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Gain Focus by Limiting Outlook E-mail Notifications
In nearly every live class and video course that I teach, I advise all participants to limit Outlook incoming e-mail notifications. By e-mail notifications, you know what I mean: in Windows 10 it’s...
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Resolved: Get Tasks and Email Under Control in 4 Steps
You CAN Get Tasks and Email Under Control The resolution season is upon us. So, let’s resolve to get tasks and email under control. It’s good to tackle both tasks and email together since, in many...
View ArticleOffice 2016 for Mac Support Ending in October
Microsoft recently announced that as of Fall 2020, mainstream support for Office 2016 for Mac will come to an end. Upgrades are recommended prior to the support end date. Microsoft states that...
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New Video: How to Add Quick Action Buttons to Outlook
Windows Desktop Outlook was recently expanded with the ability to add more Quick Action buttons to the Inbox. I’ve created a new free video (within my Outlook Inbox Ninja Course) that shows you how to...
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Gmail Tasks and The One Minute To-Do List
In the last few months I’ve been testing other platforms for achieving workday productivity. One of those platforms I’ve tested is Gmail. I’d used it in the past, not really liked it, but thought I...
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Microsoft To Do, Recent Thoughts
It’s been a while since I wrote about Microsoft To Do, which is Redmond’s premiere to-do list platform these days. I released a video course on how to use Microsoft To Do last year. But you might...
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Outlook Online vs. Windows Desktop Outlook
I decided to do an experiment recently in which I switched to using Outlook Online for all my daily email. So, I put my usual Outlook Windows desktop software aside for a while. Why would I do this?...
View ArticleMore Evidence that Microsoft is Reviving OneNote 2016
In a previous article, I mentioned that Microsoft had announced it is extending support for OneNote 2016, which was great news. Now this: Microsoft is actually adding features again to OneNote 2016,...
View ArticleMicrosoft To Do Tasks App finally Adds Top-of-List position for New Tasks
Boy, this feature request, which was probably the most requested feature, has finally been implemented. Now, when you create a new task in any of the Microsoft To Do, it goes to the top of the list...
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Office 365 now Rebranded as Microsoft 365
If you have an Office 365 plan, you might be surprised to see a name change on your product. It’s now called Microsoft 365. This change went into effect April 21 for business products. Microsoft has...
View ArticleTake Another Look at Skype
Zoom is all the rage these days for video calls. And in contrast Skype is, well, old school, right? So why would I suggest you take another look at Skype (and perhaps pass on Zoom)? Aside from the...
View ArticleMy Thoughts on Gmail vs. Outlook
For the last four months I’ve made it a point of using both Gmail and Outlook, equally, for my business mail. I did this to study the differences in their current versions. I wanted to do this updated...
View ArticleQuick Note on Gmail iOS: “Add to Tasks” Command just Added
Yesterday I happened to notice that in the most recent version of the iOS Gmail app, Google has added the Add to Tasks menu item, allowing you to move an email into Google Tasks. This was absolutely...
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Guest Post: Using “Things 3” Apps for 1MTD and MYN, by Charles Olsen
The Things 3 app set is a set of to-do list management apps that run on the Mac and iOS devices. Reader Charles Olsen has spent a lot of time and effort developing ways to use 1MTD and MYN within...
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New Cheat Sheet for 1MTD & MYN
I’ve just created a cheat sheet for 1MTD and MYN users who need a review or introduction to the system basics. Mostly, it shows how the Urgency Zones work in a quick overview. You can download a free...
View ArticleNew 4-Min Review or Intro Video for 1MTD & MYN
If you are new to 1MTD and MYN, or if you have drifted away from it, here is a 4-minute video that will help refresh your understanding of the urgency zone concept, and how urgency zones work in both...
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Windows Outlook (365 Desktop) Option to Turn Off Yellow Highlighting of...
If you have a subscription to Office 365 (now called Microsoft 365), and you have been regularly updating your desktop Outlook app, then here’s a recent change you might care about: the ability to...
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Outlook iOS App adds Create a Task Command
Yey! Microsoft finally did it. They’ve added a Create a Task command to their Outlook iOS App. This is a critical app feature I like to see in all apps that my 1MTD and MYN readers use. To get to it,...
View ArticleCan No Longer Opt Out of To-Do Tasks on Outlook on the Web
This notice from Microsoft: “September 3, 2020: We will soon roll out the new tasks experience in Outlook on the web as we move from preview to general availability. With this change, we will remove...
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Guest Post: Using Todoist with MYN and 1MTD by Charles Olsen
I am very pleased to announce the guest post below by reader Charles Olsen about Todoist. You may recall that Charles wrote a few guest posts about Things over the last year, and this one is even...
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