Quick GMail Note Trick

Been a while since my last post, but I'm planning to start writing some more. To start off with I wanted to share a little trick I've been using with Gmail for the past week.

Whenever I want to note an interesting page I usually use del.icio.us to tag it and keep it around. However, I'm always writing little notes to myself with what I did to get this or that working, and del.icio.us isn't really designed for that task. Instead I write myself emails, and make sure they're seeded with keywords so when I need to search for them they come up. I could use Google Notebook for this, but I find it easier to shoot off an email instead. The trick I started using is the google +addresssing feature. Normally it's used for creating a spam address, but I found adding a +notes and then creating a filter to label it as a note and remove it from the inbox is a fast and easy way to keep them all organized.

10 Random Mac OS X Tips

Today I was reading the Slashdot story on 15 Things Apple Should Change in Mac OS X and I came across these excellent hints in the comments:

1. Hold down on the + window button to fully maximize a window (may not work in some apps)
2. To find the actual path of a app or file drag it into a terminal window
3. To rename a file, select it and hit enter
4. Create a shortcut on the dock for the Apps folder, then click-and-hold for a pop-menu of all your apps
   
5. Shift-A will open the Apps folder if you don't want it in the dock
   
6. Don't copy and paste, drag and drop everything, including text
7. To put a widget permanently on the desktop, open a terminal and type:

   defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

   press F12, and while dragging a widget press F12 to drop it
   
8. Use Command-O to launch an App or open a file
9. To skip the"Are You Sure?" dialog. hold down the option key when choosing to shutdown
10. Use the dock for temporary storage of files when using the drag-and-drop method of cutting-and-pasting