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  • Is your engineering team stuck in analysis paralysis? Take a lesson from the group that helped build the internet.

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    Making tough technical decisions can be... tough. But what if you could avoid analysis paralysis and make decisions that everyone can live with? Learn how the IETF's "rough consensus" approach can help your team move forward.

  • Google Apps Script for Fun and Profit

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    If you use Google Workspace, you should know about the amazing Google Apps Script functionality that lets you automate tasks, create custom functions, and build web apps. Read on for examples and tips on how to get started.

  • How to auto-start Deja Dup backup when the external backup drive is mounted

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    I use an external drive to back up my files with Deja Dup, but I wanted it to start automatically when I mounted the drive. Here’s how I did it with a systemd service.

  • Ghost meetings are a growing RTO problem but Google could fix it

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    The conference room shows a meeting about to start, but the room is totally empty. Where are all the attendees? Is everyone just running late? Nope, they’re all working from home today, but no one thought to remove the conference room from the meeting invite! Google could fix this problem, or allow us to fix it ourselves, but we need to bring their attention to it! Read more to find out how.

  • Create your own dynamic wallpaper in KDE with NOAA GOES satellite images

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    NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) takes full disc photos of the earth every hour. You can create your own auto-updating dynamic wallpaper with these images and a little scripting. It's a fun way to make your desktop a little more alive and I'll show you how to do it in KDE.