Our inboxes are the hubs of our daily lives. Some of us check them the first thing when we roll out of bed. (That's a bad habit too!) They store notes from various people that are important to us on some level trying to get our attention. But if we start to using it as keeping track of the things we need to get done, problems emerge. See one email but there are 3 tasks attached, one with a deadline? Get distracted by all the things that keep coming in instead of focusing on the tasks that need your attention? These create stress. Read More →

As someone who values being as productive as possible, I find using Gmail helps me keep up with my inbox while trying to get things done.  If you are a Gmail user yourself, there are some things that you can do to make life in your inbox a little less cluttered and stressful. Here are... Read More →

As a long time Gmail fan, every email that I send or receive goes through my gmail account.  Once I was annoyed by it’s clustered conversations but then it won me over with keyboard shortcuts and amazing search of my inbox. One thing that does terrify me is their ability to lock you out of... Read More →

Aliza Sherman recently blogged about how she organizes her email over at Web Worker Daily. As a personal assistant, it’s not uncommon to help people sort out their email process at the beginning of our working relationship. So I left a comment full of tips to help her get started in sorting out her inbox... Read More →

Regular readers know that I’m a huge Gmail fan.  I’ve written about the way I used Things + Gmail to make life a little easier (the comments have some great tips too!), but a while back I requested a feature from Google that would make my heart melt. I discovered this morning that my wish... Read More →

Image via Wikipedia While everyone loses their collective minds because Gmail is down, one wonders if all the tweets about it is going to break Twitter again. It’s making me reanalyze the way I’ve been doing business with Google products the last 2 years.  Sure it’s got shiny keyboard shortcuts and you can take it... Read More →

Image via WikipediaSince there is only one item on this list, it’s not much of a list. When I first looked at Gmail, the nestled conversations drove me crazy, but the more I used it the more I came to love it.  I can find information easily because I tend to remember subject lines to... Read More →

We have to evolve and change to grow and embracing that, I’ve found a couple of great new things this week that help me save time. I’ve mentioned before that I love Gmail. With the keyboard shortcuts, colored labels and Inbox Zero I am super organized. Everything is there at the touch of the keys.... Read More →