Email

Making the switch to Mozilla Thunderbird

January 12, 2012
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At the beginning of each year I take time to organize and simplify my digital life and in 2012 I tackled a whale… email. My problem is not managing my inbox but rather I had too many email accounts. So I simplified and in the process decided to give Mozilla’s email client Thunderbird another look. [...]

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Notes from the Field

January 16, 2011
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A jumble of what I found useful and interesting of late… If you only read one post about social marketing this week make it this one, “The Significance Manifesto”, by @umairh Educate, elevate, and enlighten. I’m bored that most boardrooms see me as a "consumer," not a person. Business as usual shouts relentlessly at me [...]

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2 Tech Tips to Simplify Your Online Life

December 31, 2010
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Mastering your productivity isn’t always about the latest apps or newest gadget but becoming more effective and efficient with the tools we already use. It’s time to evaluate 2 technologies you use every day and are probably getting out of control. Email and Passwords. Master Your Email with 3 Folders Take back control of your [...]

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Email and Social Identity

November 8, 2010
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Quick quiz: Name the largest social network on Earth. Hint: It isn’t Facebook and it’s 40 years old. Email It’s easy to overlook but your lowly email address is an integral part of your digital identity and social profile. Your email address is your social thumbprint. It is the common identity factor and the one [...]

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Organizing my digital life for 2010

December 28, 2009
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Perhaps I’ve got some OCD tendencies but I really like order and since a large part of my life is lived in the digital space I have to maintain a clean digital working environment. That digital environment takes time and tools. Here are a few of my systems and how I’m reworking them for 2010 [...]

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Branding and Staying Power in the largest social network ever

October 5, 2009
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The ugly truth is that many individuals and small businesses don’t understand the importance of branding and permanence when it comes to this 30 year old social networking technology we call email. Most people don’t even realize that they are making a dreadful mistake or have any idea there is a better way. The Problem [...]

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Email – You’re Doing it Wrong

February 4, 2009

It’s not hip. It’s not Web 2.0 but email is still the primary method of communication of almost every internet user worldwide. Yet after popular use for over a decade it’s stunning how many users still can’t grasp how to properly use and manage email. Just so we are clear I’m not talking about web [...]

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Is there room for innovation in Email?

January 20, 2009

The average user gives little thought to email. It is the most common application of the internet and we just expect it to work. It’s simple really, type in a email address and quick note, click send and your message is magically delivered. Unfortunately the truth is radically different. Email is one of the most [...]

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