Computers

One of the more embarrassing office moments I recall was a colleague who innocently opened an email with a video link. The video was humorous, but not for a business setting especially since the audio could be heard by others. This scenario happens countless times in offices throughout the day, as senders fail to label their content as "not safe for work" or use the acronym "NSFW". Now, an easy solution combines a short URL link with a warning page for your recipients.

Ever had a situation where you need to contact a company, but you can’t find their information. It can be frustrating. We hit that situation this morning, as we wanted to inform a company their auto responder was broken. The problem was the web site had neither a contact page nor a privacy page where contact information is normally displayed. And since no service or software was involved, there wasn’t any EULA. In these instances, we look for other clues from the WHOIS entry for the domain.

Google launched a Build your campus in 3D competition. The official Google blog explains: “This spring, you and your (presumably equally artistic) friends can honor your campus turf as you hone your 3D design skills just by modeling your school’s campus buildings in Google SketchUp, geo-reference them in Google Earth, and submit them through the competition website to earn lasting online glory. And the winners get a visit to Google, all expenses paid.”

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AdSense has a new feature that allows you to define ad placement channels for Google’s site targeting feature. Now when you create or maintain a channel in AdSense Setup -> Channels -> Edit settings, you can check a “targeting” box, and then provide some info about where exactly the ad will appear (e.g. top left on the homepage, or bottom center on sports articles), as well as an ad description. “When advertisers search for places to target their ads using site targeting, they’ll see your placement and description as an option on which they can place their ads,” the Google help explains.
[Via Search Engine Land.]

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This is weird but fun: you draw a figure, and then the Flash site will make your figure dance. [Thanks JennyPenny!]

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