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Google PE Tip! Is Your Post Reply Hidden???

Jardim Peri, SP, Brazil, Close-Up Photo of Person Behind Leaves Google PEs are Google Help Community Volunteers honored with the title of Product Expert. Some PEs may not be aware, but some rogue Diamond or Platinum PEs sometimes hide other PEs and help community users reply. So do you want to know how to tell if a PE hid your post reply? The PE badge level may determine if reply was hidden by…

Google Product Experts Program: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

After my first Google Top Contributor (Now Gooogle Product Expert) Summit, I arrived home wowed upon discovering a utopian community of like-minded people. It amazed me how supportive, friendly and respectful the members of the TC Program were. On the plane ride to the California Google Headquarters, I was surprised upon discovering myself sitting next to another program member on the plane. We…

What is the Google Product Experts Program???

Photo by Christina Morillo from Pexels The Google Product Experts Program is about recruiting volunteer tech enthusiasts to facilitate discussions, and answer questions about using Google Products in the Google Help Communities. Note it is not about becoming employed by Google. Yes, it does look good to have this program listed on a resume. If you go above and beyond by blogging and creating…

Why I Joined the Google Products Expert Program

In 2016 I joined the Google Top Contributor Program, which eventually evolved into the Google Product Expert (PE) Program. The first thing I’d like to share is the premise of both programs was to provide volunteer support in the Social Media realm, including the Google Help Forums now Community. At the time, the life of being Googley appealed to me. Plus, helping people struggling using…

What No Special Voice to Text Tool?

Due to neuromuscular spine issues, my fingers sometimes do their own thing when typing on a Google Slide. I find using voice to text instead to be a valuable support. One challenge I have is a Google Slide’s voice to text tool is limited to the speaker notes section. Despite this limitation, it is still possible to use voice typing for designing the canvas area of a slide.  One popular method is…

Virtual Reality Opening Doors…

Photo by Eugene Capon from Pexels Recently for a combo birthday and retirement gift, I bought an Oculus Quest 2 Virtual Reality (VR) Headset. I purchased it with the intent of staying physically active during a COVID winter. Winters in my area tend to be cold and snowy. During the winter months, it is not unusual to seek out indoor gyms for activities. However, this winter is very different from…

Advanced File Sharing…Still a Google Drive File Option

Recently I had a user in one of the Google Help Communities ask, “Where did the advanced sharing settings go in a Google Drive File?” Well, they are still there! It’s just the share settings taken on a modern look. You can now locate the advanced share settings by clicking on the gear (settings) icon in the upper right of the share screen. The advanced share settings still provide the following…

Spammers Using Comment Mentions…Now What???

In both the Google Drive & Docs Help Communities, there is a surge of users complaining about receiving mention notifications. Some spammers are using Google Slides Comments notification to send spam files to GMAIL users. I’ve never understood why there are people who misuse technology to harm or play games with other people. It’s my goal with this post to help Google users learn why this…

Use Voice Typing, It’s Easier & Quicker!!!

Using Voice Typing is a quick method to provide responses and answers. In my busy life, timesaving tips are so so important! I look for tools that allow me to add precious free time back into my schedule without losing quality. Tools such as voice typing come in handy to use for saving loads of time.

Today I discovered how well my iPad voice to text keyboard integrates with the YouTube Studio…

Beware of Your Hashtags…

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It’s almost two decades since I created a Print On Demand (POD) store to offer my art designs on products. I’ve noticed in the last few months some of my old designs were selling. In the past few weeks, content review messages started showing up in my inbox.

It seems some of the hashtags were reaching the search engines once more. Of course, I was a happy camper…

Why Check Post Dates?

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Have you ever noticed the internet is becoming a wasteland of some outdated information? Recently I received a comment on a blog post pointing out newer steps for using an internet extension. My response was the post was written back in 2017. I added that both the extension and Google APP mentioned in the post had evolved quite a bit from back then.

My…

Why “Shared with Me”???

I think one of the most misunderstood sections of Google Drive is the “Shared with Me” bin. Many people don’t understand why there is a shared with me bin in Google Drive. The shared with me section of the drive is where either public or shared with you files and folders are stored. Its function is to keep the shared files and folders separate from your private area (my drive) of Google Drive. It…

Use Google Meet Attachments

The attachment feature in Google Meet is there to make life easier. It organizes the presentations and files in one easy to access list. The attachment listing makes the screen sharing experience a breeze. Plus Meet Organizer and guests have access to the same attachment list. The guest view and opening of files are dependent upon the owner’s share setting for each file.

Why Attach Files to…

Sample Guardian Summary Copied from Google Classroom Help Center Resource: About guardian email summaries

Google Classroom couldn’t make it any easier for strengthening a school to home connection by supplying weekly or daily assignment updates. A Guardian Summary is autogenerated by Google Classroom to provide guardians & parents with an assignment due date along with updates about missing…