The State of #MeToo
Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement, a multi-genre anthology of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that I compiled and edited for McSweeney’s, was...
Storystorm 2020 Day 16: Troy Cummings Writes a Letter
Dear fellow kidlit book creators, A few years ago, my writing partner gave me a challenge. She dared me to write an epistolary book—the entire manuscript...
Australia: The Fires and Our Future
Australia is no stranger to bushfire. In 1994, in Sydney, I lost a house to one, and in 2002, just north of Sydney, I fought off...
Helping local businesses showcase products online with Pointy
Google has long been committed to helping small businesses grow and thrive in the online world. One of the challenges small merchants face is getting their...
Google’s Hash Code competition is back
Calling all coders: Hash Code, Google’s annual team programming competition, is back for 2020—and you can register today atg.co/hashcode. Hash Code was created back in 2014...
Google Now Lets You Use Your iPhone as a Security Key
Enabling two-step authentication is one of the more essential steps you can take to secure your accounts. And the best way to do that is to...
How to Stop Excel From Moving the Selection Box When You Hit Enter
When you type information into Excel and press the Enter key, the selection box moves to the cell below. This is the standard behavior of Excel,...
How to Use at and batch on Linux to Schedule Commands
If you want to schedule a Linux job that will happen only once, cron is overkill. The at family of commands is what you need! And...
Smart Home Devices Are Embracing WI-Fi, and That’s Great
At CES 2020, it was hard not to notice something about most of the smart home products on the floor: they were Wi-Fi-powered. That’s an exciting...
How to Upgrade to Windows 10 From Windows 7 for Free
Windows 7 is dead, but you don’t have to pay to upgrade to Windows 10. Microsoft has quietly continued the free upgrade offer for the last...
