Posts Tagged With: Yahoo
· August 8, 2007 at 7:04 am · Online Tools
Tags: backup, bookmarks, delicious, Firefox, lifehacks, tips, Yahoo
If I ever lost my bookmarks I would be totally lost.
From projects to cool sites to those darn dancing badgers - I need my bookmarks to survive. With that in mind, I have been backing up my bookmarks early and often using these steps and I thought I would share them with you. When it is all said and done you too will be able to use del.icio.us to backup your bookmarks.
There are only two steps you have to take to backup your bookmarks from your browser to Del.icio.us:
Step One: Export from Browser - The first thing you need to do is export your bookmarks from your browser. I use Firefox, so we will stick with that for now. In the Firefox menu bar click on “Bookmarks” and then “Manage Bookmarks” to pull up your bookmark manager.
Once inside of there, go to “File” then “Export…” and save the “bookmarks.html” to your desktop.
Step Two: Upload to the Web - Login to the del.icio.us web site and then click on the “Settings” link at the top. Under the “Bookmarks” section click on the link for “import/upload”. The rest of the steps from here are easy to follow. Read the instructions and upload your “bookmark.html” file you backed up earlier.
As a tag, I usually use “bookmarkbackup” but you are free to use whatever you wish. Just make sure it is unique so you don’t get them mixed up with your other saved items if you use del.icio.us for multiple reasons.
There you have it. Now your bookmarks should be saved and you don’t need to worry - just in case the worst might happen to your browser, computer and/or house. Del.icio.us to the rescue again!
· June 11, 2007 at 5:00 am · Online Tools, Personal
Tags: clients, E-mail, Gmail, moving, switching, webmail, Yahoo
Well I spent Saturday morning making the big switch from Yahoo! Mail (who screwed me over royally with the ad-fest they started) to Gmail. I really had not used Gmail that much since the launch - so I was happy to see they have improved it greatly since then. My overall reaction over the move? I am happy thus far.
Step One - Getting Ready for the Move
First thing I did was move all my Yahoo! Mail message from my folder into my inbox. I deleted a lot of old crap I really didn’t need anymore. I’m not that much of a pack rat when it comes to e-mail so this might be easier for some than others.
Step Two - Setting Up Additional Accounts
Second thing I did was setup all my e-mail addresses up in Gmail so that I could start the switch. This could not be easier. I also set my old Yahoo address up to go there as well - so I wouldn’t miss out on a thing.
Step Three - Configure Gmail’s Settings
Third, I went through and configured the Gmail settings and imported my e-mail from Yahoo! to Gmail. This was easy enough, because it picked up on everything that was in my inbox at Yahoo! and brought it right in.
Step Four - Get Things Labeled, Forget the Folders
From there I setup my labels and got e-mails archived. That’s it! Now things are going smoothly and the one thing I have been most impressed by is the spam filtering that Gmail does. It might take a little training but in a whole it is leaps and bounds over what Yahoo! Mail provides.
· June 8, 2007 at 6:53 am · Hot Web Topics
Tags: ads, dsl, email, Gmail, upgrade, webmail, Yahoo
+ Remove These New Yahoo! Mail Beta Ads!
Well I guess it finally happened sometime last night. The nice sleek and clean interface of Yahoo! Mail became ad-tastic. As an AT&T DSL customer I was getting the “plus” E-mail pack with my Web mail from Yahoo. I have been over this story before though.
I don’t mind ads on Web sites that are more “general” - that isn’t what bugs me. I just don’t like ads in my applications - such as Web mail, feed readers, ect.
Here is some feedback from others who don’t like being in the same boat:
I am on the phone with Yahoo At&T right now and they maintain that this is a part of their world class service. They are actually telling me that over the phone! It does get better, they are trying to give me a case ID that….you guessed it….they cannot send via email! I am a mail plus customer as well, no way I am sticking around and paying for something like this. Off to Google and GMail.
I’m a paid AT&T/Yahoo Mail, and first the very fist time I’ve found it being “decorated” and “laced” with all sorts of ads. I suppose I’d just have live with them now.
The ads hit my inbox tonight. Unacceptably obtrusive and annoying. I cannot believe paying DSL customers are being treated this way. No way I’m gonna send AT&T/Yahoo more money for an ad-free “plus” account. That is part of what I’ve been paying for the past several years. Time to change my homepage to Google and set-up a G-mail account.
So looks like I have two options that I’d consider going with. Go out and find a Greasemonkey script to take ‘em out or go give my money to Google for their apps service. I’m starting to lean towards the Gmail option - just got to find the time to give Yahoo a swift kick in the rear and a wave goodbye.
· May 4, 2007 at 6:28 am · Hot Web Topics
Tags: ads, breaking-news, E-mail, free, hosting, paid, unlimited, Yahoo
Yahoo is paying for the unlimited E-mail storage everybody is going to get with more ads. Paid Yahoo Mail users or not - we are all going to get this “new feature” called advertisements.
Want the good news? Yahoo is going to give us unlimited E-mail storage soon. The bad news? If you haven’t been seeing ads - you are about to get them back - even if you have been paying for your E-mail service! I have enjoyed the perks of having the “paid” version of Yahoo Mail since I am a AT&T DSL customer. When I moved over to DSL I signed up with SBC Yahoo! DSL. One of the perks I liked the most was that there were no ads on the E-mail application.
Here is a copy of the E-mail I got from Yahoo:
Dear AT&T Yahoo! Member:
AT&T and Yahoo! have a history of providing our members with award-winning, industry-leading Internet products and services at a great value.
As more members are using AT&T Yahoo! Mail to send and receive photos, videos, and music, we will begin offering unlimited email storage in May to both existing and new members. Your service will continue to include all the premium products you already enjoy including video, LAUNCHcast Plus, and an all-in-one security suite.
Additionally, within the next few weeks you will begin seeing graphical advertisements in your AT&T Yahoo! Mail service. These advertisements will be integrated into the AT&T Yahoo! Mail experience, and we hope you will find the advertisements useful. Advertising such as this allows us to continue delivering new and innovative elements to our service and helps us keep prices competitive, while we continue to provide the high level of service that you have come to know and trust.
We strive to provide you with the best online experience possible and to address all your needs on the Internet.
Sincerely,
AT&T Yahoo! Member Services
I love how they push the advertisements as an additional feature to look forward to. Shame on you Yahoo!
· April 3, 2007 at 5:00 am · Online Tools
Tags: cleanup, FeedBurner, feeds, pipes, RSS, tips, Yahoo
Yesterday I told you how to create a mega ego feed using Yahoo! Pipes. As I told you then, the RSS feed that it spits out is really ugly. Don’t you wish you could make it something you could at least remember or make easier to type out? Thanks to FeedBurner you can.
Step #1 - Get That Ugly Pipe RSS Feed Address
First thing you need to do is get the RSS feed for your pipe you created. You can do that by going to the Yahoo! Pipes Web site, click “my pipes”, click on the name of your pipe, and then clicking on “Run this Pipe”. From there click on “Subscribe” and select the RSS output option (Get as RSS).
If you need an easier method, or you missed a click in there, take this URL and replace “yourpipeid” with the random spew of letters and numbers Yahoo gives you to identify your pipe.
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=yourpipeid&_render=rss
Make sure you have that copied to your clipboard (in Windows higlight it all, right-click and select copy) so you can paste it in our next step.
Step #2 - Plug the Ugly Feed Address Into FeedBurner
Now that you have your ugly RSS feed in hand, point your browser towards FeedBurner.com. Paste your ugly RSS feed into the text box on FeedBurner’s Web site and click on the “Next” button. From there you will walk through the steps of creating a FeedBurner feed to replace your hideous pipe feed.
What does the final result look like? Well I created an ego feed of my own via Yahoo! Pipes, plugged it into FeedBurner and ended up with the Mega Mitch Feed.
Now from there, you can use FeedBurner to customize the look and feel of your feed and add all kinds of neat functionality to it.
· April 2, 2007 at 5:00 am · Online Tools
Tags: ego, feeds, guide, mega, pipes, RSS, tracking, Yahoo
If you find yourself writing for multiple places and having multiple Web sites, it can become very hard to track everything that you do. Sure you have an RSS feed for this project and and RSS feed for that project, but wouldn’t it be nice to have one super RSS feed - if only for your own egotistical reasons? Gather your RSS feeds and head over to Yahoo! Pipes and I will show you how to get it done.
First thing you need to do is point your browser towards Yahoo! Pipes and click on “Create a Pipe”. After doing that you will see a big confusing interface you can not make heads or tails from. Don’t worry. Just click on “Fetch Feed” and drag it over to your right (onto the grid).
Next you will want to click on the “+” graphic next to URL to add more feeds to the list. Click it once for every feed you would like to group together as one.
After that, you will need to sort your mega feed by date, so it looks like a regular ol’ RSS feed. To do that, click on “Operators” on the left sidebar and then drag and drop “Sort” onto the grid. Don’t worry if this looks messy, you don’t get any points for making it look nice yet.
On the box that says “Sort” you are going to want to select “Publication Date” on the drop down box. In the next drop down box you see (to the right of the first one) you need to select “descending” as the order you would like your feed to be displayed. That will cause all of the newest entries on your feed to be displayed at the top.
Next, you see that little circle under each of the boxes you have created? You need to connect them all together so they will work as one. Start with the “Feed Fetch” box. Drag the little circle down to down to the top of “Sort”. If you did it correctly you should see a blue line connecting the two now. Next click on the circle under “Sort” and connect it to the circle on top of “Pipe Output”.
Your almost done! In the upper right corner you should see a button that says “Publish”. Click that. A new box will come up and give you a lot of information to fill out about your feed. You can name it, put a description and some keywords. After doing that, click “Publish” at the bottom of that box.
Now click on the link that says “Back to My Pipes”. If everything was done correctly you should now see your newly created pipe listed there. Click on the name of your pipe and you can see a lot of information about it. The next thing you want to do is hit the “Run this Pipe” link.
Now you should see a Web page representation of your mega feed. Click on the link that says “Subscribe” and you will be given a list of options to choose from. There are a great number of ways you can keep up to date with this feed.
The one you pick is up to you. Here is the final product for the mega ego feed that I created! Neat, hu?
So now you have your own egotistical RSS feed to keep track of all of your different posts to all these different places. Even if you don’t have as many blogs or write at as many places as I do - you can still make use of this tool. You could combine your del.icio.us links and your Flickr feeds to keep track of your favorite links and photos. You could get the RSS feeds for all your friends’ blogs on MySpace and make one feed to track them all. The only limit is needing an RSS feed and your imagination.
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