New and notable for January 29th 2012 through January 31st 2012

What I’m reading and finding for January 29th 2012 through January 31st 2012: Uncensored – Leanpub- leanpub.com A Glimpse of Murdoch Unbound- nytimes.com – By DAVID CARR While many modern executives live behind a wall of communications operatives, Rupert Murdoch, the chief of News Corporation, is openly expressing his opinions on Twitter. From Twitter – [...]

New and notable for January 23rd 2012 through January 28th 2012

What I’m reading and finding for January 23rd 2012 through January 28th 2012: At Twitter, The Future is You!- youtube.com Dear Google: Crappy Results Like This Don’t Give The Impression You Care About Search- searchengineland.com – Danny Sullivan The debate about what should — and shouldn’t — show in a Google search result for “santorum” [...]

New and notable for January 2nd 2012 through January 5th 2012

What I’m reading and finding for January 2nd 2012 through January 5th 2012: From Twitter – Give your Android device instant access to all your Wi-Fi spots | TechRepublic http://t.co/HjZbEHcA From Twitter – http://t.co/lNDYy0nh Microsoft Secures Patent for Game Console DVRs IFTTT, A Glue Gun For Sticking The Web Together, Raises $1.5M Seed Round From [...]

New and notable for December 18th 2011 through December 21st 2011

What I’m reading and finding for December 18th 2011 through December 21st 2011: MythBuster Adam Savage: SOPA Could Destroy the Internet as We Know It – Popular Mechanics- popularmechanics.com The U.S. Congress is considering the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). MythBuster Adam Savage says that if these sweeping pieces of [...]

New and notable for December 3rd 2011 through December 6th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for December 3rd 2011 through December 6th 2011: CATS 1, KIDS 0 | Regretsy- regretsy.com – Helen Killer As you know, we have been trying to buy Christmas presents for kids in the Regretsy community. We took many applications, vetted them carefully and set about creating a giant gift exchange [...]

New and notable for December 1st 2011 through December 3rd 2011

What I’m reading and finding for December 1st 2011 through December 3rd 2011: Facebook acquires Gowalla to boost Timeline team – Dec. 2, 2011- money.cnn.com From Twitter – I never used Gowalla but here is how to delete your account if you don’t want Facebook to have it. http://t.co/1tM4bhX5 You’re Not As Busy As You [...]

New and notable for November 16th 2011 through November 18th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for November 16th 2011 through November 18th 2011: Google+ continues battle with fading user interest, data say – latimes.com- latimesblogs.latimes.com – David Sarno One of technology’s big unresolved dramas is whether Google can still cut into the giant social networking lead now held by rival Facebook — or if its [...]

How to Make the Scroll Bar in Gmail Visible in Chrome

I really like the new Beach theme in Gmail. The problem I have with it is that the scroll bar on the right becomes invisible in Google Chrome.  On the right is a snip from my screen. Fortunately, we can fix this with an extension and some script. First, go get the Stylish extension and [...]

New and notable for October 4th 2011 through October 6th 2011

What I’m reading and finding for October 4th 2011 through October 6th 2011: Steve Jobs Was Always Kind To Me (Or, Regrets of An Asshole) | The Wirecutter- thewirecutter.com I met Steve Jobs while I worked at Gizmodo. He was always a gentleman. Steve liked me and he liked Gizmodo. And I liked him back. [...]

How to Enable Send To Google+ from Google Reader

Recently I posted an article about a great extension for Google Chrome to share to Google+ from Google Reader.  Of course the downside here is not everyone uses Chrome.  I’ve figured out a way to work around that and let people share from any browser using the Chrome send to feature and a hack of [...]