Here’s a (potentially scary) question for you…
What would someone learn about you if they took a peek inside your inbox?
Would it give them an accurate picture of who you are?
What if I told you that how you run your inbox reveals even more about you than what’s inside it?
You may have heard this famous quote from Martha Beck:
“The way we do anything is the way we […]
There are many styles and personality types when working with technology.
Are you someone who composes emails but doesn’t send them right away? Do you have lots of applications running at the same time? Do you have lots of browser tabs open?
You may be a multitasker.
Apart from other reasons to rein in your multi-taking tendencies (read here for tips: Tricks That’ll Stop You from Multitasking), there is a technical reason that this style can […]
In the “early days” of the Internet, websites discovered pop-up ads.
These ads were intrusive and annoying, and they were followed shortly by adware and malware pop-ups that posed as ads. Clicking on them at a minimum encouraged intrusive advertising. They could also possibly infect your computer with malware.
Internet browsers responded by adding a pop-up ad blocker which mainly took care of the problem.
Advertisers had to find another way. First, they came up with “pop-under” […]
Most of us have an abundance of digital photographs – so many that we are not taking the time to look through them and organize them. The problem is that when you want to go back and find photos, you might find yourself in a time-consuming and frustrating search.
I was recently looking at an old photo of my brothers, and it struck me that I had a recent photo of my brother and son that […]
Office on the Mac has always been an afterthought for Microsoft, and not as full-featured as its PC equivalent.
Microsoft has a different development team working on Office for the Mac, and, over the years, people have wondered if the team was just a couple of engineers working in the Microsoft basement. (If you’re curious, here’s a video of the team from a couple of years ago: Office for Apple Team).
Microsoft has made many improvements […]
Microsoft Office has been a workhorse for years.
Many of us first became accustomed to it in our corporate work. If you’re still working in a corporate setting or if you’re creating detailed documents, spreadsheets, or presentations on a PC, there’s still nothing that beats Office for standard and more advanced content creation.
Office is not cheap.
A single license of Office Home and Student costs $120, but we’re often working on multiple devices these days. If you […]
Are you someone who still uses post-it notes for to-dos?
You’re not alone. For a visual person, it can be helpful to glance at those colorful notes to see what’s next in the queue. If you’ve read my post on task management here: How to Stay on Target with Your Goals, then you know that there are some visual task management systems. There are also project management systems that have returned to using post-it notes.
One […]
Staying on top of email chaos is not easy.
Even after you’ve followed the steps to manage your email inbox (see my blog post here: 4 Steps to Becoming More Responsive), you still need to deal with those emails that need a follow-up task. How do you make sure that you get those done, and that they don’t get lost in the daily shuffle?
There may be event invitations that you leave in your Inbox to remember […]
What is productivity?
Productivity means performing on target according to your goals and deadlines. Let’s say your goal is to create a social media presence and have twenty followers. You’ll need to set a deadline to achieve that goal, break it down into achievable tasks, and assign a due date for each task.
If you’re working unproductively, you won’t meet your goals by the deadline. This results in missed opportunities, loss of income, and perhaps a drop […]
We have online accounts for so many things these days – email, social networking, cloud services, financial services, medical accounts, even the local library. Security experts tell us that passwords should be long, cryptic, and unique for each account, but if you follow their guidelines, how can you possibly remember all of your passwords?
You’re trading security for convenience and saying hello to digital frustration.
I recommend handing over control to those security experts by signing up for […]
