A must read for anyone who cares about the future of consumer technology.
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An OS X Google Docs client with support for multiple accounts. This may replace my current Fluid setup.
Quick Tip: Printing or Creating a PDF of Google Translate Output
Note: This is a bit technical, but it does work if you’re comfortable modifying a bit of HTML via your browser’s development tools.
I’ve recently needed to translate some PDFs from Chinese to English in order to understand some workflows and wireframes from a partner. Google Translate provides a great jump start in providing context, though sadly, the rendered translation doesn’t like to print, typically only outputting the first page. As I needed to maintain the layout to compare to the original wireframes, pasting the translated text into another app wouldn’t work.
So, I began mucking around with Chrome’s developer tools and found a quick solution, which comes down to one change: Remove position: absolute; in div.main
And with that, I was able to both print to PDF and the printer.
Page Speed Online
“Page Speed Online analyzes the content of a web page, then generates suggestions to make that page faster. “
Think Quarterly
Google’s online quarterly that steps out of the usual hustle and bustle to focus on one major topic.
The Google Blacklist Christmas Card
Offensive, but beautifully constructed and an interesting bit of commentary on passive/silent censorship. Construct a Christmas message "from all the words Google has blacklisted (typing them in to Google will yield zero results)