Google: AROUND
With the end of the term upon us, are you looking for a better way to detect plagiarism? We’ve probably all put a suspect passage into Google. If the quote is exact, the source is easy to find. But what… Read moreGoogle: AROUND
Category: Productivity
YouCanBook.Me: Customizing for My Purposes
UPDATED 9/5/2011: Be sure to read a more recent post on this tool. Last month I wrote about a new service (YouCanBook.Me) that lets students schedule appointments with you themselves. (See the original blog post.) Now that I’ve been using… Read moreYouCanBook.Me: Customizing for My Purposes
MS Office: Quick Access Toolbar
One of the cool features of MS Office 2007/2010 is the quick access toolbar. I have a sneaking suspicion it is underutilized. It allows you to quickly access any function, thus the name: Quick access toolbar. This toolbar is at… Read moreMS Office: Quick Access Toolbar
Dropbox: Share a File via a Link
Yesterday I wrote about a way others can upload a file to your Dropbox. (If you’re not familiar with Dropbox, see this post.) Today I want to tell you how others can download files from your Dropbox without them having… Read moreDropbox: Share a File via a Link
DROPitTOme: Let Others Upload to Your Dropbox
As you know from previous posts, I’m a fan of Dropbox. If you’ve never heard of Dropbox, check out my blog post from a year ago. DROPitTOme is a web-based service that allows others, to whom you’ve given a password,… Read moreDROPitTOme: Let Others Upload to Your Dropbox
NudgeMail: Remind Yourself
When you stay at a hotel, do you remember how you used to request a wake-up call? Actually, maybe you still do that. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get a wake-up call for stuff you need to do?… Read moreNudgeMail: Remind Yourself
YouCanBook.Me – Let People Schedule Themselves
UPDATE 9/5/2011 : Be sure to read an even more recent post on this tool. UPDATE 12/2/2010: Be sure to read my more recent post on this tool. It’s surprising how much of my email has to do with scheduling…. Read moreYouCanBook.Me – Let People Schedule Themselves
Dropbox: Sync & Share Your Files Automatically
A few days ago I was visiting with a colleague in his office. He was trying to find the most recent version of a particular file. He had one copy on his computer and one copy on his flashdrive, but… Read moreDropbox: Sync & Share Your Files Automatically
Navigate Folders Faster: QuickJump
As another academic year gets off the ground I’m shuttling more files around than I did all summer. I have folders, subfolders, and sub-subfolders on my C:\ drive and my college’s M:\ drive. I used to use the M:\ drive… Read moreNavigate Folders Faster: QuickJump
ReadTheWords
Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone to read to you? Like, that article you’ve been meaning to get to? Or student papers? What if you not only had someone to read it to you, but you could take the… Read moreReadTheWords