Archives for the 'Email' Category
How long is not long enough? [Ho-ohana Blog]
Earlier today a colleague called. She was frantic because I hadn’t responded to an email message she had sent. She read the text of the message to me and I didn’t recall receiving the message. We had a good conversation on the phone and got the questions she had resolved. [...]
Best Of Organize IT: March 2008 [Organize IT]
So March has come and gone. Stats went up with more visitors, subscribers and comments so thanks as ever for all the support and continued interest in what I write. One significant update last month was my foray into social networking. You can now catch me on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. If you are on [...]
The Good Email Etiquette Guide [Organize IT]
Email. It’s great isn’t it? All those spammy messages to process, all the time spent on trying to get your inbox to that mythical empty status. Yeah, email is great… Because it is such an easy and quick medium, people can also get very sloppy with it. Much like showing manners when eating a meal, [...]
How to label and tag email for productivity [Hack Your Day]
I have noticed that there are three approaches to using tags and labels in emails (and everywhere else actually), and in reality I have problems with all three. People either go all out and use a lot of tags, use no, or very few tags, or try to think of some
strategically placed tags.
My problem [...]
Gmail tip - the power of “Y†[Hack Your Day]
I don’t know how many people use keyboard shortcuts in Gmail, but I think it’s definitely worth the effort to learn a few. One of my favorite shortcuts is the letter “y”. The reason I love it so, is that it’s actually four shortcuts in one and will allow you to productively manage your emails.
Officially [...]
DIY Gmail at home [Hack Your Day]
I just noticed this cool video on the Gmail Blog, it’s a review of Gmail in Russian. Why is it cool? Because the review is not shown with a screencast, instead, they built the interface out of duct tape, paint, and so on. Although I couldn’t understand what was being said, it is pretty self [...]
How to Create a To-Do from an E-mail in Lotus Notes (Email) [Tech Rest]
Great tip from Ian that help Notes users rapidly move messages from Inbox to Task lists.
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Original post here: Craig Huggart
What is Email Snacking? ( & How You Can Avoid It) (Email) [Tech Rest]
Great thoughts on how to get your Inbox to Zero on a more regular basis.
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Original post here: Craig Huggart
Using the E-mail Subject Line to set Expectations [Stuff for Getting Things Done]
I’m a big fan of using the e-mail Subject Line to define my expectations of the recipient. It’s a quick and easy way to let the reader know up-front what you will require of them. I call this the action statement. I enclose the action statement in brackets and use all CAPS to set [...]
GMail From The Desktop [The 4-Hour Workweek Journal]
In a previous post regarding the consolidation of multiple email accounts into a single inbox, I mentioned that I use Gmail as my central mailbox. I also mentioned that because Gmail supports IMAP, you can use both the Gmail web interface and a desktop email client to send and receive email while keeping both in [...]