by Bret Capranica | Nov 27, 2009 | MiniPost
If you are a Mac user and an Evernote user (everyone should have Evernote), here’s a script that will store your e-mail in Evernote. Script to archive emails into Evernote « Hawk...
by Bret Capranica | Aug 24, 2009 | Technology, Time/Life Management
I love gadgets. I love e-mail. As ubiquitous as e-mail and gadget to fetch (or push) my e-mail to me are, I have learned to control it. I am 1000s of times better at responding to e-mail than I used to be and find my in-box and follow-up e-mail handled regularly. I control it; it doesn’t control me. Here’s some good tips. Yes, You Can Stay on Top of Email (Productivity Tip) | Michael Hyatt – Lead The Tribes...
by Bret Capranica | Apr 20, 2009 | Featured Articles, Ordinary Pastor, Pastoral Ministry, Technology
In my quest to live off of the world of free applications for a month, I’ve shed my addiction to Microsoft’s Outlook and have completely moved to Google. I’m not sure I’ll ever go back to Outlook. Some of this I have reported on in my previous post regarding Gmail. But to be more specific in regard to Outlook: First, here’s many of the ways I used MS Outlook: Grabbing mail from multiple e-mail addresses Rules that pulled mail into particular folders. I.e., my inbox was restricted to only priority mail from church members, pastors, my wife, and a few others I needed to hear from quickly. All other mail went into the “Other” folder. MS Exchange Server. Through a tech company we have been using, they set us up with Exchange, which has allowed instant synchronizing of calendars, tasks, e-mail, and contacts. Organizing mail into folders for quick reference. I had only four folders: Inbox, Kel (my wife), Pastors, Members, Other. I could search a folder for finding an e-mail. I relied on search folders to keep up with mail that I needed to respond to but did not have the time to handle in two minutes or less. Calendar. I used a personal and a church/public folder. My public folder was available to staff and our receptionist. Tasks. I heavily used the Franklin Covey overlay for Outlook. If you know anything about the Covey system, this overlay organized Outlook to look like the Covey paper planner, and also brought e-mail in. I actually loathed to use Outlook without this overlay ““ Outlook, without this element is a...
by Bret Capranica | Apr 5, 2009 | Technology
Tim Ferriss (Four Hour Workweek), discusses the basics of effective e-mail management. YouTube – How to manage your e-mail by Tim...
by Bret Capranica | Mar 14, 2009 | Technology
Could this help to replace my dependence of MS Outlook? Featured Windows Download: Trade In Outlook for eM Client