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How to Convert Popup Windows to Tabs in Google Chrome

September 30, 2020October 13, 2020 Christian Watson 1 Comment

Some websites (e.g., Gmail) create popup windows in Chrome without displaying the menubar, which means that you don’t have access to any of the usual Chrome menubar functionality.

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LinkedIn Recommendation Generators

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Christian Watson Leave a comment

Given how common requests for LinkedIn recommendations are and how devalued their currency has become, I’ve thought for a while that it would be helpful to have a tool to generate these automatically.

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How to Mass Delete All the Emails in a Folder in Gmail

September 8, 2018October 4, 2020 Christian Watson 21 Comments

I used to subscribe to lots of emails from online retailers. As a result, I have thousands of these emails stored in folders (also known as “labels”) in Gmail. After deciding it was time for a cleanup, I discovered that mass deleting emails in Gmail is not that intuitive. So, here’s how to do it. 

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The New York Times: 2005 vs. 2013

August 24, 2013September 21, 2020 Christian Watson

I recently happened to stumble across a lost page of technology how-tos on The New York Times website that dates back to 2005.

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Worst Banner Ad Ever?

June 16, 2013August 14, 2016 Christian Watson 3 Comments

When you do a lot of remarketing, you’re always on the lookout for good banner ad designs and ideas. So, I couldn’t help but notice that this banner ad is the polar opposite to anything I would consider to be best practice for banner ad design. Read More

Building Your Online Reputation

March 31, 2013July 27, 2016 Christian Watson 6 Comments

This post by Seth Godin on building your backlist (or as I think of it, building your online reputation) struck a chord with me.
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Good Online Advertising or Simply Bad Taste?

October 29, 2012September 21, 2020 Christian Watson 3 Comments

I came across this banner ad on Weather.com today from Travelers Insurance. Given that millions of people are likely to be pretty miserable over the next few days to weeks, I’m trying to decide if it is being responsive to the news of the day or is just in bad taste.

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Pandora vs. Raditaz: Which Online Radio Station Plays the Best Music?

February 12, 2012August 2, 2016 Christian Watson 10 Comments

I’m a long time Pandora listener, but I recently became aware of Raditaz, a competing roll-your-own online radio station, which offers 14,000,000 tracks compared with Pandora’s 900,000 along with a few other bells and whistles.

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Aren’t Websites Supposed to Save Money?

June 28, 2010September 20, 2020 Christian Watson

A recent BBC news article writes that the British government spent £94M last year developing and running websites.

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JavaScript Physics Engine

June 2, 2010August 14, 2016 Christian Watson

This is a pretty amazing example of what you can do with JavaScript these days. Click around the screen and don’t forget to try shaking your browser window. Read More

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