The following post is from Michelle of Mommy Misadventures: That's a recent screenshot of my Gmail inbox. Shameful, I know. I've confessed before to being a digital packrat. And while I work hard to keep my file collecting habit under control, my email inbox tends to be a digital clutter hotspot for me. If I'm…
Email continues to increase as a mode of communication, with a 2011 report by The Radicati Group estimating that there were more than 3.1 billion email accounts worldwide! We've all heard the stories of the tone of an email being misinterpreted or misunderstood along with the warnings that you shouldn't send an email when you're…
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Email is an amazing tool, and for someone like me -- who hates the phone and uses it only when absolutely necessary -- it is a lifeline to the outside world. But here's the thing. Email can also be a huge time suck. The good news is that there are ways to reduce the time…
I've mentioned a time or two that I love finding shortcuts for the tasks I do repeatedly, and it's amazing how much time you can save in various programs with keyboard shortcuts. Gmail is no exception. Turn on your keyboard shortcuts in Gmail and navigate to your Inbox, Drafts, Sent Mail and Starred items with…
I often get emails introducing me to products or services that Life Your Way readers may like. I always, always take a look to see what each one is about, but a lot of times that's the end of it just because I'm so busy that I don't always have time to fully explore each…
When I switched to Gmail a couple of years ago, the hardest part of the switch was getting used to the threaded conversations. If you use Gmail already, you know what I'm talking about. If you don't, the basic explanation is that Gmail groups all conversations in the same thread as one message in your…
After the initial buzz from Google's launch of Priority Inbox for Gmail, the feedback from users has been varied. For email users who receive hundreds of emails, being able to separate the truly important emails has definite benefits, and there's no doubt that Gmail does this job well. But other users suggest that simply unsubscribing…
Is there anything that Google cannot achieve? Well, maybe organizing my Gmail Inbox which is a mess of newsletters, Facebook notifications and things I care about, is asking for too much -- right? Wrong! And...this is one of those few times that I'm happy to be wrong. Google recently unveiled a new tool to aid…
Although I don't use a ton of exclamation points here on Life Your Way, it's usually because I've edited them out after writing my first draft. And if you've gotten an email from me, you probably know that I tend to use them liberally in emails. To me, an exclamation point signifies an upbeat, friendly…