Google: Chaos in Accounts & Services Integration

googleaccounts The idea behind a Google Account is that you can use one single username and password to use various services that Google offers. However, Google Accounts continue to be in chaos due to a single user having various types of accounts in the form of Regular Google Accounts, Google Apps Accounts and Non-Gmail Google Accounts. Moreover the integration between Google’s own services leaves much to be desired.

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Posted under Internet

This post was written by Nikhil Pai on October 28, 2008

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Blog Offline with Windows Live Writer

The most popular blogging platforms like Blogger and Wordpress use a dashboard that includes a online blog editor, but it’s slow and hard to work with. A much better alternative is to use desktop clients such as Windows Live Writer to blog offline in the same manner as you use Outlook to compose emails offline.

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Posted under Software, Web Development

This post was written by Nikhil Pai on September 19, 2008

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Blogger vs Wordpress: Blogging Tool Comparison

You have decided to start a new hobby or career in blogging and cannot decide which blogging tool to use. Your most likely options are Blogger and Wordpress. So which one do you go with.

If you are absolutely new to blogging and do not have your own domain and webspace, select Blogger. However if you are a slightly advanced blogger and have your own domain and webspace, select Wordpress. Wordpress comes in 2 versions: one is the basic version wordpress.com while the more advanced version which you can install on your own webhost can be downloaded from wordpress.org. The version I am recommending for advanced users is the downloadable version from wordpress.org

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Posted under Web Development

This post was written by Nikhil Pai on May 11, 2008

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Create your online presence with own domain

It is very simple & cheap to create your own online presence on the internet. All you need is around $10 per year. And you don’t need to know html or be too tech savvy. You only need to buy your own domain on a domain registrar such as Godaddy or Namecheap and then use completely free services such as Google’s Blogger and Google’s Apps For Your Domain to host your website & email on your very own domain.

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Posted under Web Development

This post was written by Nikhil Pai on April 9, 2008

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