Breaking up is hard to do, so I totally understand why people don’t want to give up Twitter. I’m in the same boat, I don’t want to either. But, can we make the experience better? Yes we can. For you, algorithms, and suggested tweets My main problem with Twitter, and it seems to be getting…
Source: YouTube Captions Search – Chrome Web Store Here’s a pretty cool extension to help your students locate information in YouTube videos. Once the extension is installed, you can search for specific words in videos that have closed captioning or subtitles. It is especially helpful when you are looking for a specific piece of information…
Source: Bookmark It – Chrome Web Store Bookmark It is an extension for Google Chrome that allows you to bookmark and comment on the bookmark in a YouTube video. The bookmarks and comments are not shareable, so the extension is useful in the classroom when a teacher wants to use a YouTube video in the…
Source: Amazon URL Shortner – Chrome Web Store One of the most well known URL shortners is the one at Bitly. Unfortunately, the Bitly Chrome extension requires you to create a Bitly account and sign in. That’s all well and good, but most of the time, you just want to quickly make a short URL….
Source: Search Results Previewer – Chrome Web Store Here’s a neat little extension that allows you to preview a website from your search results without visiting the site. Once Search Results Previewer is installed, a new icon appears to the left of the address of each search result. When you hover over this icon, a…
Source: Google Search date range shortcut – Chrome Web Store If you use the search by time feature in Google search, then do I have an extension for you! The Google Search date range shortcut extension allows you to add your own custom search ranges to the Google Search Date tool. After installing the extension,…
Source: Freezetab Who doesn’t love tabs? I have a problem with tabs, and installed an extension that will count how many open tabs I have. When I hit 200 I start closing. Don’t worry, those 200 tabs are spread across 5 or 6 windows. Freezetab is an extension to an enabler that helps me keep…
Source: Enhancer for YouTube™ – Chrome Web Store I use YouTube… A lot. And the default interface is missing some controls that I would like to use. Enhancer for YouTube™ adds some much needed controls to the YouTube player. Once the extension is installed, a row of controls appear below the YouTube player: These controls…
Source: Controls for Youtube – Chrome Web Store Along with millions of others, I like to watch YouTube videos to learn and to be inspired. Sometimes I miss things in the video when I’m in the process of taking notes and I would like to quickly rewind. Unfortunately, YouTube doesn’t give us a 15 second…
I love Chrome extensions, but sometimes they can become overwhelming or they may cause issues. Here’s a video on how I manage my Chrome extensions with Extensity!