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Export Data from Google Drive with Takeout

July 29, 2013 By barrie@compassdesigns.net Leave a Comment

For a while now I have been looking for a good tool to backup very large folders from Google Drive. I have wanted to burn a DVD as backup.

I had previously come across the Data Liberation Front, and now it seems its been incorporated into the Google feature set more formally.

Check out www.google.com/takeout

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How Google Docs Research Tool Changes Homework Research Papers

July 24, 2012 By barrie@compassdesigns.net Leave a Comment

Had any homework papers recently? I hope your teacher knows about Google Doc’s new Research Tool feature!

If you have children at school (or have recently been there yourself), you’ll recognize the good old traditional assignment of the research paper.

A continual challenge for teachers is keeping up with technology, specifically, how Google and the web in general has completely changed how research is done.

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Can Gmail Get You a Job?

May 22, 2012 By barrie@compassdesigns.net 2 Comments

Over the last few months I have had the privilege of serving on two hiring committees. As I did so, I noticed that what email address someone had, could make a difference to how their application was treated. Let’s face it, it’s a tough job market out there right now, and people should give themselves every advantage they can!

Would you give an application its due if you see its from ilovecats@hotmail.com?

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I am an entrepreneur, web consultant, author and educator.

I have been involved in starting a K-12 School District, a Private High School, and three web tech companies. I also wrote one of the original and best selling books on Joomla.

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