Carl Setzer

I value knowing what’s going on in the tech world. Yet, there is so much change, coming so fast, that sometimes I miss the obvious. I subscribed to YouTube Red some time ago. My focus: ad elimination. So much of my family’s video time is spent on YouTube, so it was a prudent investment. I didn’t realize that the subscription includes Google Music. I discovered this today, so used it as my music delivery mechanism. Music is such a core part of my being, that the way I access it has value. I like the interface. So far, the selection has been solid. Spotify, of late, has been quite a resource hog. Accessing via a web browser seems to use resources better, or at least more gently. Anyway, I’m exploring shifting over fully, and cancelling my Spotify account. I’ll be diving deeper into Google Music and share what I learn.

We had an issue today of not being able to view the worksheet tabs across the bottom of a Google Sheet spreadsheet. This one was extremely annoying as I couldn't see the screen of the user in question. Oddly, when I opened up the same sheet, I couldn't either. But simply scrolling down brought the tabs into view. Didn't work for the person I was helping, though. So, I poked around the internets and found this discussion in Google Docs Help . There are a couple of things they recommend. if you have the Ask toolbar in your browser, remove it try opening the spreadsheet using "incognito mode" if that works, then we need to disable extensions until we determine the one causing the problem try resizing the browser screen try using Firefox (or another browser. If you're in Firefox, then try Chrome or IE) Anyway, I hope you find this helpful. Let me know in the comments.

My first thought upon reading that Google will be discontinuing SMS calendar notifications was "wow, do people still use this feature?" Well, I'm sure some do. But I haven't used this feature in years. I have a few calendar elements that send me texts, ones that have been in my calendar for ages. Though I'd forgotten about this feature, it was powerful at one time. At one point, this was an amazingly powerful tool, allowing me to get calendar notifications while away from my computer.  It was great to get a note a few minutes before my meeting with the details. I loved focusing in on whatever I was doing and not worrying about transitioning/leaving for my next meeting. Anyway, this announcement and (non?) event punctuates an evolutionary element of tech: the move to smartphones and mobile. Important Announcement about SMS notifications in Google Calendar Starting on  June 27th, 2015 , SMS notifications from Google Calendar will no longer be sent. SMS notif...

One of my morning tasks: sorting email. Yeah, the same as zillions of other earthlings. My team are Gmail users, so here's a quick trick I use to speed up my morning. Plug the following into the search bar: in:inbox has:nouserlabels. This pulls up everything that's not been labeled yet. I use labels to help prioritize. Plus, one everything is labeled, it's easy to pull up the whole thread and then archive the redundant messages. I prefer getting all the responses together in one email. Trying to minimize data scatter.  Another one I use: in:inbox is:unread. Pulls up all your unread messages. Of secondary value to the first, though. I check my spam folder >= daily, but I don't scroll down to the spam tag. In the same box, just type "in:spam", and it pops up fast.