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How to directly start new Google Docs or Sheets from the URL bar

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I really like Google Docs and Google Sheets as I can use them freely in my phone, or laptop, that I can also share with others and invite them to collaborate.

As you are still reading this, chances are that you are also a user of these two helpful services. You need to browse through the old files, edit them, or create new ones.

There is a really quick way to create new such files without having to initially go to the landing dashboard where you see all the documents or sheets and then choose to create a new one.

Recently, I learned that there are 2 domains that are very handy, assuming that you are already signed in:

  • doc.new redirects you directly to the page for creating a new Google Doc
  • sheet.new redirects you to a page where you can create a new Google Sheet

Yeah, plain and simple, just like how things we use a lot we wished they were.

I hope this saves you a few seconds of your precious time.

Beat procrastination of writing using “The Most Dangerous Writing App”

I have published more than 270 articles in this blog now and I still have difficulties getting started, despite the fact that I may have a particular topic that I want to write about, or that I have already made a decision to start writing. I just find other things that I could be spending my time on and this makes me procrastinate and delay starting. However, once I get started, I am more likely to follow through and finish writing the article, as I have gained some momentum and want to go further and finish it. A friend of mine has informed me about a tool that I have used to get started for writing a few articles that I have already published here called TheMostDangerousWritingApp.

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Translate texts from images using Google Translate

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Have you gone to a foreign country and all of a sudden there were no English translations,  but were written only in a language that you cannot understand? All the train station guidelines, food descriptions, and everything else that you need so much. You may also hesitate to ask so many people for everything that you do not understand. You simply feel embarrassed and not prefer to ask them anything, as you are not that much comfortable asking so many questions to people that you do not know. Luckily, Google Translate can tremendously help you out.

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Get trending GitHub projects in your Chrome tab with GitHunt

GitHub is widely known as one of the most famous version control repository, in which you can find pretty much countless public projects for many programming languages. It makes it easy for you to collaborate with your team members, and also with other fellow developers around the globe with many public projects that you can learn and benefit from, and also contribute to. Among many other things, GitHub displays Trending Projects which make it easy for you to differentiate the projects that have received more attention than others. As a result, you have the ability to find projects that have received a lot of stars from other fellow developers in the recent past. Continue reading

Increase your productivity as much as five times by doing your job with a purpose

Source:  digitalbloggers.com

Source: digitalbloggers.com

Employees are the ones that bring success to the companies they work in and are the most valuable asset. As a result of this, companies try to increase their productivity by giving them better conditions and better payments and similar incentives that are intended to make their employees work and life more enjoyable and a fulfilling experience. However, people do not do a job at a certain company just for the money, as Senior Vice President of Google, Laszlo Bock said in an interview. Continue reading

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