Embed Video on a Web Page with Google Drive

YouTube makes embedding videos easy, but if you haven't uploaded something to YouTube, you can actually embed a video on a web page using Google Drive. Just upload the video to your Google Drive folder, open it up using Google Drive and head to File > Embed this Video. You'll get some embed code that you can copy to your blog, web site, or anywhere else. Weblog MakeUseOf also mentions some other noteworthy uses for all that cloud storage you have, like making voice memos or saving all your Gmail attachments. Hit the source below for more.

Keep Your Meetings Short and On Task by Standing Up

Meetings are the worst. They drag on forever, go off-topic, and keep you from doing more important things. Businessman Lin Wu says you can make your meetings a lot better by forcing everyone to stand. If you don't sit down, you get things done quickly: "At most corporate meetings, people sit down with coffee and food and fall asleep," says Wu. "It's unbelievable how much time is wasted. So whenever I was in the middle of a big project, I would call a critical-issues meeting every day with my key people. But here's the trick: I'd schedule that meeting for around 5 p.m., when everyone was tired and ready to go home, and I wouldn't allow anyone to sit down. I never had a meeting last more than an hour. Most lasted 20 to 30 minutes. It kept everyone focused and effective." People may scoff at the idea, but once they realize they're back at their desk 20 minutes later, they're sure to be thankful. Hit the link for more management tips from prominent businessmen from Men's Health.

Navigate Folders Quicker in Windows Explorer with Alt+Left and Right

Windows Explorer has handy forward and back buttons for navigating folder history, but you can do it much faster with a keyboard shortcut: Alt+Left and Alt+Right. This is really handy if you're jumping back and forth between folders. Holding Alt and pressing the left arrow key will move you backward in your Explorer history, and right will move you forward. It's a good shortcut to add to your hotkey repertoire. Hit the link below for a few other handy ones.

TabPreLoader Reloads All Your Firefox Tabs When You Restore a Session

Firefox: When you to restore your previous session from Firefox’s start page, it doesn’t load all your tabs at once. Extension tabPreLoader alleviates this annoyance. Firefox’s default behavior can be nice, but if you’d prefer that it load all your tabs when you restore a session, tabPreLoader will do the trick. After you install the add-on, it simply instructs Firefox to load all the reloaded tabs completely. You can also configure how many tabs, in relation to the currently viewed tab, are reloaded upon startup, which gives you a bit of the best of both worlds.

Incognito Filter Automatically Opens Specific Sites in Incognito Mode

Chrome: Sometimes, you have a site that (ahem) you always want to visit in incognito mode—yes, even if it isn’t porn. When you want to be sure a specific website always opens in the Chrome’s Incognito Mode, Incognito Filter can help. After you install the extension, you can add sites by either clicking on the button in Chrome’s toolbar, or by opening the extension’s settings panel and adding them manually. The button also gives you the option of opening a black Incognito window. From then on, those sites will always open in Incognito Mode, so they never go into your browsing history or leave cookies on your computer.

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When You Do (and Don't) Need a Third-Party Uninstaller

Usually, uninstalling an application in Windows is as easy as using the built-in Control Panel utility. You’ve heard us recommend third-party uninstallers like Revo before, but when are they really necessary? Our friends at the How-To Geek explain when it’s worth using a more aggressive uninstaller. In general, they say, the average user probably doesn’t need a third-party uninstaller—so there’s no reason to foist one upon your family and friends. If they only uninstall a few apps from time to time, it isn’t going to make a noticeable difference. However, if you like to try out a lot of apps—like we geeks are prone to do—that’s where programs like Revo become more relevant: If you’re a geek who’s constantly installing and uninstalling software, running a third-party uninstaller can help you prevent useless files from building up and programs from leaving useless libraries and other files behind. You do have to be constantly installing and uninstalling software for this to matter—typical users shouldn’t really notice a difference. Even hardcore geeks would be fine without third-party uninstallers in the vast majority of situations, and such geeks would likely know how to clean up any problems by hand. If any problems did occur, you could always install something like Revo later and use it to remove traces of a problematic program that you’ve already tried to uninstall the normal way. They also mention that antivirus programs can be notoriously difficult to uninstall, so third-party installers are worthwhile if you’re switching from one to another. Check out their full explainer for more details, and if you use a third-party uninstaller, let us know which one—and why—in the comments.