Reading Time: 2 minNot long ago, I told you that I made the switch from Gmail to Google Inbox. I may or may not switch back to Gmail at some point, but whatever I decide to do I’ll probably do inside of Shift. Shift is a desktop application (for Windows, Mac and Linux) that puts your Gmail or […]
Productivity
Brand loyalty is a bad thing
Reading Time: 3 minOver the years I’ve worked hard to keep my digital life in a place where I can freely move from device to device without worrying about being too locked in to one system. Lifehacker wrote an article that summed it up perfectly: Brand loyalty is for suckers. You tend to hear this most often with […]
Getting all of those contacts organized
Reading Time: 3 minContact management can be a pain. Most people will add some contacts from their phone, add some from their email, end up with duplicates and some missing info, and just have a big mess on their hands. We’ve all been there. I spent much of 2016 trying to find ways to get things organized. I […]
Gmail vs Google Inbox vs ActiveInbox
Reading Time: 2 minA few years ago, Google released Inbox, a new way to help manage your Gmail. It’s aimed at folks with busy inboxes, and refinements over the years have made it quite impressive. I’ve used it a few times, but always ended up going back to good old Gmail. Gmail has some great power tools (such […]
Google Keep is the best solution for quick notes
Reading Time: 3 minIt’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Asana for task management. For keeping up with projects, assignees, timelines and notes, Asana is tough to beat. That said, all of us at GreenMellen keep a small to-do list on the side for quick thoughts and notes. I’ve bounced around to a few different solutions […]
Some things are worth remembering
Reading Time: 4 minLast week I told you that you should try to keep “stuff” out of your brain so you can free it up to work harder on important things. Today I’m going to flip that around and show you how to cram more into your head. This isn’t to go against what I said in the […]
Only think about cat food once
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve told many people over the years that GreenMellen Media simply wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done“. In the early days of the company, going back to when I was a freelancer, I was juggling a lot of things — a full time job, two young children at home, […]
How to easily keep up with 538 blogs
Reading Time: 3 minImagine for a minute that you had to personally request each email that you wanted to receive. Each morning you’d get up and go through your list of people that might have email for you: “Kelly, do you have any email for me today?” Nope. “Ali, do you have any email for me today?” Yes, […]
Gtdagenda launches their Android app
Reading Time: < 1 minI’m becoming more and more confident that my next phone will be an Android device. The ties to Google are excellent for me, and the apps are finally reaching the point of being pretty good. The Apple app store still rules, but Android is catching up quickly. Today saw the release of a very nice […]
Trying to find the perfect GTD system
Reading Time: < 1 minAs most of you know, I’ve been using Nozbe for a while now and I’m fairly satisfied with it. However, it has a growing list of issues that are starting to bother me — horrible waste of space on the page, a very buggy iPhone app, and tasks that occasionally move from one project to […]