Web Page Monitor using Google Docs

My guest post on monitoring web page changes using google docs is posted in Digital Inspiration - one of the most popular technology blogs. Do read it to learn a little bit about using XPATH, RSS Feeds, Google Spreadsheet import() functions.
Here is a summary of the technique:

First go to the web page which you are [...]

Tracking your stock portfolio using Google Docs

By integrating services like Google Finance, Search in to spreadsheet functions, google docs has paved the way for endless possibilities.

Google spreadsheet function GoogleFinance() can be used to build stock portfolio tracker sheet that can fetch historical stock quotes to tell how your money is doing.
Click here to see the stock portfolio tracker sheet on Google [...]

Switch between firefox tabs using mouse scroll wheel

Firefox 3 has a ton of extremely useful productivity features and as I keep using it, I discover more and more of them. Here is one I found extremely useful and simple:

When you have lots of tabs open, in order to switch between the tabs, place mouse pointer on any of the tab titles and [...]

Search restaurants by cuisine - Google maps

This is another wow feature in Google maps that I started seeing last week. You can search restaurants by cuisine, how simple yet how effective ..
Click here to see all the Pizza places near Empire State Building in New York.
Earlier on Gmaps: Get directions by public transport, See 3D building outlines in [...]

Analyze your blog post’s readability with Google docs

How can you ensure that your blog post, term report or business case is readable without spending a lot of time getting beta reviews from others?
Thanks to google docs, you can do that with one click. Just upload your word document / txt file to google docs. Once inside, goto menu > tools > “word [...]

Add more superstars to your gmail

I use new superstars gmail labs feature a lot, to mark reader mails that I need to followup, comments I should respond to, ideas that are interesting, bill mailers that should be paid. The default setting allows any of the 4 superstars to be added. while trying to change my mail signature, I have realized [...]

Mute conversations in Gmail to not follow a specific thread of mails

Do you know that you can mute conversations in gmail if you are do not want to see that lengthy thread on single subjected that people wont give up.

Just select the mail / conversation you want to mute
Click on “More actions” and select “mute”
Enjoy the bliss

If you want search for muted conversations use “is:muted” search [...]