Archive for the ‘Productivity Tools’ Category

Cool (and useful) Google Calendar Tip

Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:23 No Comments

I have used Google (Apps) calendar for a couple of years now. Love it. But one thing I found annoying was trying to move quickly through the calendar to look ahead. Then, I accidentally placed my cursor over the small calendar that appears usually to the upper left of the main calendar and discovered my [...]

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Thanks Amazon for the Kindle iPhone App

Monday, March 9, 2009 16:21 No Comments

Okay, I admit it. I have a severe, over the top lust for the Amazon Kindle. As a new business startup things are tight so, like others whose tweet’s I’ve watched, I too have hovered over that Buy Now button on Amazon’s site several times. However unlike them, I’ve not pressed it. Last week, Amazon [...]

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Forget Ironman! Merlin Mann Inbox Zero Man’s my hero!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 21:50 No Comments

I read David Allen’s Getting Things Done several years ago and attended a GtD training where I worked. It was amazing. I’m still striving to implement the things I learned there. This week, I discovered a new chapter in the GtD saga. Inbox Zero. I won’t confess here all the “oops, I do that and [...]

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[more applause] Holy Grail — Thunderbird fully syncing with Goolge apps hosted account

Friday, April 25, 2008 10:58 No Comments

YAY! Hats of to Zindus addon for Thunderbird. A few posts ago I touted the wonder of the Provider addon for Thunderbird which allowed you to sync a Google calendar with Thunderbird/Lightning. The only remaining missing piece of my Google app hosted personal email and Thunderbird/Lightning was my contacts. Thanks to Zindus now I have [...]

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[applause] Provider Thunderbird addon joins Google Calendar and Lighting

Monday, April 21, 2008 16:05 No Comments

The holy grail (for me at this point anyways) for calendars has finally been solved. Hats off to Philipp Kewisch for his Provider Addon for Thunderbird/Lightning! And super hats off to bfish.xaedalus.net for the step by step instructions for enabling it. After over two years of wishing I had a way to sync my Google [...]

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