Cloud Storage: Files in the 21st Century
If you find yourself emailing a file or putting something on a thumb drive, please stop and come into the 21st century. Due to the nature of my career choice, I move between multiple computers every day. Sometimes I need to get things off of one computer or another, and I am certainly not going to drive out to a client site just to retrieve a timesheet. That's where cloud file storage comes into play.
Getting The Most From Coffee: Infographic
My daughter recently presented me with a sticker: “I turn coffee into code.” My coffee consumption is well-known…in fact, my first bell students quickly learned that if I stopped talking and started looking around, someone needed to find where I left my coffee. Here is an infographic on getting the most out of your coffee (Source: TollFreeForwarding.com)
Optimize Remember The Milk With Smart Lists
Task lists are great, but what if you only want to see part of your task list at a time? Say, the tasks near where you are? Or the tasks that are due within the next week? Some systems would have you keep separate lists. But a feature within Remember The Milk called Smart Lists, provides it with no extra work. Today we will look at how to optimize Remember The Milk with Smart Lists.
GMail Automation: Creating Tasks Automatically
Many people use their email as a task manager as well as an email program. I am convinced this is so because they don't have an easy way to get the tasks from email into a task management system. Today we will look at how I automate GMail into my task manager, Remember The Milk.
Beyond The Basics: GMail Autoresponder
Have you ever had to send the same email out repeatedly? Or wished that you could let people know you weren’t checking your GMail account for a while? Today we will look at the power of GMail’s autoresponders. For several years, I was in charge of processing the trip requests for my Girl Scout Service Unit. Leaders would fill out a PDF, email it to me, and wait for me to check everything and approve the trip. What I noticed in the first few weeks after taking the job is that the leaders would send the paperwork, and then follow up with emails asking if I had received the paperwork. I solved the problem with GMail’s autoresponders.
Breevy: Beyond Simple Text Replacement
How many times a day do you type the same thing (think email address, business name or phone number)? Or have you ever had to do the same thing over and over on your computer and wished you could have someone do it for you? Today we’re going to talk about Breevy…an abbreviation manager that can actually automate your computer work.
Making Notebooks More Productive
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes a notebook productive. Many people use them to dump their thoughts, but I know as an IT person that if you can’t get the information out again, there is no point in putting it in.
Beyond Mail: The Powerhouse GMail
Today I will talk about why GMail is a powerhouse.
