Shaun Mccran

My digital playground

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2012

Simple JQuery Google Analytics tracking object

Each time I build a new project I find myself adding in several common objects from a variety of languages. One of those objects is a JavaScript based Google Analytics tracking object.

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2011

Google is tweaking my search results

...And I don't really like it.

Maybe Google thinks that it is serving up more relevant results as it is filtering down the results based on things I've said or done, and things either Twitter or Facebook contacts have said.

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2011

What's with all the kittens? -Discovering the Easter Eggs in www.wdyl.com

Google recently released 'What do you love' .com. It is a site that pulls together a whole raft of services and themes their content based on your search criteria. It performs a book search, video search and a whole load more, you can give it a try here: www.wdyl.com

In typical Google fashion they have not left the site in a merely 'working' state, they have added a whole load of Easter Eggs (hidden features). This article explores some of them and how they work.

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2011

Creating in-cell drop down lists in Google Spreadsheets

I use Google Docs a lot, especially the Google Docs Spreadsheet format. Recently I wanted to give users the option of selecting one value from several pre-defined values rather than an open field. I thought that the best way to do this would be through a drop down list attached to the cell, but how to do this?

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