App tips

Google would very much like you to consider using Google Meet for meetings and Google Chat for workplace chat.

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How to hide Google Meet and Google Chat in Gmail

Zoom recently added easier pronoun sharing, but the setting isn't easy to find. Here's how to use the official pronoun feature, along with a workaround if your organization decides not to enable it.

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How to add your pronouns on Zoom

You want to send an email, just not right now. No problem—it's easy to schedule an email in Gmail. Maybe you're responding to work emails at an embarrassing hour and don't want the recipient to know.

How to schedule an email in Gmail

Google's work location tool will help everyone know who's in the office and who's working from home. Here's how to use it.

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Every hybrid worker should enable this Google Calendar feature

I don't mind useless Zoom meetings—they're a great time to get some work done. The problem: you can't really respond to Slack messages during meetings without your coworkers noticing that you're working instead of paying attention to the meeting.

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How to use Slack during meetings without anyone noticing (and other reasons to schedule messages)

Just to be clear, these suppression levels will block background noise for your coworkers, but you'll still have to suffer through them yourself. 

Zoom noise cancellation: How to block background noise on Zoom

If you're doing a presentation on Zoom, and I can see the top of your browser, I am not listening to a word you're saying. At all. 

How to share a presentation on Zoom without sharing your browser tabs and address bar

Outlook.com, the web version of Outlook, now supports adding Google Calendars. The change is only for work or school accounts, according to Microsoft, and is intended to provide access to your work and personal calendar in one place.

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Add your Google Calendars to Outlook.com

Maybe you're running a gym with online classes that need music. Maybe you just want some low-fi hip hop beats to relax/discuss quarterly earnings to. Whatever the case, sometimes you want to share music during a Zoom call. 

How to play background music on Zoom—without sharing your screen

There's no built-in tool for making a Slack poll, but if you want to ask your team a question, there are options. You can use emoji reactions as a sort of improvised poll. You can use a third-party tool if you want something more precise.

How to create a poll in Slack

Twitter shut down SMS notifications in most countries last week, meaning anyone who relies on that feature is currently out of luck. But there's a workaround. Before smartphones, Twitter was basically an SMS service.

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Twitter shut down SMS notifications. Here's how to keep getting them.

Google Forms is great, but the default color scheme is very...purple. That probably doesn't match your brand. (My apologies if it does. Purple is a very nice color.) So here's how to add a custom header image to any form and get a matching color scheme. 

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How to make perfect Google Forms header images

Chrome's address bar doubles as a way to do a quick Google search, but you're not limited to searching Google. In that same bar, you can search any site or app.

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How to add custom search engines to Chrome

Dropbox is great on computers because it syncs your files and stays out of your way. I love it for exactly this reason: I don't have to think about it. It just works. 

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How to make Dropbox run in the background again

One of the hardest parts of switching to Windows, for me, is the lack of Quick Look. This app gives me something similar.

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Quick Look is the best Mac feature. Here's how to add it to Windows.

As a child of the '90s, I have fond memories of "Don't Copy That Floppy," the Software Publishers Association's attempt to use rap to convince kids that copyright law was cool.

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Automatically copy your shared Google files

Google Docs lets you collaborate on documents; Gmail doesn't really let you collaborate on emails. That's kind of weird, right? 

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Draft and collaborate on emails in Google Docs

RSS isn't dead, but it is harder to find RSS feeds than it used to be. Browsers no longer point them out, and websites rarely prominently link to them anymore. And yet, most sites do offer RSS feeds.

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How to Find the RSS Feed URL for Almost Any Site

Before the pandemic, I didn't even know Microsoft Teams existed. Like millions of other people, I used a mish-mash of different communication tools at work. Now, it's hard to remember what life was like before Teams.

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9 Microsoft Teams features you should be using for your meetings

If you're here to learn how to delete a Trello board, hi. But also: please don't do it. Yes, I'm going to show you how to delete a Trello board, but I'm also going to give you a few other options.

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How to delete a board in Trello (including alternatives to try)

I started using Calendly because I couldn't take the back-and-forth purgatory that is scheduling over email. But I've since realized it can do a lot more than save me scheduling headaches. My favorite use of Calendly: qualifying leads.

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How I use Calendly to qualify new leads

Working with a baby in tow is nothing short of chaos, but I've made it work. How? I ignore the usual jokes about my "littlest coworker"; instead, I think about my baby as my littlest client—and use a client tracking app to manage her accordingly.

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Why I made my infant a client on my time tracking app

Based on my own experiences and some creative ideas from brands and creators that I love, here are some fresh ways to use Notion to get organized, work more productively, and empower the people around you.

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6 creative ways to use Notion for your business

Find large files in Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos to free up storage space.

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How to free up space in your Google account

Google Docs pageless view means no more page breaks—and a little more flexibility.

Remove page breaks in Google Docs with pageless view

My Macs last a really long time because I care for them with the same devotion I once had for my Tamagotchis.

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How to clean up your Mac (on the inside)

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7 ClickUp features you should start using

When you need to gather data for your spreadsheets, a form is your best friend. In this article, let's take an in-depth look at Google Forms' features, hidden tools, and add-ons to help you make the forms you need in minutes.

The ultimate guide to Google Forms

While Google Docs isn't generally known for its looks, it has a whole load of great features that help you add flair to your documents and save you a lot of time and effort. 

Make your Google Docs pretty with these 8 formatting tricks

The more I do with HubSpot dashboards, the more features I discover. So here's a cheat sheet: the hidden HubSpot dashboard features you should start using.

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5 HubSpot dashboard features you should be using

There are too many apps. Most of them don't talk to each other. Fixing this yourself is time-consuming and expensive.  That's the basic logic behind integration software, which makes it easy to connect all the software you use.

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What is iPaaS? A guide to integration software

I panicked when I thought Chrome took this feature away, but it turns out they just hid it. Here's how to restore tabs on Chrome.

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How to restore tabs on Chrome

Sharing mega-files? Ditch the email. Here are 4 ways to share large files.

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How to send large files

HubSpot coined the term inbound marketing, but saying something is an inbound marketing tool doesn't mean much when you don't know what inbound marketing actually means. 

What is Hubspot—and what does it do?

If you don't already love Asana, you might soon. The task and project management app has everything from advanced organizational features to flying unicorns, and the basic version is free for individual users.

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16 Asana features to start using right now

Tips on how to make the most of the apps you use at work and at home.

Improve your productivity automatically. Use Zapier to get your apps working together.