Category Archives: Tools

How Twitter’s New Interface Brought Me Back to Roost

Posted on January 13, 2012 by robertmerrill

Why the #newtwitter is working better for me? In a word: Connection. The new features in Twitter are great. The Connection Tab is really my new homepage when I visit twitter. In one view, it thins out all the conversations … Continue reading →

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My iTunes Hacked, $300+ stolen via PayPal

Posted on January 9, 2012 by robertmerrill

Case of the Mondays? Try this one on. Overnight, I got a notice there was a purchase of something called “Kingdom Conquest” on my iTunes account. I knew one of the other users on my account (in my family) was … Continue reading →

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Is Google+ the New Google Wave?

Posted on July 1, 2011 by robertmerrill

Unless I am misinterpreting things, the messaging functions of Google Plus where you can add/remove individuals/groups (called "circles") to your messages, to which they can comment and react to (called, nerd-a-rifically, "+1 ing" or "+1′d") feels a lot like a … Continue reading →

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Interoffice Nuclear Arms Race

Posted on June 30, 2011 by robertmerrill

Or: How to properly use the CC/BCC fields in email to be a real jerk. In business today, the email is mightier than the pen and the sword, combined. Here are things to be aware of in the usage of corporate email. … Continue reading →

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You Should Tweet Like A TV Exec

Posted on May 16, 2011 by robertmerrill

Here’s 10 reasons every TV Executive should use twitter. Tell me three ways this could payoff for your brand/business/objective.

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Technology < Life

Posted on May 5, 2011 by robertmerrill

I got out of programming many years ago because I realized I wanted a more-direct connection to the humanity of technology. I wanted to put faces to the names. My daddy-heart swelled a little watching how Google has captured the … Continue reading →

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Upload Entire Folders to Google Docs

Posted on April 30, 2011 by robertmerrill

One more reason to use Google Documents Storage is here… upload entire folders from your hard-drive and your sub-folders/documents/files/images, etc., will be maintained. The Google Help files explain it this way: For example, let’s say you have a folder on … Continue reading →

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Easy Physical-To-Digital Calendaring – Wishlist Wednesday

Posted on April 20, 2011 by robertmerrill

Hair salon, doctor appointment, dentist, whatever… when You walk out the door they ask for another appointment. Of course, that’s no problem in itself but it leaves me fumbling for my phone, trying to validate the appointment time in my … Continue reading →

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P.S. Googling A Phone Number Sucks #wishwed

Posted on April 13, 2011 by robertmerrill

My wishlist item for this week is to the Google to help us with googling phone numbers.  Truth is, Google knows when you enter a FedEx/UPS tracking number, a patent filing, an address, a currency, a flight number, a disease, … Continue reading →

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