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

Gboard shortcuts and emoji mashups

#57 Mar 5, 2021

Using fonts with Blogger

#56 Feb 26, 2021

Recording your Android screen

#55 Feb 19, 2021

#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
#46

Dec 4, 2020

Installing Linux apps on your Chromebook – Hello,Running Linux on your Chromebook unlocks access to a vast selection of advanced apps. Which exp
#45

Nov 27, 2020

Google Play Music alternatives – Hello,I don’t listen to music much.Google Play Music, the default music app in the Google ecosystem,
#44

Nov 20, 2020

Google Search games and Easter eggs – Hello,With lockdowns and movement restrictions, the pandemic is giving us more idle time than we want
#43

Nov 13, 2020

Typing emails faster in Gmail – Hello,When Gmail introduced smart replies in the message editor, I was skeptical. The suggestions see
#42

Nov 6, 2020

Essential Linux commands for Chromebooks – Hello,There's a reason software developers prefer text-based command-line tools. By cutting the time
#41

Oct 30, 2020

Mockup generators for Google devices – Hello,Imagine you developed an Android app, or a web tool that works in Chrome.How do you create visu
#40

Oct 23, 2020

Playing old games on Android and Chrome OS – Hello,Poor gaming support has always been a major limitation and a frequent critique of Chrome OS. An
#39

Oct 16, 2020

Improving productivity with Google Lens on Android – Hello,Since the beginning, Google Lens seemed a promising scifi-like technology. But it couldn't do m
#38

Oct 9, 2020

Google Tables basics – Hello,Launching products globally is a moonshot Google just can't pull off. Google Tables, one of the

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