There’s an 80/20 rule for software. 80% of people will use or get value from 20% of the features. Given that fact, what happens when you flip the equation around and ask: ‘What 20% more could I do or learn to be 80% more effective?’ The combination of MindManager mindmapping software [...]
A client has just asked if she could apply an Outlook Category to multiple Contacts she is importing, without having to physically categorise each contact separately. The answer is ‘Yes’ and here’s how: […]
Would you like Microsoft Outlook to automatically file emails you send into your chosen folders? Our reputational and commercial risk is recorded more in our ‘sent’ emails than in our received mails. Many people have elaborate Outlook folder structures to file received emails, yet they pile their sent mails in [...]
How easily do you access mission critical files and folders when inserting them into Outlook Emails, Tasks and Calendar items? How quickly can you execute a ‘Save As’ when working with Microsoft files? You can customise your Microsoft ‘Open’ ‘Insert File’ and ‘Save As’ dialogue boxes to provide one-click access [...]
A quick word of warning, which will be particularly important for you or people you know who use IM informally in business, especially if working within smaller companies. […]
All you and I can truly manage in a demanding day is where we choose to put our focus and energy moment to moment. The default Outlook email alarms and alerts conspire to interrupt this focus every time a new mail arrives. […]
I have been a fan of the Spinvox 'Memo' service for over 4 years. See how I use it in my post on Spinvox here. As of early this morning today, Spinvox has been in the news for potential data security issues. The Spinvox audio story on BBC is here [...]
We’ve all been there! We have just hit ‘Send’ and realised we forgot to attach the file, addressed it to the wrong ‘Peter Smith’, remembered too late that we did not include an important point, or even – God forbid – had second thoughts about sending the mail at all, especially [...]
Looking for Lookout? Want to make it work with Outlook 2007? My thanks to Frank Taylor over at vmware for raising my awareness of this fix. […]
I get a real buzz when people send me their own practical productivity tips. Francis Clauson over at EMC, who did one of our training programme last year just sent me an email with this one, which I have implemented immediately. I recommend this tip to you wholeheartedly. […]
