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Web

How to Create an iGoogle Page

by swimturtle on January 9, 2009

in Web

In this post we learn how to verify our email address with Google and switch our homepage from Google to iGoogle, with a few widgets added to the page, for fun.

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Create a Google Account

by swimturtle on January 9, 2009

in Web

In this post we take the first step toward learning how to receive RSS feeds from the websites we want to follow by creating a free account with Google.

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RSS: what it is, how and why you should get it.

by swimturtle on December 10, 2008

in Web

This is the first post in a series that will teach readers what RSS feeds are and how to sign up for feeds from the sites they are interested in following.

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In this post I introduce readers to the blog. I want to help people — with few or no computer skills — reinvent themselves in this difficult economic climate by teaching them how to make friends with technology. These days the internet cannot be ignored, and since jobs are scarce I want to help people create careers for themselves using the web.

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