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I've written before about my massive issues with Gmail and Entourage and today I finally gave up and decided to move to Apple Mail.
I had toyed with the idea of using Thunderbird again as I've managed to use that as a "Getting things done" tool quite successfully but I'm now playing with iGTD (more on this at a later date) to manage my tasks and iGTD integrates with Apple Mail so I thought I'd give that a go.
Why is swapping email clients never that easy?
My first problem was that I couldn't find a way of getting my contacts out of Entourage so I ended up manually copying them into Apple's address book. It was a pain but at least it meant that I could get rid of unused addresses (although I have since found something that says it can import addresses from an Outlook PST File - Look under the "Switching section).I then set up my Gmail account - which seemed to go without a hitch (uh oh!) and the mails imported successfully using the IMAP settings I found. It was then I started fiddli....
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Scott Karstetter contacted me recently to let me know that he'd launched a new blog called "Smart Productivity".
Scott's GTD-esq task management program is a joy to use (you can read my review here), although it is Windows only (boo!), so when I heard he was launching a blog I couldn't wait to have a look.
Although it's in it's early stages, I can see Scott's blog as being one off the go-to places for productivity hints and tips from a software point of view - as well as here of course!
As Scott puts it:
The focus of the blog is to give tips and advice on software, GTD, to-do list hacks, productivity and life.
Some of the topics that will be discussed include software reviews, book reviews, interviews with productive personalities, lifehacks, and most of all, how to make your life better with technology.
Some of the topics that will be discussed include software reviews, book reviews, interviews with productive personalities, lifehacks, and most of all, how to make your life better with technology.
So, head on over to "Smart Productivity" and add it to your feed reader, you'll be missing a wealth of information if you don't!
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I've written before about Psychology and its various uses such as how to spot a liar but the Psyblog takes it a step further and looks at "10 practical uses for pychological research in everyday life".
The article looks at 10 "common" uses for psychology including:
- How to spot lies
- How to make your smile appear trustworthy and attractive
- Make your opinion the group's opinion
- How to be satisfied in a relationship
- Making friends
How to make your smile more attractive, more trustworthy and less dominant
This psychology study found that a long-onset smile (0.5s onset) is seen as more authentic and flirtatious than a short-onset smile (0.1s). On top of this, the resear....
This psychology study found that a long-onset smile (0.5s onset) is seen as more authentic and flirtatious than a short-onset smile (0.1s). On top of this, the resear....
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CIO.Com has an interesting interview with leadership consultant and psychologist Henry Cloud on the importance of a good work/life balance.
Cloud notes that work life balance never used to be a problem because the personal and the professional were two separate spheres. But that's no longer the case. Our identities are increasingly tied up in our work. We take tremendous pride in our work. And in our effort to balance work and home, the two have become inexorably bound.
The article stress the importance of being able to separate your working life from your home life. Something that's becoming increasingly difficult in the every increase world of 24 hour connectivity wherever you are.
Blackberries, IPhones, remote working all connect us to our business in one way or another all the time. Even the humble bog-standard mobile keeps us tied to the office, even at the weekends.
I'm quite lucky in that I have quite a definite separation of work and home, but I do feel sorry for those that are teathered to the jobs in this way all the time.
So, if you're on of the unlucky ones,
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I was contacted by Ismael Ghalimi recently. He's the producer of the Office 2.0 Conference and wondered if I'd like to give you, my lovely readersa $100 discount on registration for the conference. Of course, I jumped at the chance!
David Allen will be opening the Office 2.0 Conference (September 3rd - 5th in San Francisco) and there will be a range of talks from industry leaders on using technology to improve collaboration and productivity.
Also, if listening to the Productivity Gurus wasn't enough, each attendee receives a free HP 2133 Mini-Note PC sub-notebook (nice!).
The conference pass costs $1,495 (about £800 at the time of writing) but you can get $100 off by visiting this special URL.
Unfortunately I can't attend as I've run out of holiday allowance - boo! But if any of you do decide to go I'd love to hear about your experiences.
For more information you can view the Office 2.0 Press release here or visit the
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Out-Law.com recently reported that half of UK companies have fired an employee for serious misuse of company email:
Companies' principal worries about email use are that employees could be breaking financial disclosure or corporate governance rules, could be leaking intellectual property or trade secrets, could be leaking sensitive memos or could be breaching privacy regulations.
Privacy issues aside, I can't believe that anyone could be so silly to use company email to break company rules. But then, we have had the case of the City lawyer and his Ketchup damages claim and the The guy who bragged about his sex life in an email so I suppose it's completely plausible that someone could that stupid to send out banned information from a traceable source.
As email is used more and more, it's going to get abused more and more, sad but true.
My personal pet peve (cu....
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Every now and again I re-take The Myers-Briggs test to keep an track on how I'm doing personality-wise.
When I first took the test back in 2006 I was classed as ISFJ, when I re-took it in 2007 I was ENTJ and just over a year later, I'm still ENTJ! Looks like I've found my level!
From WikiPedia:
ENTJs often excel in business. They are assertive, outspoken,
confident, outgoing, energetic, charismatic, fair-minded, and
unaffected by conflict or criticism. However, other traits may lessen
the impact of their strengths. They may appear argumentative,
confrontational, insensitive, intimidating, and controlling. They can
overwhelm others with their energy, intelligence, and desire to order
the world around them.
Interested in taking the Myers-Briggs Test? Check it out here and let us know in the comments how you get on!
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