It seems that every day there are more suggestions on how to reduce ’email overload’, here’s some that caught our eye. Bain & Company analyzed their staffs use of Microsoft Outlook and similar applications: Senior executives receive more than 200 emails each day A typical frontline supervisor spends about eight hours a week managing emails Of those […]
Outlook for Windows can set reminders to follow up on incoming emails but what’s less well known are the two options for follow up on emails you send out. Attaching a flag to an email you sent means Outlook will pop-up to remind you. For outgoing emails it’s a great way to remind yourself if […]
When you send an email, Outlook can add a ‘Follow up’ reminder to appear later. This is a reminder for you, the sender. There’s a separate option to send a reminder to the email recipients. From an open email message go to Home | Tags | Follow Up For a quick flag with just a […]
Outlook for Windows (not Mac) can send an automatic reminder with an email. Ideally, this means the recipient will get a ‘pop-up’ reminder to do whatever you’re talking about in the email itself. In this article, we’ll show how to send a reminder with your email. We’ll look at how that reminder will appear to […]
TeenVogue magazine is making quite a name for itself beyond the stereotype of makeup tips and boy-band gossip. Nicole Kobie has an excellent explanation of the considerations when choosing a messaging app. The article explains ‘threat model’ or who might be interested in your messages. If you’re only worried about casual snooping from nosey friends […]
