "work" folder. Let's call it "WORKFILTER". Great, it works!
I want to put some of them in a subfolder "work/subfolder1" but not to give them the "work" label (only "work/subfolder" label).
Is it possible to do that only with a second filter (let's call that "SUBFOLDERFILTER") in which I archive the message coming from [email protected] with the label "work/subfolder1" but NOT with "work" label?
something like:
from:([email protected]) label:"work/subfolder1" AND NOT(label:"work")
Or do I have to modify the "WORKFILTER" specifying to label with "work" all the messages coming from "[email protected]" but not the ones coming from "[email protected]"?
AI: First part: yes you can start from the search box and then when you see the results use More/Create Filter.
Second Part: The problem is that that if you include the phrase "label" in the search string and try to make the filer you will get the forllowing warning.
Filter searches containing "label:", "in:", "is:", or stars criteria (i.e. "has:yellow-star") are not recommended as they will never match incoming mail.
Do you still wish to continue to the next step?**
I have seen nothing that allows you to order the filters, or tell it to stop processing other filters if this one is applied. These types of rules/actions are typically seen in other email systems. Remember the strength of the labels is the ability to file a conversation under multiple labels, so telling it to ignore other rules isn't an action that is needed very often.
The two filter method will work, If it comes from address 1 give it one label. If it comes from the second address then give it label 2. You can even use the not to make sure that only those from address 1 go to label 1. |
H: 'Lock' part of formula when copying from one cell to another
I have the following formula in a Google Spreadsheet:
=IF(I11="VSS";G11;IF(I11="MCS";0;G11*Totais!C30))
I would like to freeze Totais!C30 when I click on bottom right of cell and drag down.
Currently when I do this, Totais!C30 change to Totais!C31, Totais!C32,...
AI: By adding a $ in front of the column & row you can lock that specific area up when copying.
Example: Totais!$C$30 would lock down when copying anywhere else in the document. Totais!$C30 would lock down moving column to column. Totais!C$30 would lock down when moving down rows. |
H: How can I change my IMDb account settings to use openID for login
I have an imbd.com account that I login to using an id and a password, I noticed recently that they support logging in using Facebook, Amazon and Google.
I very much prefer using my Google account to login to other sites, is it possible to change the way I login to my IMDb account without having to create a new one.
AI: There may be a way, but being a new feature it isn't documented. Judging from their similar FAQ topic on how to merge with a Facebook account, it wouldn't be pretty (or ideal - comments, message board posts and a bunch of other stuff are lost).
Your best bet will be to ask at the IMDB Help Desk unless a new FAQ gets posted soon. |
H: Does Hotmail offer two-factor authentication?
I've read multiple news articles that claim Hotmail offers two-factor authentication. One of the articles describes Hotmail's system, saying
...whenever you go to Hotmail...you can choose to get a single-use code–a string of numbers that will be sent via text message to your phone–to use instead of your password.
Is this an accurate description of Hotmail's system?
If so, does Hotmail really offer two-factor authentication? If you can use either your password or a single-use code, it seems to me that it does not.
Is this system really more secure than just having a password? Doesn't this just make an additional "key" available to a hacker? (I must be wrong here, I know the folks at Microsoft are much smarter than I am).
AI: Well your second article merely references the first, so only one article is really spreading the idea.
Hotmail doesn't have a two-factor system. As you suggest, you actually have the option of having a single use code sent to your phone to use on a public computer to login instead of a password. So in effect it is still single sign on, but you have a choice of two ways for that way to be.
Using the code is more secure in the sense that a keylogger or packet sniffer on the computer will only get a single use code that has been used, as opposed to your password. If you have HTTPS enabled (which I believe is default now) then there is also little opportunity for session hijacking as well. Just don't forget to log off! |
H: Free web app for software design/development/managment
I'm looking for some comprehensive and free web solution that can be used within a SMB related to project management and team collaboration in context with software dev. Anyone has any thoughts on that?
p.s. please don't post web solutions that are hosted external servers like basecamp we want to host it in house.
AI: You should check out Mound. It is a free and open source Development Management Software solution. It doesn't have a particularly extensive featureset, but includes most of the core features you might need.
Although i have no experience personally with it, i know people who have used it and find it extremely useful. |
H: Can I automatically add related posts to my posts on Wordpress.com?
Is there a widget or some other feature which will automatically add related posts to my blog posts on Wordpress.com?
I know that I can use Zemanta (in my case, via a Chrome plugin) to add related posts one-by-one. That might actually be all I want to do, but was interested in also exploring an automatic feature if it is available natively on Wordpress.com?
Back in 2008, a feature was released called "Possibly Related Posts" (see Possibly an Announcement). Has this feature been discontinued?
AI: You cannot install any custom plugins on Wordpress.com for related posts. Unfortunately.
The one I've used and abused is called Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. It's highly customizable, free, and has the widget that you want.
As of June 2012, there is no feature built-in to Wordpress.com to display related posts. |
H: How to make a post public in Google+ without showing it on others' streams?
I often want to make a post or album visible to the public in Google+, but I do not want to bother people by letting it show up on the streams of people who have me in their Circles. Is there any way to accomplish this?
AI: when you make something public it defaults to displaying on the streams of people who have you in their circle. There's no way around this except for those people to not have you in their circle or to block you. Same idea as with Facebook public posts. |
H: How do I delete my Facebook friends from the mobile interface?
How do I delete my Facebook friends from the mobile interface?. Before the timeline feature there was an "unfriend" button in their profile. However, now I can't find where is it located in timeline version of Facebook.
AI: It is very simple. Just see this screenshot:
You have to first click on the "Friends" button, then you see a pop-up drop down list, at the end of which you have the option of "Unfriend".
PS: Kindly note that, based on your mobile model, the mobile browser/facebook app you are using, the kind of script that runs when clicking on "Friends" here may not be supported, in which case you will not be able to "Unfriend" anyone. |
H: Why can't I set username for a Facebook Page?
When I go to http://www.facebook.com/username/ I can only see a drop down list with my pages but no input field where I could enter my desired username. What can be wrong?
Are there some restrictions on creating page usernames? Haven't found anything in http://www.facebook.com/help/pages/usernames.
AI: Yes, when creating a username for a FB page, your page needs to have 25 likes. Once you have that, you can set the username. Just make sure you want to stick with the username you choose. Once you set a username, you cannot change it. |
H: Which app is used to detect friends group in fb?
Recently I approved friend request of a spammer by mistake ,after one hour I checked facebook again , i noticed that he posted spam all the groups where I am present. My question is is there any API to get friends groups and send join requests automatically , or am I hacked ?
AI: Facebook API gives information about the public groups you are in. This method does it -
https://graph.facebook.com/<user_id>/groups?access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>
It returns the data in following format -
{
"data": [
{
"version": 1,
"name": "The Magnet Link",
"id": "358110224242411",
"unread": 1,
"bookmark_order": 999999999
},
{
"version": 1,
"name": "NIBS-Care For Mental Health",
"id": "467292153287893",
"unread": 9,
"bookmark_order": 999999999
},
{
"version": 1,
"name": "Movie Lovers Group",
"id": "110068659059974",
"unread": 25,
"bookmark_order": 999999999
},
{
"version": 1,
"name": "Book Keepers - A place for Book Lovers",
"id": "208239532582598",
"unread": 17,
"bookmark_order": 9
},
...
So, he can just use the API to get info about the groups you are in.
Although, it's not possible to send Join requests using the API. |
H: How do I enable file extensions for all files?
I just created a SkyDrive account and was quite confused that the file extensions are hidden for certain file types:
ntbtlog is actually ntbtlog.txt
I looked around the menus but didn't spot an option to enable/disable this behavior.
AI: According to this April 2012 answer from Jeff Steinbok, the MS SkyDrive dev lead, file extensions are visible only for file types that SkyDrive doesn't internally support. Internally supported file types do not show extensions by default.
Another answer to the same question suggested that users file a feature request.
In summary, this feature isn't currently available. |
H: Yahoo email account was used to send spams
My Yahoo email account was sending spam at about 6:40pm today. I immediately updated my password. I also checked "Recent Login Activity", but all recorded locations and IP addresses from 4:47 PM yesterday till now are my own.
How was it possible for my account to send spam while the recorded login activities are normal?
Header of one spam sent and saved in my "Sent" folder:
From Tim Thu Jun 14 15:42:07 2012
X-YMail-OSG: ivy79oIVM1k8kPIPgi4nfJh2JPdWcnzc7If0UmOfBQtmnkB
nEmfLnPHJ
Received: from [187.41.82.250] by web162602.mail.bf1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:42:07 PDT
X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.118.349524
Message-ID: <1339713727.16968.BPMail_high_noncarrier@web162602.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:42:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tim <[email protected]>
Subject: HI
To: [email protected]
Bcc: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected],
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Length: 71
Yahoo notice of failure to deliver the spam to some intended address:
Sorry, we were unable to deliver your message to the following address.
<[email protected]>:
Remote host said: 550 5.1.1 <[email protected]> User unknown; rejecting [RCPT_TO]
--- Below this line is a copy of the message.
Received: from [98.139.212.148] by nm21.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jun 2012 22:42:08 -0000
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s=s1024; d=yahoo.com;
h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type;
b=enSetbkOfQmTtzS221NeSMw+dVAbV6y4iFhhSye/tdOobEqExxBebaFrFsehnXbU10/kB00lr3EVDJFCcYoJT5Sp9a7bz1r9L3CezVCrqeolUUNSN4R9qjreJCxk3YxcTnm9f//PvAIPDsqadFmZyDXcT5FyUEfiwb0cyERbL90=;
X-YMail-OSG: ivy79oIVM1k8kPIPgi4nfJh2JPdWcnzc7If0UmOfBQtmnkB
nEmfLnPHJ
Received: from [187.41.82.250] by web162602.mail.bf1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:42:07 PDT
X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.118.349524
Message-ID: <1339713727.16968.BPMail_high_noncarrier@web162602.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:42:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tim <[email protected]>
Subject: HI
To: [email protected]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
AI: You can have a virus. The one that sends e-mails. If you have at least one spam e-mail try to track computers that had received it in Received header. If it tracks down to your computer - you are vulnerable.
They can just use your e-mail when sending spam. Nothing you can do unless your mail provider (Yahoo) would use something like DKIM or SPF. |
H: How to force Google to use a keyword?
Possible Duplicate:
Search for multiple unrelated words in Google Search
I've noticed recently that Google force-feeds me certain results even if I explicitly demand that a particular keyword be included. For example, searching for:
None of the returned results include the word "awful", though I was under the impression that + forces the word to appear in the results. Has this feature been deprecated by Google? If not, is there a way to perform a search that must include certain keywords?
(P.S. I sincerely apologize to fans of this comedian. I just had no examples handy that did not include him.)
AI: The plus sign no longer works in Google searches.
Use quotes to search for an exact word. |
H: Derivative of tan(f(x,y))
I was looking at the derivation of the derivative of tan(x^2 + 5x + y) on the Wolfram|Alpha. I don't understand the last step, which says the derivative of y is zero.
Shouldn't it be y?
Here is the link to the derivation:
http://www3.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP4281a2116fh62dgcef100002h2gfc72529d6a10?MSPStoreType=image/gif&s=11&w=478&h=546
Please note that I couldn't post an image. The link above will display the image from the Wolfram|Alpha website.
AI: As you can see the derivative of tan(x^2 + 5x + y) is (5+2 x) sec^2(5 x+x^2+y) as you can see that you have not explicitly stated that y is a function of w. So wofram alpha assumes y to be constant, and the derivative of constant is zero.
This is what we get for just y
If you specify y as function of x (by y(x)), you get the following result |
H: Is it possible to reply to Google+ comments via email?
When people reply to a Google+ post of mine or mention me, I get an email. On at least one of those emails, I was able to reply via email. That doesn't seem to be working any more and now messages say "you can't reply to this email". Is there a way to restore this functionality?
AI: You should be able to reply to the comment right within the email message.
Gmail and Google plus just got a little closer, with the search giant
announcing that you can now use Gmail to respond to Google plus
notifications.
The changes mean that Google social’s networking site which has
already been integrated into search results, will also become an
important part of Gmail.
So what will it mean for users? Well they can reply to Google plus
notifications instantly from their Gmail inbox without having to click
on the Plus icon on the Google bar.
More at the official announcement:
http://googleplus-update.blogspot.com/2012/05/now-reply-to-google-plus-comments-from.html |
H: Understanding "Authorized Access to your Google Account"
I'm having trouble understanding what I'm am granting to sites when they have "Authorized Access to my Google Account."
This is how I see what has authorized access:
Log into gmail.
Click on the link that is my name in the upper-right corner, and from the drop-down select Account.
From the list of links to the left, select Security.
Click on Edit next to Authorized applications and sites.
Authenticate again.
At the top of the page, I see a set of sites that have authorized access to my account in various ways.
I'm having trouble finding out information about what is being told to me here. There's no "help" link anywhere on the page and my Google searches are coming up unproductive. From the looks of what I see there, Google has access to my Google calendar. I feel comfortable about that, I think. But other sites have authorization to "Sign in using your Google account".
My question is, what exactly does that authorization mean?
What do the sites that have authorization to "Sign in using my Google account" have the power to do?
I hope that this simply means that they authorize using the same criterion that Gmail does. I assume that this doesn't grant them the ability to access my email.
Can someone please calm my paranoia by describing (or simply pointing me to a site that describes) what these terms mean exactly?
AI: "Sign in using your Google account" entries are automatically added when you use your Google account to log in to a website (such as a Stack Exchange site like this one) and leave the "Remember this approval" box checked. Any site in the approval list can know whether you are logged in to your Google Account and (if so) which account you are logged in to without asking you first.
According to Google, unless a site asks for additional permission, it cannot retrieve any personal information other than your e-mail address.
Any additional request would have been listed both on the original approval screen and in Google's "Connected Sites, Apps, and Services" list instead of just "Sign in using your Google account".
You can "Revoke Access" for a site if you do not want it to know you are logged in to your Google account without your explicit permission (or no longer want to allow it access to your account in a way you previously approved). |
H: How to share Google Analytics profile in new interface?
Since Google updated the interface of their Analytics service I can't seem to find a way to add users to the profiles I'm managing. Did some googling but only found threads with questions and no answers. Someone mentioned a gear icon but that seems to have gone missing in my dashboard. Googles own help files are useless. Any clues?
AI: Go to Admin.
Select the correct Account and click User Management.
Then click + New User. I'm sure you can take it from here ;) |
H: How do I change which email address GitHub uses for my Gravatar image?
GitHub currently uses my private email for Gravatar, but I would like it to use one of my work ones instead. However, I can't find any way to change which email address is used to get the image.
I have successfully added the email address to my account, and the avatar shows next to it in the list of my account emails. I can log in using either email address and my account password, but regardless of which email I use when I log in, the default one is used for the avatar next to all my actions.
Ideally, I'd like a way to switch between the avatars on different places of GitHub (for example, to use the private one on my profile, and the work one on all my commits to the work project), but being able to change which is used on my current actions is good enough. (Heck, as a starting point, even being able to change it at all is good enough...)
AI: You got it almost right, you'll have to add the other email to your profile settings. However, Github picks up the first listed email address for your gravatar.
So you'll have to remove the email ids such that the preferred gravatar email id bubbles up. Once done, you can re-add the removed email ids. |
H: Bulk editing Gmail filters
I'm trying to edit my 400+ filters to ensure the filtered messages are Never marked as Spam. It appears to me that the only way to "bulk edit" Gmail filters is to edit the XML file.
Before I attempt that (and so far I've failed at my first attempt) is there another, easier way to do this?
AI: You are correct. The only way to edit Gmail filters all at once is via a XML file. |
H: How do I vote on Slashdot?
It's a very silly question, but how do I vote? I've noticed that posts have score, and I assume it's calculated by user votes, but I haven't found the UI element to cast my vote. I am of course logged in.
Also, how do I mark a post/comment as "insightful", "humoristic" etc. ?
AI: Slashdot has adopted the interesting system of giving logged in users randomly a number of 'moderation points', which can be used to moderate posts as you describe. You can increase the chances of getting these points by being logged in and browsing comments and by having been a member for a certain length of time, but it is largely a matter of chance.
There is a (very) old write up here that is quite in-depth on the how and why. Some of the details may be a little different now but the mechanics are largely the same. The FAQ topic covers it in less detail. |
H: How to remove Gmail's prevention of the “suspicious sign-in”?
I got mail from Gmail saying someone from a certain IP tried to log-in and it was prevented and that I should reset my password by following the given link if I don't recognise the address.
...We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to access your account...
However, this is not from a hijacker but from an application I set up some time ago. Now it can not access my account. How can I remove the prevention of the sign-in?
AI: You should be able to use Google's Unlock Catpcha to unblock your application. I can't find much official doco on it, but according to this post if you unlock with the captcha logins for the next ten minutes are recognised as legitimate. |
H: Trello Online indicators are gone
We're not seeing online indicators in Trello anymore and I can't find mention of this anywhere as an official change. Is anyone else noticing this? Is this a known change I just haven't found mention of?
AI: The team has temporarily disabled after experiencing some technical issues. They will be back in the future, but it's not known when. |
H: Gmail keyboard shortcut to indicate meeting attendance
When I get a meeting (appointment) invitation in my GMail inbox from another Google Apps user, there are links embedded in the message that I can use to indicate my meeting attendance: "Going? Yes - Maybe - No"
Are there keyboard shortcuts that I can use to activate each of these links ("Yes", "Maybe", "No")?
AI: I'm quite sure there aren't any specific ones.
The ones you could use are tab and enter.
The only e-mails in which Gmail offers specific hotkeys are the Google+ "e-mails" that are actually Google+ posts in Gmail. |
H: Erase Google two-factor authentication token
I logged in to GMail with two-factor authentication and mistakenly left the "Remember this computer for 30 days" option checked.
I'd like to erase the authentication token, so on the next log in it'll still prompt for the temporary code, not just for the password.
Can this be done in other ways than deleting cookies?
AI: I found it:
When you visit you Google Account Settings, you can select Security in the sidebar menu.
It will list 2-factor authentication. Click the edit button next to it.
This will lead you to this page: https://accounts.google.com/b/0/SmsAuthConfig
At the bottom of the page there would be a section about Trusted Computers. It will say that the computer you currently uses is a trusted computer.
You have the option to either Remove it from your list of trusted computers or Forget all other trusted computers. |
H: Tumblr items published from queue do not show in Facebook timeline - only those items published directly
I reported the following issue to Tumblr:
I have setup Tumblr to post to Facebook as well. However, I have
noticed that posts published from the queue do not appear in my
Facebook timeline - only posts I publish directly. can this please be
fixed?
And this is the reply I received:
Facebook has altered the way it displays information from Tumblr and
other applications. While you should see some of your posts appearing
in your newsfeed, not all posts will appear there. This is to keep
applications from cluttering your Facebook newsfeed.
Unfortunately, we can't control how Facebook displays content from
Tumblr.
This does not sound right to me: Tumblr would surely have been the author of a plugin - and failing to post to Facebook items that came from the queue does not sound like something on the Facebook side, but in the plugin. Is it possible that I am doing something wrong here?
-edit-
Why would Facebook discriminate between posts published from a queue and posts published directly? More importantly, HOW could they discriminate? Is this data provided by Tumblr to Facebook? Either way, this looks like a bug to me, and I believe it more likely that it's a bug on the Tumblr side and I am disappointed that Tumblr apparently will not even investigate.
AI: Even though @FelixBonkoski's ifttt seems good, I found my solution a different way: I had already set up Tumblr to publish automatically to Twitter.. And thankfully Twitter can publish to Facebook, and this seems to work well for me - for items published from the queue or directly. |
H: Search by street number in Google Maps
I have several addresses I have to mark on Google Maps with a pointer.
The problem is that when I search for an address in the form of "Street Name" + "Street Number" the pointer just goes to the beginning of the street.
I'm pretty sure searching by street number (in my country) is possible, here is an example that works well: http://www.montevideobus.com.uy/
I would like to know if there is any way to add that functionality the search within maps.google since I have to be logged in to my maps account to add a site to the map.
AI: It seems that website stores street number in it's own database along with the coordinates. And it's using it's own search engine, not Google's. So if your search hit a street number and street, it just fetches the coordinate and points it on the map. In google maps, you can only search for street number if it's in the place address. |
H: How does Gmail know there is an executable file within an encrypted file?
I encrypted a folder with this command:
tar -zcf - rails_project | openssl des3 -salt -k 123456 | dd of=rails.tar.gz
Attached it to a mail, press send, and voila, error message that I can't attach executable files. How in the world can Gmail know what's inside!?
AI: See this Gmail help page: Some file types are blocked
I'm guessing the "Gmail does not allow you to send or receive files that are corrupted" part is what applies here (but the Gmail programmer neglected to give a more specific error message for this case). That is, Gmail is checking your .tar.gz file and finding that it's invalid.
I'd suggest using a different extension so Gmail doesn't think it's a corrupt tarball. I just tested this hypothesis, and it seems to be correct. I used the .gpg extension, though I'm sure any number of extensions not on their blacklist would work just as well. |
H: I've installed the Google voice and video chat web browser plugin, but Gmail doesn't detect it
I want to use Google voice and video chat on Iceweasel 10.0.4 on Debian Linux 6.0.5. (Iceweasel is the Firefox derivative that comes with Debian Linux.) I've installed Google's voice-and-video Web-browser plugin package. It actually includes two browser plugins: "Google Talk Plugin" and "Google Talk Plugin Video Accelerator".
I don't need video chat. So I've used Firefox's add-ons manager to disable the Video Accelerator plugin [edit: I didn't know it's a mistake to disable it].
But:
When I try to voice-chat with a contact, I get the error message: "Click here to add voice/video chat."
When I try to call a telephone from within Gmail, I get the error message: "Please download the voice plugin to make a call."
When I go to Settings > Chat, as the "I'm unable to make or receive phone calls in Gmail" troubleshooter recommends, I don't see any version information. I just see: "Gmail voice and video uses Flash for video rendering. Install Now".
Why am I getting these error messages?
AI: All of these error messages were shown because I've disabled the video-accelerator plugin. To fix the problem, re-enable that plugin, then close and reopen Gmail. |
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