Privacy on Blogger: How to Hide your Posts

I was complaining earlier about the complications of making a post private or protected on Blogger. My definition of private is only you can see the post, and my definition of protected is only some people can see the post.

Google Gets Privacy Right...

Google is getting privacy settings for individual items right with every other Google Product: in Youtube, you can choose if you want specific people, only people with the link, or only you to be have access to the video. On Google Documents, same as Youtube, you can choose if you want whoever has the link, only certain people, or just you can view the document.

But Google Doesn't want to be Perfect...

However, in Blogger, making your posts private is complicated. There is no option to have a 'private' link to your posts as with every other Google product item. If you want only you to have access to your posts, you have to make an entire blog that only you have access to. If you want only certain people to read your blog posts, you have to make a entire new blog that allows access to certain, specific people.

Easy Way Out...

I just discovered that if you want to save a post for yourself or hide a post that you've accidentally posted, all you have to do is go to that post and click 'Save as Draft' and it'll be taken from the public realm and put into your editing dashboard.

Gmail This!

I just discovered the awesome bookmark Gmail This. Just drag Gmail This into your bookmarks bar and click it whenever you want to G-mail someone the current website you're visiting. I wish the Gmail This bookmark had Google Reader's bookmark Share This feature where any text you highlight is what users you are sharing with on Google Reader see before they decide they want to view the full website or article. In the case of Gmail This, users would highlight text, click Gmail This and any text highlighted would appear in the G-mail. Another feature that would be nice for Gmail This would be automatically embedding youtube videos or pictures.

Linking Google to Youtube [fail]

I was just experimenting around the internet. I remembered that Youtube is a Google product so I tried to find some way I could make my google account address and password open my already existing youtube account. I like the idea of having just one user name and password for everything: there's less addresses and passwords to memorize and change every month. I tried linking up the accounts (whatever that means) and nothing happened. I seem to have created a completely new account that has nothing to do with my original Youtube account and that's a turn off. Now I just don't want to even think about it. :(

Chrome vs. Firefox

I can't decide which browser I like more. The only reasons I liked Firefox over Chrome were for its Chatzilla, Delicious, Download Helper, and Open Book add ons. There are features I like about Chrome too: incognito window, integrated Open Book, and the ability to close down a specific tab via Task Manager (if say that specific tab is what's freezing your computer). However, sometimes I find that Chrome processes slower than Firefox. When I first got Chrome, I noticed trouble watching Youtube videos. For now, I suppose I'll be switching between browsers every now and then until I see that Chrome is faster, and I find out how to get Chatzilla and Download Helper features onto Chrome.

• I don't need Delicious add on anymore now that I have Google Reader. I find Google Reader a far superior site sharing system. Especially now that they've installed the comment feature.