How do I set up a recurring event in Google Calendar that doesn't recur regularly - well, sort of..?
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posted by bellastarr
on Dec 5, 2012 -
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I'm trying to tag and code about 4000+ unique paragraphs of data. These are opinion responses to two similar questions. I manually went through the first 4000 responses and it took weeks using Google Refine. I'm wondering if there's a way to operationalize this to be a bit easier and less time consuming?
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posted by iamkimiam
on Nov 29, 2012 -
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Google calendar idiot here. How do I sync iPhone to google calendar, not the other way around and why is someone else's calendar appearing in my google calendar online?
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posted by meerkatty
on Nov 28, 2012 -
6 answers
Would the Chromebook be right for me as a writing device? I'm looking to replace my old netbook I use for writing with something more swish and it looks to fit the bill, however I'm not a Google Docs user - how easy is it to transition to from using OpenOffice/Word? How well does the local storage/offline working option work? How easy is it to export Word files and how well does formatting carry over? Is there anything else i need to know?
posted by Artw
on Nov 27, 2012 -
10 answers
Why can I access the rest of the internet but not any Google sites? How can I fix this?
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posted by raccoon409
on Nov 27, 2012 -
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I just switched to an iPhone 5 after years with an Android phone. My carefully constructed sync setup between my work Win 7 PC, my home Mac and my phone is no longer as useful. Details of my current setup within.
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posted by tommasz
on Nov 21, 2012 -
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Mrs. COD gifted me yesterday with a shiny new Nexus 7 for my birthday. Where can I find free or cheap video programming to entertain myself on 1 my one hour each way daily commute?
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posted by COD
on Nov 19, 2012 -
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Let's say I want to live a Google-free existence on the web. What are my best (preferably free, open source) alternatives to various Google products, including the search engine itself?
posted by deathpanels
on Nov 9, 2012 -
12 answers
How does the movie "Flight", which was pretty much off the internet radar a couple weeks ago, suddenly dominate the top organic search results for the word "flight"?
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posted by davebush
on Nov 2, 2012 -
18 answers
Do you know of a master list of active political domain names being used in the current American election? I need it so I can block all ads pointing to those sites.
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posted by Mo Nickels
on Oct 30, 2012 -
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Help me prepare for "Geo for Good Down Under" at Google HQ Australia. Details on my spatial tech knowledge inside.
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posted by micklaw
on Oct 23, 2012 -
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Help me set up a Google Alerts, Analytics or other search to spot sketchy use of my nonprofit’s name and logo!
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posted by paindemie
on Oct 22, 2012 -
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Is there a book blurb search engine, or something that will let me see if someone has ever written a book blurb, and what it was? (Or some clever way of googling Amazon's Editorial Reviews sections)
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posted by sdis
on Oct 11, 2012 -
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Why is google indexing my personal domain "better" than my work's domain - both have WP blogs, but only posts under my personal domain show up in the Google Alert I have for my name. I am responsible for the visibility of my employer's blog and I do not think it's being crawled effectively (or something).
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posted by antonymous
on Sep 27, 2012 -
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I need an alternative to Google Drive that's going to work well with all my little snowflake snowflakes. And there are a bunch.
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posted by kbanas
on Sep 24, 2012 -
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Question about splitting data into columns: I have one column of data that I'd like to split into seven separate columns. A typical, complete row in the column looks like "mefi:1,ask:3,meta:2,projects:5,jobs:5,music:6,irl:4" where the number values can be anywhere from 1-6. The problem is that if any one or more of the seven subsites are left unanswered, the entire value is missing (there is no "[subsite]:0" or "," as a placeholder). Consequently, separating the column into seven distinct columns using the comma as the separator causes the data to fall/shift into the wrong output columns if any one or more of the seven subsite categories are missing. How can i fix this?
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posted by iamkimiam
on Sep 21, 2012 -
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How do I force my Gmail account's phone number to associate with the same account's Google Voice number?
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posted by frodoxiii
on Sep 20, 2012 -
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I have an iPhone 4S with iOS 5. If I download iOS 6 tomorrow, will Google maps be
replaced with Apple maps? Meaning, will the upgrade REMOVE Google maps from my phone? If so, will I be able to download a Google maps app? I already have other 3rd party map apps; I want the one that's actually from Google.
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posted by desjardins
on Sep 18, 2012 -
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I like to write using google docs. I used to have a functioning bookmark that was a one-step to new doc solution, which I loved, because it was simple, and efficient. Some time ago that bookmark stopped working, and now it's a matter of several mouse clicks. This is a very small matter, but if someone has a one step solution they care to share, well, that would be delightful.
posted by letstrythis
on Sep 14, 2012 -
3 answers
How important is Google PageRank in relation to the updates in recent months with regard to Google Panda?
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posted by MrMerlot
on Sep 12, 2012 -
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I have a serious project proposal for Google. I don't need to make money on it, but I'd like to get it looked at. I've been poking around their websites, and have found places to submit business and partnership ideas, but I'm really not sure that those are the right way to submit this concept. It's something on the order of Google Art Project, but different from that. What would you recommend or link me to? Thanks!
posted by Miko
on Sep 9, 2012 -
7 answers
I want to love Google Apps for Education. On the surface it does everything we want it to do, provide emails for students, offer individual log-in, save items on the Google Server rather than individual computers, provide simple document software, etc. Except that it doesn't.....
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posted by aetg
on Sep 5, 2012 -
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I have multiple email addresses associated with my gmail account. Can I make one of them show up as the default in an
original email's "from" field based on the email address or domain I'm writing to?
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posted by jessca84
on Sep 1, 2012 -
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Is the new Google tablet worth it or practical? As a non-tech savvy person, who has only ever used a desktop, and would like to buy an affordable tablet it would be great to get experienced tech savvy thoughts about this new gizmo that popped up on the Google front page today. Is it safe to walk around with one's tablet connected to wifi, if one's tablet is meshed with one's Google account? Can hackers then access one's Google account easily?
posted by nickyskye
on Aug 28, 2012 -
37 answers
I'm helping someone setup google apps for a small biz. Already signed up for google apps and bought the domain name through google (enom.com). Need help building a document repo out of GDocs and redirecting the main domain (example.com and www.example.com) to a website hosted on an outside hosting server.
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posted by WizKid
on Aug 24, 2012 -
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I got them ol' wifi blues: I took the plunge and
bought a Nexus 7, primarily to use for reading textbooks. While it works great on my home wifi, at school, it is unable to connect (apparently Jelly Bean and enterprise wifi don't play nice). Can you help me identify what's causing the problem and fix it?
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posted by ocherdraco
on Aug 22, 2012 -
8 answers
Need idiots guide to Google+ photo hosting pages? On holidays with sporadic Internet, so limited ability to google or view instruction videos. Spanish friend asked for help por fa
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posted by Wilder
on Aug 21, 2012 -
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If I get a Google Nexus 7, will I be able to use it to reliably read textbooks? My college primarily uses Pearson textbooks for the courses I'm taking. Does anyone have experience with those textbooks on an Android tablet?
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posted by ocherdraco
on Aug 14, 2012 -
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How can I block certain sites from Google search results while preventing Google from tailoring search results just for me?
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posted by alligatorman
on Aug 9, 2012 -
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I logged into Google Chrome on my home computer this morning without thinking much about it via my Gmail account. I immediately noticed my bookmarks bar, web history etc. have all been transformed into the settings from my WORK computer and my home computer bookmarks are gone. I signed out of Chrome, but the work bookmarks are still there. How do I fix this?
posted by the foreground
on Aug 3, 2012 -
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Paid Google Apps accounts cannot share (delegate) contacts with users outside of its domain.
Has anybody come across this issue and been able to work around it?
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posted by Slackjaw37
on Aug 1, 2012 -
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Is there any program that can prevent one from searching for specific terms in Google?
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posted by Clotilde
on Jul 23, 2012 -
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I have a question about Google's 2-factor authentication and upgrading to a new device. Can you help?
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posted by KokuRyu
on Jul 21, 2012 -
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What is the relationship between the ritual and the algorithm? Are all rituals algorithmic?
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posted by 0bvious
on Jul 17, 2012 -
16 answers
A purchased e-book has disappeared from my iPad.
I would like to have it back, please.
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posted by SLC Mom
on Jul 16, 2012 -
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I googled someone I've been dating for almost 3 weeks and discovered that they had a sibling die in a work related accident just over a year ago. Now I feel I have deeply personal and traumatic information about them without it having been given freely and not sure what to do with it.
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posted by Dynex
on Jul 13, 2012 -
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