Archives for the 'Gmail' Category
Gmail is hiring [Hack Your Day]
I am not really into showing people job opportunities, but this is too good to miss! Gmail is hiring people for four different positions in seven locations including Europe, so all you European computer wizzes take a look!
Although I’m perfectly happy doing what I do, I would love to work with Google, I’m really sorry [...]
Opening Excel files without any Office software [Hack Your Day]
I recently formatted my whole hard drive and reinstalled Ubuntu to dual boot with Vista and when I started to work I noticed that I needed to open an Excel file urgently. I wasn’t at home, so I didn’t have my Office CD, nor did I have time to download Open Office (at that time [...]
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 [...]
How to create a distribution list in Gmail [Stuff for Getting Things Done]
What you know as a distribution list in just about any other e-mail application is called a "Group" in Gmail. To create a group of e-mail recipients;
First, click the Contacts Link on the right side of the screen.
Next, click the Add New Group button.
You will be prompted [...]
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 [...]
Invisible mode for Gmail [Hack Your Day]
If you have a few annoying people on your Gtalk, you will be pleased to know that there is an invisible mode available for your privacy needs. I personally don’t have a problem with telling people to leave me alone, but if you don’t have the heart to, this is for you.
Many people can use [...]
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 [...]
Quick Tip: Remember the Milk for Gmail [Gearfire Productivity]
Remember the Milk, a great to web-based to-do list application, has released an excellent plug-in for the Firefox. It works with gmail, creating a panel on the right side of your screen with your to-do list in it. It’s now right there and you can add, remove, change and see all of your tasks in [...]
Integrating services into Todoist [Hack Your Day]
Todoist is a free onine to-do list and task manager that has one of the cleanest and easiest to use interfaces I’ve ever seen. It’s power comes from its simplicity and intuitiveness and also because it allows a multitude of services to integrate with it. Launchy, Gmail, Widgets, Mobile access and a host of others.
I [...]
Better Gmail 2 update [Hack Your Day]
A while ago Lifehacker put together a cool batch of tools for your Gmail and named it better Gmail. Then along came Google and made some awesome improvements, ruining these scripts along the way. The Lifehacker team kept up though, and have released yet another version of Gmail 2.
Google Reader integration is now (finally) included [...]