Learning is Change

What I'm Using: LinkRedirector for sending folks to different link destinations based upon the device they are using.

Alright, so this might be a very specific use case, but I often need to send folks to different places if they are on an iPad vs. a Laptop. So, with this I can give folks the same link but take them to the different places I need them to go on the web based upon their device. I find that incredibly cool.

A free url shortener | Linkredirector

Send visitors to different destinations With our free url shortener you can add multiple destinations to your short links and define who should be redirected where. Simply select the segments you wish to affect, like device model, device vendor, operating system, browser, country, display size and returning/new visitors.

Two new jobs at Google opened up today that make me ponder what kinds of things they are up too…

Two new jobs at Google opened up today that make me ponder what kinds of things they are up too…

https://www.google.com/about/careers/search?src=Online/Uncategorized/googlejobsalerts&utm_source=googlejobs&utm_medium=email&utm_term=education&utm_content=Program+Manager,+K-12+Education+Initiative&utm_campaign=jobalerts#!t=jo&jid=60825001

and 

https://www.google.com/about/careers/search?src=Online/Uncategorized/googlejobsalerts&utm_source=googlejobs&utm_medium=email&utm_term=education&utm_content=Student+Experience+Manager&utm_campaign=jobalerts#!t=jo&jid=63445001

https://www.google.com/about/careers/search?src=Online/Uncategorized/googlejobsalerts&utm_source=googlejobs&utm_medium=email&utm_term=education&utm_content=Program+Manager,+K-12+Education+Initiative&utm_campaign=jobalerts#!t=jo&jid=60825001

What I'm Using: A Chrome Extension to make Google Docs into WordPress Blog Posts

I find this extension to be awesome! I hope to use it a lot in collaborating on blog posts and in making things that I have written into an ongoing conversation.

Send to WordPress – Chrome Web Store

As a blog writer, you are most likely using Google Docs for most of your writing process. After hours of writing and reviewing, you finally have a completed blog post that you are ready to show the world. All that is left is to upload your document to WordPress. Unfortunately, this seemingly simple task often proves to be quite a hassle since you need to format the entire post in order to fit your blog’s style.

This extension is designed make your publishing process as fast and efficient as possible. Simply open your document with Google Docs to WordPress and click “create post(s)”. Your new post is now on WordPress, styled to fit your WordPress theme. Your images have also been taken care of, each one labeled correctly and appearing exactly in the right place

What I'm Learning: "Adding" files to multiple folders in the New Google Drive is Rediculous

Although you can still do this in the New Google Drive, the keystoke has changed to the nonsensical “Shift+Z” to open up the “add to” dialog. Thank goodness you can still hold down control (or Option on a mac) while you drag things from one folder to another in drive so you don’t mess with the permissions while you are adding it to your own folder structure. I know they are trying to simplify things, but I don’t think this is the right way of going about it.

About moving content from shared folders – Google Apps Administrator Help

Advanced users can add the file to ‘My Drive’ instead of moving it. This is not a copy of the file. It’s literally the same file located in multiple folders. For example, renaming the file in My Drive will rename it for everyone and sharing it will share the original file with anyone the added file is shared with. Users can do this by selecting a file and then pressing Shift+Z to display the “Add To” dialog box.