Practicing Google

By Paolo Amoroso

Weekly practical resources on Google products and related tech. Tips, tutorials, and apps that will expand your Google toolbox and help you do more.

Previous issues

Pixel phone camera tricks

#66 May 7, 2021

Signing up for early access Android apps

#65 Apr 30, 2021

Previewing links in Chrome

#64 Apr 23, 2021

#63

Apr 16, 2021

Achieving Inbox Zero with Gmail – Hello,My first email program was Elm on Unix in 1992. I run it on HP-UX workstations at a CS lab and
#62

Apr 9, 2021

Better browsing in Chrome on Android – Hello,Browsing the contemporary web is essentially the same as when I first used NCSA Mosaic 1.1 in 1
#61

Apr 2, 2021

Managing Android notification channels – Hello,Back in the old days of feature phones (remember those?) we personalized ringtones a lot. Besid
#60

Mar 26, 2021

Using Chrome Tab Groups on Android – Hello,I always wanted something like Chrome's Tab Groups, a feature to organize and manage tabs into
#59

Mar 19, 2021

Cool Google Keep features – Hello,Google Keep is the Swiss army knife of my productivity.It lets me store all sorts of links, lis
#58

Mar 12, 2021

Organizing your Chromebook’s app launcher – Hello,Is your Windows or macOS desktop full of file and app shortcuts you access often?Chrome OS has
#57

Mar 5, 2021

Gboard shortcuts and emoji mashups – Hello,I'm a stock kind of guy.I have always been using Android devices by Google as my daily drivers.
#56

Feb 26, 2021

Using fonts with Blogger – Hello,WordPress, the most popular blogging platform, is highly customizable. With its many options an
#55

Feb 19, 2021

Recording your Android screen – Hello,I bought my first Android phone in 2009, a year after the launch of the first consumer Android
#54

Feb 12, 2021

Android home screen shortcuts – Hello,On Android, the home screen seems simple enough. There's a grid of icons you can touch to launc
#53

Feb 5, 2021

Android maintenance tips for 2021 – Hello,Do you pledge new year resolutions?I don't. But I often joke my new year resolution is 1920x108
#52

Jan 29, 2021

Creating custom Chrome address bar actions – Hello,One thing I like of Linux is the command line.Not just for automating tasks with fancy scripts
#51

Jan 22, 2021

One year of Practicing Google – Hello,One year ago these days I sent out the first issue of this newsletter. Time really flies.I read
#50

Jan 15, 2021

Printing from Android – Hello,Up to a decade or two ago, I printed all sorts of documents from my PC. Software documentation,
#49

Jan 8, 2021

Maximizing collaboration with Gmail – Hello,Reading and writing email is an intimate, personal activity. So Gmail collaboration seems an ox
#48

Dec 18, 2020

Printing with Chromebooks – Hello,In the early days of Chromebooks, few printer manufacturers supported these devices. There were
#47

Dec 11, 2020

Strenghtening Android privacy and security – Hello,We all want privacy and security on our devices. But there are so many options and settings, we

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