How I Used Outlook 2010 Quick Steps to Eliminate Custom Macros
In 2008 I wrote a blog post entitled “Outlook Macro: Flag and Move Message to Follow-up Folder” which has become one of my more popular posts. Nearly two years later this method has, fortunately, become obsolete because of the additions in Quick Step features in Outlook 2010. As part of my Getting Things Gone process [...]
Microsoft Office 2010 Initial Impressions
Last week I finally decided to try Office 2010 and while this isn’t a complete review I thought I would provide my initial impressions. I installed the software on my primary computer with an expectation of seeing how difficult it would be to transition from Microsoft Office 2007 to Microsoft Office 2010—this is a working [...]
E-Mail Managment Best Practices
Regular blog readers will notice that e-mail and task managment are a common theme this blog. As I catch up on my blog feeds this weekend I found a great post on the Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog entitled “Best Practices for Outlook 2007″ that reenforces many of the Getting Things Done concepts with tactical [...]
Make Information Storage as Simple as Possible But No Simpler
Image by Kasaa via Flickr In the past I have written about GTD techniques and my ubiquitous capture system and from the beginning I have noticed a shift in my methods and techniques. This week I had a bit of an “ah ha moment” when reading a blog post entitled “File Under: Miscellaneous“. The problem [...]
Improve GMail Search Result by Mastering Advance Search
Like many on the Internet I have been a devote GMail user for a number of years and have grown to love the fact that it allows me to store gigabytes of e-mail on-line. Of course with this much content it becomes unwieldy to find just the right e-mail without mastering a couple of search [...]
Follow-up Ensures Customer Satisfaction Even If You’re Not a Salesman
In a recent post on luisrocks.com called “Fighting Cognitive Dissonance one Customer at a Time” Louis makes a point that follow-up one of the most critical tools to ensure your consumers remain happy after a sale. At first this lesson my appear to apply primarily to traditional selling and customer relationships I think the [...]
Living with My Head in the Cloud
Over the past couple year’s career changes have made me a much more mobile professional and as such I have become heavily reliant on my laptop, wireless, mobile internet, and Blackberry. I have also shifted my work, reading, and communications patterns over time to become more efficient and effective in my personal and professional [...]
Why I Don’t Make New Year Resolutions
As the calendar flips from 2008 to 2009 and I am reading numerous blog posts on New Year’s Resolutions I am reminded why I don’t make them. You will notice most people make resolutions like: Lose weight Save more money/spend less money Read more books Connect with more people As the clock ticks from 11:59 [...]
Save Time Printing Files in Batches
I was reading a recent post on lifehacker that describes how to use Automator on a Mac to print documents in batches which inspired me to comment on a simple technique I have used for many years. Like most corporate employees I work with a shared network attached printer. The hassles of leaving my desk [...]
Four Tools Technologists Need to Remain Effective
Image via Wikipedia In a recent survey of technology workers that allowed 330 respondents to choose their four most critical tools to ensure productivity from a list of eight: Laptop Desktop PC VPN access Mobile Phone Blackberry Desk Phone Video Conferencing Assigned desk The results were interesting because the priorities were listed as: Laptop (88%) [...]
