Last week I posted Increase Productivity by Ignoring Your Inbox? and mentioned I was going to take Julie Morgenstern's advice for a week and not check email first thing in the morning as I typically do. I was (mostly) successful in accomplishing the task and so I thought I'd give some follow-up thoughts. My week On {Continue reading…}

One of the books I'm currently reading is Never Check E-mail in the Morning by Julie Morgenstern. Here's what jumped out at me on page 97-98: The most dramatic, effective way to boost your productivity is to completely avoid e-mail for the first hour of the day. Instead, devote that first hour every day to {Continue reading…}

We've talked about signatures in Gmail recently — first using add-ons and then using Gmail's rich-text feature. Since those posts, I've gotten some questions and have noticed a few things about using the rich-text feature: 1. Disable the add-ons If you are switching from using the add-ons mentioned previously to the using Gmail's rich-text feature, {Continue reading…}

So we've talked about how to create an email signature with add-ons and the fact that Gmail now has rich-text for its signatures, but what should you include in it? I just came across this Sitepoint article with 20 tips I found interesting. Here are some highlights: Here's the general rule of thumb: 1. Keep {Continue reading…}