Customizing Gmail & Gsuite for Productivity
As an avid Inbox Zero practitioner who likes to find information very quickly, I’ve tinkered quite a bit with my Gmail and Gdrive setup. Here’s what I currently use:
Search Advertising: Not Always On Point, On Purpose
I just saw this ad while googling for Salesforce Chatter adoption vs. the increasingly ubiquitous Slack, and was stumped for a second before realizing what was going on, so I… Read more »
Cloud Toolbox: There’s A Micro-SaaS For That
Here are a few tools that I was surprised even existed when I first ran into them because they address pretty niche needs, but it’s awesome that they do. I… Read more »
Adding iPaas Triggers: Zapier vs. MS Flow UIs
Microsoft just updated its Flow SaaS integrator, and one of the changes (pictured left in the above screenshot) mirrors Zapier’s UI (pictured right), down to the pricing tier (premium or… Read more »
Making It Easy Enough, But not Easier, To Cancel Paid Subs
Baremetrics’ Josh Pigford makes good points here about business self-preservation and customer service:
Google Analytics Troubleshooting & Auditing Guide
Whether for my own sites or while consulting for other businesses, I’ve often run into a nagging feeling that the ubiquitous Google Analytics (GA) is not entirely properly installed, and… Read more »
On Game Tutorials, Or Any App Onboarding Really
Whether designing a computer game, a business app, or an API, the premise should be the same: people want to do stuff right away, not meander through attention-challenging learning that… Read more »
How to Watch Youtube in a Chromeless Browser Window
I wanted to have Bloomberg TV’s Youtube stream in a minimalist window and first tried the /embed/ trick, but publishers can disable their Youtube videos to work outside of youtube.com… Read more »
Geopolitical Tectonic Movements: Watch the Mediterranean & Beyond
Note: this entry was originally published in February 2015, with ongoing updates and edits since then. Though the daily ebbs and flows of the news cycle may make it seem… Read more »
SaaS Integration: Multi-Step Workflows & The Category’s Future
Retrieving and remixing data from web APIs and SaaS through two or more steps is a decade-old idea, starting with Yahoo Pipes in 2007 if not earlier (screenshot above from Derek… Read more »