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The Difference Between a Browser and a Search Engine

Gilberto J Perera — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:54:48 +0000

It is amazing how much presume others to know, specially when it comes to computer or internet related topics. I came across a post from Seth Godin’s blog on the Best new way to make an internal sale whose featured video completely reinforced my belief that blogs like Gil’s Method are needed to help [...] Related posts:

8 Ways to Secure Your Privacy in the Cloud

Gilberto J Perera — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:24:26 +0000

As more computer users flock to the cloud to store their information, the amount of personal information online is increasing at an exponential rate. Along with that growth is the increased risk associated with the exposure of private and sensitive information over the internet. When we upload personal data to services like Google Docs or [...] Related posts:

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Speed Up Vista with These Simple NTFS Tweaks

Gilberto J Perera — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:33:58 +0000

I’m always looking for ways to tweak my computers, specifically my laptop. I recently came across a section of the Windows Vista Annoyances book that detailed how you can increase hard drive performance by tweaking the NTFS file system settings in the registry. I have created a series of screen shots along with explanations to [...] Related posts:

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Using Gmail’s New Label Management Feature

Gilberto J Perera — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:29:11 +0000

As an avid user of Gmail for all of my email needs I found that the labeling system for emails was quite inefficient. That is until the Gmail team released a much needed update to label use and management. For those of you that don’t know what labels are, they are simply [...] Related posts:

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Happy Fourth of July 2009

Gilberto J Perera — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:01:15 +0000

Today we celebrate 233 years of Independence as Americans. I think that today instead of focusing solely on the fireworks and the barbecue, we ought to take some time to read and learn a little more about our nations history. I think that there are quite a few Americans that don’t realize the blood [...] Related posts:

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Combine Your Email Accounts With Gmail

Gilberto J Perera — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:30:23 +0000

In previous articles I detailed how I was able to move from Outlook to Google for all of my email and organizational tasks. In this article I’ll cover how I moved all of my email accounts to Gmail. I’ll walk you through the simple process of adding an account from Hotmail that will be accessible [...] Related posts:

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Living the Virtuous Life Task List

Gilberto J Perera — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:30:24 +0000

I’ve always struggled with time management and prioritization of tasks, as a full time employee, part time graduate student, editor for this website, freelancer, husband, friend, and soon to be father time management is very, very important. During a recent trip I made it a point to read Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography. I can certainly say [...] Related posts:

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10 Features that Would Make Gmail Better

Gilberto J Perera — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:41:01 +0000

Ever since I made a switch from Outlook to Gmail three months ago, I’ve compiled a list of features that I think would make Gmail better. Some of these are features that are currently available in Outlook and others apply only to Gmail, but are simply missing. In this article I’ll share with [...] Related posts:

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Pin Frequently Used Documents and Save Time in Office 2007

Gilberto J Perera — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:25:31 +0000

I have a set of documents that I frequently use in Excel and Word. Most of the time I can find them using the Recent Documents menu, but at times when they are not listed (because I’ve opened so many other documents) I have to locate the files to open them. I am always looking [...] Related posts:

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Gmail Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for Your Blackberry

Gilberto J Perera — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:24:00 +0000

As a frequent user of the Gmail mobile application for my Blackberry I find myself constantly accessing the help menu to view the shortcut keys and try to skip the menus in Gmail. I was quickly annoyed with the back and forth and decided to create a credit card sized cheat sheet with all [...] Related posts:

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