Have you ever accidentally used your town’s website to search for a book instead of your local library website?
Funny, I just went to do a search for a book in my local library. But instead of pulling up the library’s website, I accidentally …
How we discover
Searching and discovery, for searchers
Categorizing your blog by your passions
Because I work in the media industry, I started this blog in January 2011 to share my thoughts on how to use media better. On …
Facebook Page invites waiting to be accepted
Did you know there is a section on Facebook that lists all the pending invites for Pages you’ve been invited to? Apparently over the years …
Idea: a script to find Flickr photos being used online
Flickr is a great place to find photos to use. Many photographers assign their photos with a Creative Commons license, so any can use the …
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How do you listen to music on Spotify?
Do you listen to albums? Or maybe you like curated playlists. Or sometimes you might just want to hear an artist, not a specific album, …
In a Google search, WP is a shortcode for Wikipedia
If you do a Google search that starts with the letters “wp”, Google will automatically bring you to a Wikipedia page. (WP is a shortcode …
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Do you still use iTunes for podcasts?
I haven’t used iTunes for podcasts in 18 months. Today I relaunched iTunes and was reminded how glad I am that I no longer use …
Rare hashtags
It’s funny to find hashtags on Instagram that are rarely used. When commenting on a photo, I’ll often combine two words together into a hashtag. …
Control the topics you like for Google ads
Have you adjusted your privacy settings with Google? You get to pick what topics Google shows you in Google ads. Pick exactly what you want …
The discovery metadata field
The internet would be a really interesting place if every article that was shared automatically had a “via link.” Ok, so the internet is already …
