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Import your OS X address book contacts into Gmail
Have you ever wondered how to do this, well…look no further as I’ll show you. It’s simple really. All you have to do is download AddressBook2CSV Exporter from Antonio Lore‘s website. After installing it, simply do the export, and then import into Gmail, which basically needs a CSV file; however, be forewarned…if some fields are…
Delete unused SMTP servers in OS X
I had numerous unused SMTP servers in my Apple Mail list, so I decided to tidy up and found the following steps do it (yeah!): Access the Finder menu and navigate to Go to Folder and type /Library/Scripts/Mail Scripts/. Look for Manage SMTP Servers.scpt and open it. (This should open the Script Editor.) Hit the…
Read a file with bash
I had to test our download servers at work right away, i.e., HTTP vs HTTPS, which required downloading a large number of files. A file list was given to me to work with, like so: /download/integrations/file1.exe/download/us/update/patch/file1.exe/download/us/cab/file1.exe So I decided to use the bash shell to read each line and run wget quick and dirty. Here’s the…
TED: Ideas worth spreading
You should check out TED. It’s a website that allows users to watch conference talks from the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers. In fact, I just watched an interesting video Google founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, gave: tidbits on how Google runs and innovates. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as…
BumpTop desktop
I’m not sure if you’ve seen this or heard about it, but this is quite impressive: Interact by pushing, pulling and piling documents…on your computer’s desktop interface. Wow! I’m still digesting (read: thinking/analyzing) how this will affect the computer world. So, just check out the website and video. BumpTop is a fresh and engaging new…
Note taking the mind mapping way in meetings
Here’s a great article on mind maps, specifically, how you can make use of it in meetings. Enjoy!