Tag: Google

So, what is the best Twitter Client?

October 12, 2011

Not exactly a Twitter client, but tool to manage social media accounts like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and more. When I created my first Twitter account in 2006, there weren’t any applications for desktop or mobile. But, it’s 2011 and the service grows so fast. It’s around one billion tweets sent per week (according to…
about.me offers free email for its users. Do you use it?

September 12, 2011

I decided not to use it. I’m using about.me service to create my personal splash page. You can see mine at about.me/thomasarie. It looks good, and very useful to display multiple online profiles like Twitter, Facebook, or even Instagram. Everything works great. Few days ago, about.me users received an email informing about an offer to…
Google Doodles HUT Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia

August 17, 2011

Dirgahayu Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia! Sama dengan tahun-tahun sebelumnya, tahun ini Google juga mengeluarkan sebuah disain Google Doodles untuk ikut merayakan ulang tahun ke-66 Republik Indonesia. Doodles ini merupakan sebuah langkah pengubahan dekorasi yang diaplikasikan kedalam logo Google untuk memperingati perayaan hari besar, peringatan peristiwa penting, bahkan juga untuk memberikan penghormatan kepada figur publik, sejarawan dan…
Klout Adds Five New Networks

August 17, 2011

If you like to analyze influence using a service called Klout — or, you like to analyze your own Klout score — this might be a good news. Klout just added five new services to build (hopefully) better scoring. You can now add services like Tumblr, Instagram, Blogger.com, Flickr and Last.fm.The additional services try to…
YouTube's Black/Dark Player

August 17, 2011

Last year, YouTube introduced its new video player design, and I decided to use it before it was released for public. Now, YouTube has another new player design. This time, it’s dark. The next question is: Do you like it? Do I like it? The dark element can add more contrast, but when I want…
Floating CSS menu on YouTube Flash Videos

July 24, 2011

I currently involve in a website project that put videos as its primary contents. My involvement is not primary on the design. I’m just helping a little. What I like from the process is to find solution. One of the problem is on the navigation menu. It’s very common to have navigation with sub-menus. Without…
Jalan-jalan dan Nonton Bareng Transformers 3 di Hong Kong Bersama simPATI

July 15, 2011

Minggu lalu, tanggal 7-10 Juli 2011, saya berkesempatan untuk ikut jalan-jalan ke Hong Kong dalam rangkaian acara nonton bareng Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. Acara ini diadakan oleh simPATI dengan mengajak beberapa narablog, jurnalis, pemenang kuis, termasuk juga beberapa pengguna media sosial. Tulisan ini adalah tulisan pertama, dan saya akan coba sampaikan secara garis…
Google Plus Sticky Header's User Styles

July 4, 2011

Pujiono shared a wishlist to have Google Plus‘ header displayed in sticky style. Since Google does not offer this feature, can we have this feature using a simple trick? The answer is: yes. There is a small extension of User Styles called ‘Google Plus Sticky Common Header’. I have applied this simple style to my…
Reminder: Google Apps Free Edition Will Support 10 User Accounts

June 17, 2011

This news was sent by Google in April 2011. But, I think I have to keep this info also for myself. In short: There are only ten accounts created under a single Google Apps Free account (previously, we can have up to 50 accounts). In last April, Google Apps account holder should received an email…
Firefox 4: Graphic Drivers Problems

March 24, 2011

Yesterday, Firefox 4 was launched and lots of people — including me — are happy now. I heard about Firefox 4 features during last year Pesta Blogger in Jakarta. At that time, Mozilla Indonesia brought some people from the team (including the developer) to share some knowledge what could be expected from Mozilla Firefox 4.…
Nokia Funaholic Icon Search

December 13, 2010

Following Nokia Indonesia’s Eksismeter campaign, there is now Nokia Funaholic Icon Search. This is all about finding an icon for Nokia E5. This Funaholic Icon Search will find three real person that represents three characters: Antonio (the super exist), Daisy (the music lover) and Kareem (the super busy guy). The mechanism is similar with the…
Flickr says Hello to Google Account!

October 29, 2010

Oke, this is what you need to know right now: You don’t need to have/use Yahoo! ID to join Flickr. That’s right. Today, Flickr allows new signup using Google Account. With dozens of different login usernames and passwords out there on the Interwebs, who needs to add yet another one to the list? To help…
Flickr Helps You to Connect with Friends

October 29, 2010

I haven’t used this Flickr’s “People you may know” feature yet. If you’re using Flickr, you will see another box there on the sidebar giving you some contact suggestions. It seems Yahoo! wants to make Flickr more social these days. As a Flickr user, I can find also find friends based on their data on…
Wyoming saves $1 million and Virgin America saves system costs by about half

October 29, 2010

This is one benefit of having Google Apps for Business for big companies (or when a service involving big numbers of users). Wyoming will save Wyoming taxpayers $1 million annually by moving all state government employees to Google Apps for Government. The decision to go Google was the result of a transparent and competitive evaluation…
If everyone uses Google Instant globally…

September 14, 2010

“If everyone uses Google Instant globally, we estimate this will save more than 3.5 billion seconds a day. That’s 11 hours saved every second.” ~ Google Instant