Innovation 4 Everyone

Google does it again! I just finished the Mapping with Google course. Awesome! This makes summer learning fun! Google courses are so well prepared. You don't want to miss any of them! It focused on Google Maps and Google Earth. This course was led by the product managers themselves. How good is that, huh? If you registered, you received an invitation to access the preview of the new and improved Google Maps and to Google Maps Engine Lite. Eventually we'll all have this version. What's new (or maybe just new to me)? Google Maps Getting step by step directions with estimated travel times for different travel options. See ratings for businesses. View traffic reports. Easily drag the path to try alternative routes. Switch between maps and earth view. View images of interesting places on the bottom as a carrousel. Cool explore features - natural like. Here's a sneak preview: Before:   After: Google Maps Engine Lite Create your own maps. Add pl...

The school year is over and now I am faced with 10,000+ messages on my school's email account. How can I accumulate that many? Well, that's me, I don't like to erase messages, until the end of the year, just in case I need them. The truth is that I have been able to save my day or someone else's by recovering a past email. Hey, I did partially organize my mail throughout the year, otherwise, I'd have about 20,000 by now. I've been using mailbox rules. They are very useful for automatically applying an action to a specific type of message. What actions can there be? Here's an image of what can be done in Apple's Mail application. What I use the most is Move Message to a specific folder On My Mac and Delete Message . Another rule I use, not quite for organizing, but to be alert, is Set Color to Message . That way I can "highlight" messages I receive from people I want to make sure I don't miss reading. Let's see how t...