Automatic is a cool idea: Monitor your car and your driving using a Bluetooth dongle plugged into the diagnostic port found on every recent car. But the service itself is frustratingly limited, a dunce driving nanny rather than a useful tool. What Is Automatic? Automatic is a "smart driving assistant", made up of two components: A hardware dongle (the "Automatic … [Read more...] about Hands-On Review: Automatic, a Nanny For Your Car
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How to Automatically Import YouTube and Vimeo Viewer Statistics into Google Docs Spreadsheets
One of the major advancements we've made for Tech Field Day in 2011 was streaming and posting video of all presentations. For all events in 2012, we will be posting video to both YouTube and Vimeo, and we've had great viewership numbers at both sites. I know the viewership numbers because I have developed a custom Google spreadsheet that automatically imports video statistics … [Read more...] about How to Automatically Import YouTube and Vimeo Viewer Statistics into Google Docs Spreadsheets
Cool Google Spreadsheet XML/XPath Mojo
Google Spreadsheet sure isn't as responsive for a power user like me, but I love the ability to share information with others and cooperatively edit a workbook. It's become our main tool for planning the Gestalt IT Tech Field Day events. I was thrilled to discover that Google's spreadsheet supports the importXML tag, which allows it to automatically gather information from … [Read more...] about Cool Google Spreadsheet XML/XPath Mojo