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

Fixing Google Docs problems

#77 Jul 23, 2021

Using Night Sight on Pixels

#76 Jul 16, 2021

Pixel productivity features

#75 Jul 9, 2021

#74

Jul 2, 2021

Avoiding unwanted memories in Google Photos – What’s the downside of having many great photos? Having many great photos you forget you have.Several
#73

Jun 25, 2021

Google Photos storage changes – I freak out if there’s the potential for image data degradation.It’s a conditioned reflex from my lif
#72

Jun 18, 2021

Shuffling around emails in Gmail – I’m a sucker for trying new stuff, especially Google products.I know it’s not without risk as quite a
#71

Jun 11, 2021

Reading out loud content on Android – The growth of podcasts and audiobooks, as well as the buzz around Clubhouse and audio-based social pl
#70

Jun 4, 2021

Creating images with Google Slides – What’s your favorite image editing app?You likely use Photoshop on the desktop and Snapseed on Androi
#69

May 28, 2021

Managing widgets on Android – Hello,How do you organize your home screen on Android?On my devices I arrange the icons as a grid on
#68

May 19, 2021

Reading with Google Discover – My content consumption hub has always been an RSS reader, first Google Reader and then Feedly.RSS and
#67

May 14, 2021

Voice commands for Chrome on Android – Hello,The Google Assistant is a futuristic technology often associated with advanced voice commands r
#66

May 7, 2021

Pixel phone camera tricks – Hello,When it comes to Android, I'm a stock kind of guy. I always used Google-designed phones as my d
#65

Apr 30, 2021

Signing up for early access Android apps – Hello,I'm an early adopter.I love to try new products, apps, and technologies. That's why I don't min
#64

Apr 23, 2021

Previewing links in Chrome – Hello,I need to ask you a favor: please reply to this mail. Say anything you want, such as what's you
#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

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