1. Wiki Wednesday:
Google Tools, Part I
October 26, 2011
Save Time | Make Life Easier | Bring a Smile

2. Google Apps

3. Gmail Tips & Tricks
● Drag to attach
● Insert images in the message instead of attaching
● Filters and search
● Search, label, and archive
● Forward conversation in chronological order (More > Forward All)
● Forgot to attach? Gmail will stop you.
● Don't forget about this blog post: 3 Email Shortcuts

4. Customize Your Account
● Account settings review
● Google Labs
● Stars/Labels

5. Google Docs
● What's new?
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/whatsnew.html
● Templates
● Revision history (Like Word's Track Changes)

6. Calendar
● Tasks
● Easy add
● Find a time
● Offline

7. Google Products
http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/products/

8. Maps
● Traffic (Activate through
Google Maps, browser-based
and Android app)
● Earth (Download)
● Body (Android App)
● Google Sky [Space] (Browser-based and Android
App)
● Gallery: Alps, Amazon, Pompei, and many, many
more

9. Google Groups

10. Stay "In the Know"
● Google Alerts
○ Filter and Reader Exercise
● Google Reader
○ Adding subscriptions
○ Keyboard shortcuts
○ Reading tips
○ What's Hot in Google Reader?
● Google News:
○ Now with Editors' picks

11. Fun from Google

12. Google Doodles
● To see archives, go to Google.com and click "I'm Feeling
Lucky" button
● Beautiful pieces of art
● Tribute or celebration
● Interactive and fun
● And sometimes distracting. It's reported that the Pacman
doodle took 4.82 MILLION hours of productivity in May
last year (source).
● History and "how it's made" of Doodles: http://mashable.
com/2011/08/03/google-doodles/

13. Say What?
● http://www.wdyl.com/
● http://lmgtfy.com/

14. Next Time
Wiki Wednesday:
Google Tools, Part II
November 16th
11:30