This is just a quick video on using the Bookmarks functions in firefox to very rapidly jump to a bookmarked webpage.

JonoH on twitter recently found that Tweetie 2.1 is not correctly using the Bit.ly API, so some instructions below:
You’ll need your bit.ly username and API key and then need to grab the URL for the bit.ly API endpoint for link shortenning (below), and then merge it all together…
The bit.ly API url (adapted for tweetie) is
http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=%@&login=aaa&apiKey=bbb
Replace the aaa with your bit.ly username and the bbb with your bit.ly API key.  Then copy the whole thing and paste it into the “Custom…” part of the tweetie settings screen under Link Shortening.  I …

I had a friend of mine recently ask me about synchronizing outlook to outlook but on another computer.  I must admit that I originally thought “why is that a problem, I use outlook on 3 or 4 different computers and they’re always in Sync”.  Then I remembered that Outlook works well for me because of exchange.
Exchange makes working with outlook easy because all the core information (emails, calendar, contacts etc) are all stored in one place on the server and then exchange takes care of pushing the right information down …

witter is a two way street, you can post as much as you like but it’s only when you start to listen that you become part of the conversation.  In fact I didn’t really ‘get’ twitter for quite some time and it wasn’t until I installed a great tool called tweetdeck that it finally made sense.
The problem with twitter (I think anyway) is the twitter website, it’s just not well designed for having conversations with people.  I use twitter without EVER VISITING THE TWITTER WEBSITE! I use it from my …

I’ve been using Excel and these shortcuts for such a long time that I virtually take them for granted.  Here’s a quick video of these if you don’t feel like reading…

Regardless, here are the 5 keyboard shortcuts that save my alot of time:

Multi-Line text in a cell – ALT+Enter. This is like hitting enter in a word processor to make a new line, but in the same cell.  It’s good for column headings that are a little long and you want to control the wrapping manually.
Autosum – ALT + =. …

Mitch on Six Pixels has a great attitude when it comes to managing SPAM.
It’s pretty simple: sending someone a commercial message when you do not have their permission to do so is spam. It’s a message they did not ask for or request.
The challenge of course is trying to follow the right people and then make sure you are not getting a stream full of SPAM.  There is a way I’ve discovered though that tends to alleviate this issues.  My experience is that spammers are using automation tools to send …

After reading this horror story, I decided that it was about time to do the right thing with my passwords… and not use the same one everywhere.
But what an ordeal!
Here’s a list of the sites I use regularly and they all had (except for 2) the same password:

gmail
flickr
youtube
friendfeed
twitter
yahoo
msn/live
digsby
timebridge
skype
jaymccormack.com
apple
emusic
facebook
linkedin
stumbleupon
toodledo
tripadvisor
tripit
godaddy
claimid
yammer

But of course what password, or passwords should I use for all these? Enter RoboForm. I’ve posted about this in the past, it’s a cool password management tool that remembers passwords the first time you use them and then types them …

Google Docs have recently started working with offline functions through the use of Google Gears.  Gears is their engine that allows for you to perform some functions while not connected to the Internet and then synchronises when you get a connection again.
I’ve been waiting for this for Gmail for a while.  I love the interface for Gmail, but get a little frustrated when I don’t have a connection, an offline version would be great.

Have just been playing with a tool called TimeBridge, it’s a meeting planner type application that integrates into Outlook and allows you to setup of a meeting. Sounds simple, but as soon as you add people from multiple companies in multiple time zones it get complex and a down-right waste of time.
Timebridge solves the typical back and forth issue by allowing you to suggest up to 5 time slots from your own outlook calendar and then sending invitations off to the attendees. The attendees then choose the best …

I plan on writing a few posts over the next couple of weeks around Google docs, Google’s online document system, but to get started wanted to talk briefly about what the application is attempting to do.
If you think about the average document what normally springs to mind is something like a letter or a proposal and typically you would use a word processor to write it up.  Something like Microsoft Word, OpenOffice Writer are the normal tools you think of too.  If you think a little harder though about the …