Google Calendar SMS notifications available in Namibia
It really is the little things in life that matter most.
Namibia is moving up in the World.
Getting rid of Gmail theme-backgrounds
I love that Gmail added theming functionality, but I would actually like some of the themes more without the backgrounds. This isn't a fancy solution, but it's more of a reference for myself. You could also use plugins that let you modify the CSS, but I'm just using Adblock-plus for Firefox here.
Take for instance the Pebbles theme:
Not my cup of tea, but I love those neutral colours.
The easiest thing to do is to add a Block-rule in Adblock-Plus:
1 2 | https://mail.google.com/mail/images/2/5/pebbles/rocks_tile.jpg */images/2/5/pebbles/rocks_tile.jpg /*wildcard version - for Google Apps*/ |
Refresh Gmail, and it's gone:
Other blockable backgrounds (some of the themes are day-of-the-week specific, so I'll add more to the list as I find them):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | *images/2/5/pebbles/rocks_tile.jpg *images/2/5/mountains/mon/* *images/2/5/mountains/tue/* *images/2/5/mountains/wed/* *images/2/5/mountains/thu/* *images/2/5/mountains/fri/* *images/2/5/mountains/sat/* *images/2/5/mountains/sun/* *images/2/5/tree/sunny/header_bg.jpg *images/2/5/ocean/weekdays/weekday_header.jpg *images/2/5/planets/base/star_tile.gif *images/2/5/planets/saturn/saturn.jpg |
Synchronize Google Calendar on iPhone
Note: This should also work on the iPod Touch
iPhone OS 3.0 introduced support for CalDAV and ICS - that means it's really simple to sync with your Google Calendar:
Start by going into Settings:
Go into "Mail, Contacts, Calendars", then "Add account..."
Add a CalDAV account and fill the details:
If you check your calendar, it should sync
You can also add all your other calendars by adding a "Subscribed Calendar"
Start by going to the settings for the calendar you want to add:
Click on the "ICAL" link to get your Calendar's private address
It's usually a really long link, so start by putting it under your drafts or email it to yourself. Add another Calendar account (not a CalDAV this time, but a "subscribed Calendar" Then copy-and-paste into the Server input box specifying URL to the .ics file)
Google Wave adds online-status indicator
This was the biggest lacking feature in Google Wave (for me) for a while. Nice to see it added!
Gmail cleans up navigation
Big thanks to Gmail for taking out the annoying 'sites' from the menu:
Awesome.
Google Wave: View all public waves
Search for with:public and you'll have enough to keep you busy testing.
Update: To make your wave publicly viewable, add this "public@a.gwave.com"
Note: You have to add it in the contact list on the bottom-left of the screen. It might not accept the email address, but just press enter anyway and it should work.
Note2: Sometimes the address will disappear from your list - in which case, add it again (I know, it's annoying).
Google Wave
Got my invitation for Google Wave this morning and I'm already seeing just how useful this can be for collaboration. Especially from a developer's point-of-view: Imagine real-time code-reviews, or dare I say, extreme programming (XP) across continents?.
The editor isn't half-bad at all - it recognizes Tabs (unlike Gmail)
To make it better, pressing Enter at the end of the line goes to the start of the tab, as opposed to the start of the new-line (awesome!):
The other thing I've noticed is there isn't any mention of overall space-limitations.
More to come later...