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Web designer in Portland Oregon

How to find items in Evernote created on a certain date

Evernote

Almost everyday I try to find new ways to improve my organizational skills, and this has never been apparent as it is now with the use of tools like Evernote and Google Apps. This morning I wanted to look up notes in Evernote that I created yesterday, and instead of looking through the list of all of my notes by date, I wanted a way to view just the notes created yesterday. So like any normal person I looked through the help files of Evernote (Which are very thorough by the way) and I came across the search section. Below you will find methods on how to find a note by a particular date with some common uses:

Note: An easy way to remember how to use this search feature, remember year, month then day... Which is the exact opposite way that Americans remember dates.

created:[datetime] ‐ will match any note that has a 'created' timestamp that is equal to, or more recent than, the provided datetime.

  • created:20070704
    • Matches notes that were created on or after July 4th, 2007, based on the client's timezone.
  • created:20070704T090000
    • Matches notes that were created on or after 9:00am on July 4th, 2007, based on the client's timezone.
  • created:20070704T150000Z
    • Matches notes that were created on or after 3:00pm GMT on July 4th, 2007.
  • -created:20070704
    • Matches notes that were created before July 4th, 2007, based on the client's timezone.
  • created:day‐1
    • Matches notes that were created yesterday or today
  • ‐created:day
    • Matches notes that were created before today
  • created:day‐1 ‐created:day
    • Matches notes that were created yesterday (only)
  • created:day‐30
    • Matches notes that were created within the last 30 days (or today)
  • created:week
    • Matches notes that were created in this calendar week (Sunday‐Saturday)
  • ‐created:month
    • Matches notes that were created before this month
  • created:year‐1
    • Matches notes that were created last year or this year
  • created:20100101
    • Matches all notes created from this day on

 

  • updated:[datetime] ‐ will match any note that has a 'updated' timestamp that is equal to, or more recent than, the provided datetime.

The automated restroom?

Kimberly-clark_automatic_toile

I personally love automated items which make our lives easier, especially ones that help with hygiene. So this got me to thinking, over the past couple of years we are seeing more automated options in the public restrooms and this made me ask the question: Why isn't the toilet paper automated?

You have to admit, the toilet paper in a public restroom is pretty gross when you think about it. Since technology is taking off at a rapid pace in our homes and with many businesses, I think that in the next 2-5 years you will start to see an automated toilet paper dispenser in public restrooms.

The next questions is, how many squares will you get? 3, 4, 5? Who knows, but it should limit the amount of germs gathered from using a public restroom.

Pros and Cons of switching to Google Chrome from Firefox

Last month I decided to give Google Chrome a try as my main browser, I wanted to see if the new browser had the tools and options I needed for website development. Since I started using Chrome I came across a list of Google Chrome extensions for website development.

Below you will find the pro's and con's of switching to Google Chrome:

Pros to switching to Chrome

  • Start up speed
  • Page speed load times
  • Javascript execution speeds
  • Works better for Google products
  • Built in search engine into the URL bar
  • Google's Speed Tracer tool
  • Sandboxed plug-ins
  • Sandboxed tabs
  • Sandboxed extensions
  • Evernotes web version actually works in it
  • Streamlined interface
  • Easy to use home page
  • Coding for Chrome means that the site will work for iPhone and Android phones and safari
  • Doesn't crash very often
  • Is new to the browser market so it adds some new features that users are looking for
  • Able to pin tabs to open everytime, easier then adding multiple home pages in firefox
  • Built in application shortcuts
  • Extensions can be added, removed or updated without the browser needing to restart
  • Extensions are built using HTML, CSS and Javascript
  • Built in bookmark and history sync
  • Easy to find items that you search for within a page (the find feature) with the highlighted locations on the scrollbar
  • built in hot keys for hiding and showing the bookmar toolbar

Cons to switching to Chrome
  • Less people use it, smaller market share
  • Doesn't have firebug extension (no longer an issue, extension came out since starting use) 
  • Doesn't have pixel perfect extension
  • Doesn't have yslow extension
  • Doesn't have developer toolbar extension (Most tools in the developer toolbar are replaced by multiple extensions)
  • I am use to using Firefox (no longer an issue)
  • Firefox Has been around for a few years
  • Unable to do a full screen capture of a website with extensions (no longer an issue, extension came out) 
  • Unable to not save all data automatically (no cookies, history, downloads, etc (small issue))
  • Unable to control sessions  (no longer an issue, extension came out) 
  • Limited right click menu, no "copy email address", no "properties for images" etc.
  • Runs multiple processes in the task manager all labeled "Chrome", it would be nice if they were labels something more useful, like "Chrome: NYTimes.com" which would be the name of the tab.
The list for the con's may seem like a lot, however each month more useful extensions come out for Chrome and each one more powerful then their alternatives on Firefox. I permanently have switched to Chrome as my main browser and I don't see me switching back to Firefox any time soon.

Logmein.com in Google Chrome

I am trying out Logmein.com inside of Google Chrome and so far it is pretty nice, the quality is what you would expect from Logmein.com. The upside to logmein.com in Google Chrome is that is doesn't require any plugin like the firefox version does, which is something that I have been really into lately. On the flip side there is only one downside that I see so far, the sidebar stays showing even when in full screen mode which I could go without, but it is only a minor issue. So far I think it works just as well, if not better then the Firefox version.

Web developer tools for Google Chrome

It has been nearly a month since I started to use Google Chrome as my main browser, and the more I use it, the more I love it. During this month I have gathered a great list of extensions which I use for website development. 

Web Developer Extensions for Google Chrome:

Notes:
* Disabled when not in use
** I've never been a big fan of firebug personally, disabled when not in use
*** The Developer Tools are the built in tools that comes with Google Chrome

The great thing about Google Chrome extensions is that they allow you to disable and enable extensions without having to restart your browser, making them far more useful.

My thoughts on this Conan O'Brien NBC issue

Over the past couple of weeks many have been talking about the change that is happening on NBC's late night lineup. I personally think it is pretty low what NBC is doing just to keep Jay Leno. Jay Leno had a great run on the Tonight Show and the show was rightfully handed over to Conan, but Jay didn't want his show to end, so instead of bowing out gracefully Jay has turned to NBC and they gave him his own show. Giving Jay his own show not only made the new companies upset which are their paid advertisers, but it killed thousands of jobs in the process, by canceling shows.

Now 7 months later NBC is now talking about pushing back the Tonight Show until 12:05am so that Jay can have his show during his old time slot. Not only will this effect other shows such as the Tonight show and the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, it will also change the time slow that the tonight show has been running on for the past 60 years.... All for Jay Leno. I think Jay needs to see what he is doing and notice that him not wanting to retire or move to a different time slot is now screwing up the lives of thousands of people and a tradition.