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Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:46 AM

Interesting PI article

Saw this article in the Seattle PI this morning and thought it might interest some of you: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/300740_msftinfomania23x.html It talks about how we are all overloaded with information, and steps we can take to cope with
Posted by mmacbeth | 1 Comments
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 1:42 PM

Outlook 2007 and Getting Things Done

Every now and then someone asks about how to use Outlook 2007 with the Getting Things Done (GTD) / Take Back Your Life! methodology, which suggests heavy use of categories and tasks to manage your mail, tasks, and life. Here are some tips for getting
Posted by mmacbeth | 176 Comments
Friday, June 30, 2006 6:00 PM

E-mail Etiquette

Since starting work in Outlook, I have begun to think about the unwritten rules of e-mail etiquette and about how we could save each other a great deal of time, energy, and grief if we just did a little thinking before we hit the send button. Most recently,
Posted by mmacbeth | 9 Comments
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:19 PM

How I work with Outlook 12

Now that Beta2 is out, it seems like high time I explain how I use the new time management system in Outlook to manage my tasks and e-mail. There are many ways of managing one’s time, and what follows is just my approach. Fortunately, the new system is
Posted by mmacbeth | 22 Comments
Friday, December 09, 2005 5:32 PM

4 Ds

This is just a short post about a general way to deal with mail that many time management philosophies espouse: 1. If it isn ’ t important, delete it. 2. If it can be done in 2 minutes or less, do it. 3. If it isn ’ t for you or if you can, delegate it.
Posted by mmacbeth | 7 Comments
Friday, December 02, 2005 8:49 PM

Tenets of task management

Before delving into Outlook 12’s task management system, I want to describe my three tenets: reduce your To-Do lists to one; keep your personal and business tasks together in one place; and get your tasks out of your head. (These are not to unique to
Posted by mmacbeth | 5 Comments
 
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