google - Grant Winney

Mar 09, 2020

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Replacing Google Analytics, respecting user privacy, and owning your data

If you just want simple stats about your blog or site (i.e. popular pages and referrals), you don't need Google Analytics - the data is already on your server! You just need a tool that can display it nicely for you, and there's a number of privacy-minded alternatives....

google calendar tech

Feb 27, 2020

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How to find the iCal address for a public Google calendar

Behind every great Google calendar URL is an equally amazing iCal file. Here's how to find it....

google privacy mailbox.org tech googlexit

Dec 09, 2019

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Replacing Gmail with Mailbox.org (and calendar, docs, etc)

Google provides some amazing tools, but at what cost to privacy? One of the biggest blockers in eliminating them has been finding a reliable and affordable replacement for email (and ideally, calendar, documents, tasks, etc too). Well I may have finally found it, in Mailbox.org....

Aug 09, 2019

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How to backup Google Photos to your PC now that Google Drive doesn't sync

Google stopped syncing pictures between Photos and Drive because ... reasons. So why's this a pain? Well, they have a nice utility called Backup and Sync, which backs up Drive (and thus your photos) to your PC. Photos don't sync anymore, so it no longer backs them up. Let's look at workarounds....

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Apr 07, 2018

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How to hide Google doodles in Chrome, part 2

Google used to surprise us with an occasional doodle, on holidays or special occasions. Then they started hiring professional doodlers and inundated us with illustrations, animations, games, etc every day. I find them distracting, so here's a browser extension to block them for good....

Mar 21, 2018

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How to hide Google doodles in Chrome

Google used to surprise us with an occasional doodle, on holidays or special occasions. Then they started hiring professional doodlers and inundated us with illustrations, animations, games, etc every day. I find them distracting, so here's an extension (and a few other ways) to block them for good....

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Jan 30, 2018

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Managing your books and shelves with the Google Books API

The Google Books API provides access to Google Books, which lets you search for any book and, at a bare minimium, see meta data about it. Depending on copyright status, you might also be able to see sample pages or read the entire book. You can also buy books....

Dec 22, 2017

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Accessing directions, timezones, coordinates and more with the Google Maps API

Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days, I checked into the Google Maps API. It a series of APIs - for Android, iOS, web, etc - and each is focused on a small set of tasks. At first it seemed a bit overwhelming, but each of them is easy to use. I'll pick a few out to play around with....

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