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Accessing HelloSign: Important Update

April 28, 2025

Due to recent changes implemented by HelloSign (now part of Dropbox Sign), the service is no longer accessible through the Google App Launcher, often referred to as the “waffle” menu. Users who previously relied on this quick-access feature will need to adjust their workflow to continue using HelloSign. To access HelloSign moving forward, go directly… Read more »

EndNote Users – Share your thoughts

June 8, 2011

Nina Lucido posted on Jun 08, 2011 On June 20 from 10-11AM in Perseverance Hall, Dr. Jason Rollins, Director of Product Development for EndNote, will be visiting Berkeley Lab to gather feedback on the product and share its future directions. The one hour session will cover the newest capabilities of EndNote as well as provide LBL… Read more »
Setting Appointment Slots in Google Calendar

June 7, 2011

(mjchoung@lbl.gov) posted on Jun 07, 2011 When sharing calendars through Google Calendar, lab users may notice empty time slots in other users’ calendars. Most times, those empty slots indicate availability for a meeting, event, etc. However, sometimes users may not be available for any empty time slot due to workload or other arrangements that are not… Read more »
Changing the Default Meeting Length and Print Options in Google Calendar

June 1, 2011

Instead of using the standard 30 minute time slots for meetings, users can change the default meeting length to 15 minutes. Specifically, rather than having to manually change the meeting length by clicking into the event page, users can change the default length in the Google Calendar settings page. Additionally, Google Calendar now allows users… Read more »
Announcing the IT Survey

May 27, 2011

Adam Stone posted on May 27, 2011 IT has retained MOR associates to conduct our User Satisfaction and Strategy Survey. A sample of LBL employees will be selected by MOR and provided with unique links to the survey instrument. The responses will help IT division better understand satisfaction and use of our services, as well as… Read more »
Revision History in Google Docs

May 25, 2011

(mjchoung@lbl.gov) posted on May 25, 2011 Google Docs now allows you to view all changes made to spreadsheets, documents and drawings by each collaborator. After accessing revision history through Google Docs, a pane will appear on the right-hand side with the collaborator’s name, as well as the time and date of change. In addition, Google Docs… Read more »
HPC Services Staff Address 4th Annual Moab User Group Conference

May 19, 2011

(mjchoung@lbl.gov) posted on May 19, 2011 Last week, Jackie Scoggins from the High Performance Computing Services group addressed the 4th annual Adaptive Computing Moab User Group Conference (MoabCon 2011)) which was held May 10-12 in Provo, Utah. Moab is one of the most widely used job schedulers at large HPC installations. Jackie Scoggins presented a case… Read more »
IT Division Hosts Le Conte Elementary for Education Outreach Program

May 19, 2011

(mjchoung@lbl.gov) posted on May 19, 2011 Last week, the IT Division hosted Le Conte Berkeley Elementary School’s 2nd grade students for the second year of its educational outreach program. With the goal of introducing young students to the fundamentals of technology, the IT staff developed a curriculum that educated the students on how computers and networks support the science at Berkeley… Read more »
Color Coded Events and Pivot Tables

May 18, 2011

Adam Stone posted on May 18, 2011 Google Calendar now offers the ability to color code events in a single calendar. More information: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/color-code-your-google-calendar-events.html Pivot Tables are now available within Google Spreadsheets. This important feature has been frequently requested by LBL users. More information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/05/pivot-tables-now-in-google-spreadsheets.html Read more »
LBL Employees Honored for Energy Efficient Ethernet Standard

May 17, 2011

Adam Stone posted on May 17, 2011 Mike Bennett from the IT Division received an IEEE award sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association. The award was presented in recognition for leadership in developing IEEE Std 802.3az-2010™, more commonly known as Energy Efficient Ethernet or EEE in the industry. The standard was published in the fall of… Read more »
Active Directory Upgrade Planned

May 6, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on May 06, 2011 We will be upgrading the Domain Controllers (DC) for Active Directory this month. This involves newer hardware as well as a change from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2. No customer impact is anticipated (approximately 2000 users and computers are members of the labs Active Directory environment). In… Read more »
Mathematica Latest On-line Seminars

May 3, 2011

Nina Lucido posted on May 03, 2011 THESE SEMINARS ARE PROVIDED BY MATHEMATICA AND NOT BY IT =============================================================================== New seminar titles featuring the latest technologies in Mathematica 8 are available to the technical computing community. Here is what participants are saying: “I am new to image processing and to Mathematica, and this seminar gave me a… Read more »
30 Days with Android – Day 1 Intro

May 2, 2011

Adam Stone posted on May 02, 2011 Day 1: Like many folks at LBL, I’ve been using an iPhone for several years now. Lately, I’ve been getting a number of questions about Android devices in terms of how they work with Google Apps, so I’m spending this month with a Samsung Galaxy S to get a… Read more »