This is another post to provide details on the SCUG General Meeting presentation that I did on October 24th on Google.As one can imagine Google is not a topic that can be covered in great detail in 40 minutes so I limited myself to just an overview of the following Google services:
- iGoogle
- NoteBook
- Calendar
- Docs
In addition to these main areas I also briefly discussed some of the Firefox extensions that can be used with the above, namely GSpace and a Google Calendar extension called Better GCal.
I also discussed (briefly) about Firefox's ability to allow for multiple profiles. Very useful if you have more than one person using the same computer or you wish to set Firefox for mulitple tasks.
For example, I use Firefox for normal browsing and working on my sites. For the work side I have tons of extensions installed to make life a bit easier that are not required for normal browsing, so I have set up different profiles for each. I also have set up a profile for use when I am not sitting in my office and am connecting thru a wifi hotspot or other non-secure location. Beats having to continually change settings etc.
More info on using profiles in Firefox can be found in this great post on the LifeHacker blog.
For those that aren't Google fanatics like myself then there are lots of other opportunities to use online applications for just about anything. A good post about options can be found here.
As always, please feel free to add your comments, suggestions, raving compliments (but no flames please) to the comments area below.
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