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Use RSS + Google Reader to Your Advantage…

By on October 14, 2011 in Tools and Technology

If you find yourself spending too much time ‘going out’  scouring the feeds to find information and ideas for your posts, consider reversing the flow.  That reversal has saved me hundreds of hours and allows me to peruse the information at my convenience rather than feeling pressured to visit my  many favored sites for ideas. [...]

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How to Automatically Fill in Repetitive Web Forms (and Avoid Tons of Tedious Typing)

By on October 6, 2011 in Tools and Technology

As a citizen of the web, you frequently enter repetitive information about yourself into forms. Every time you sign up for a new web site with your email address or username, enter in your shipping address, or type in your credit card information for purchases, you waste precious time typing out the same information. Manually [...]

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Hootsuite Publisher Function

By on July 2, 2011 in Tools and Technology

via e1evation.com You can follow the ‘via’ link above if you want more info about this new HootSuite function. Since I learned just about everything I know about shortcuts and tools from Todd Lohenry, HootSuite has become my tool of choice as well! Related articles Social Media Collaboration with HootSuite (blogs.sitepoint.com) Will HootSuite5 Get You [...]

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How to Tell if Your Website Sucks! Part 2

By on June 20, 2011 in Tools and Technology

via e1evation.com   Related articles Guerilla Website User Testing: Small Scale Usability Testing, Massive Benefit (xemion.com) Improving the Usability of Web Content (Elsewhere on the Web) (sixrevisions.com) Fathom That?! – Ep. 8 – Discover How Well Your Website Works With Usability Testing (fathomdelivers.com)

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Gmail Add-On Lets You Follow, Reply & Retweet Inside Email Messages

By on June 10, 2011 in Tools and Technology

  Rapportive, makers of a Gmail add-on for inbox social intelligence, stood up to Google last week by integrating with Gmail’s people widget — said by some to be a Rapportive-killer. Now the startup is adding yet another layer of social utility to the inbox by pumping up the volume on its Twitter integration. via [...]

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