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How to Meet Efficiently

How to Meet Efficiently

By Zoli Erdos on March 25, 2010

Simply classic:

Posted in Just for fun | Tagged humor, meetings, productivity | 1 Response

Fun with Google Voice Transcriptions

Fun with Google Voice Transcriptions

By Zoli Erdos on March 9, 2010

I love this service, have been using it ever since the early Grand Central days, and I really hope my Google Voice number is the one and only final phone number.  Among many other benefits, I no longer have to check voicemail, take note of actions required and return the call – it all comes […]

Posted in Product reviews | Tagged google voice, phonetag, productivity, transcription, voicemail

Starting with a Virtual Assistant

Starting with a Virtual Assistant

By Jacob Morgan on February 1, 2010

Starting this week I’m going to be experimenting with a virtual assistant to help me and Chess Media Group get tasks done.  Over the past few months I’ve spent far too much time on tasks that can easily be delegated to someone else such as email, basic research, information gathering, and document creation.  I’ll admit […]

Posted in Small business | Tagged executive assistant, productivity, rants, transform solutions, va, virtual assistant | 2 Responses

Is the iPad a big iPod or is it the new Newton?

Is the iPad a big iPod or is it the new Newton?

By David Terrar on February 1, 2010

The first thing I’ve got to say is the title of this post was supplied in a tweet from Alan Patrick (@freecloud), but it perfectly encapsulates the controversy going on in the geek world around the new Apple tablet device announced on Wednesday.  Is it going to be as successful and “game changing” like the […]

Posted in Design, Product reviews | Tagged Apple, appstore, convergence, darwin, Design, divergence, ebook, epub, ibook, ipad, iphone, iPod, mac, newton, productivity, tablet | 2 Responses

Successful presentations? – go back to basics

Successful presentations? – go back to basics

By David Terrar on January 29, 2010

Some of us of a certain age come from a time when presentations weren’t created directly on the PC (or Mac) with PowerPoint (or Keynote), or with cool new online tools like Prezi.  Back then before laptop PCs and low cost flash drives, if there was plenty of money in the marketing budget, and the […]

Posted in Marketing | Tagged Design, keynote, marketing, powerpoint, presentations, Prezi, productivity, sales | 1 Response

Productivity Hacks: Voicemail, Folders & To-Do’s

Productivity Hacks: Voicemail, Folders & To-Do’s

By Mark Suster on January 12, 2010

I recently wrote a post about avoiding the “Deferred Life Plan” and some related thoughts about personal productivity that came from Tim Ferriss’s book, The Four Hour Workweek. I would love to say that I’m the productivity guru.  Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged email, Entrepreneur Advice, gmail, google voice, productivity, Start-up Advice, Startup Advice, voicemail | 1 Response

Productivity, Getting Things Done and Mixed messages

Productivity, Getting Things Done and Mixed messages

By Ben Kepes on October 13, 2009

I received an auto email response from a friend just the other day. Said friend’s response went thus; Thankyou for your email. I read my emails daily at 8,11 and 3pm. If your email requires urgent attention please phone me on XXXXXXX I had a chuckle when I received it. It seemed a typical reaction […]

Posted in General, Strategy | Tagged david allen, getting things done, GTD, productivity, social media consultant | 1 Response

The Productivity Boom

The Productivity Boom

By Guest Authors on August 14, 2009

If you’ve been watching the economic numbers as of late, you might have noticed a trend: Productivity is surging and unemployment continues to be a huge, dragging factor. On twitter the other day, I started referring to it as the “jobless recovery” (and I’m not the first). To that end, some thoughts — and why […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged cloud computing, productivity, recesssion, recovery, saas, us economy

Google Reader Gets Improvements, but Offline is Ignored Again

Google Reader Gets Improvements, but Offline is Ignored Again

By Zoli Erdos on August 13, 2009

Whenever a Google product gets updates, tiny or big, there’s a chorus of praise … which is OK, after all everyone needs link-bait, but what about some critical thinking?  Today’s big new is additional social sharing and “mark as read” controls – they are all useful, you can read the details from any of the […]

Posted in Product reviews | Tagged feed reader, feeds, google, google gears, google reader, productivity, rss | 4 Responses

Gmail Finally Ends the Folder vs. Label War – What’s Next? Find the Answer Here.

Gmail Finally Ends the Folder vs. Label War – What’s Next? Find the Answer Here.

By Zoli Erdos on July 1, 2009

Bear with me for this somewhat long post, ‘cause I am not only discussing the sweeping changes Gmail made today, but in the end will also tell you what they are going to do next year – or perhaps after that. Gmail Changes The Gmail label changes announced today and to be released to accounts […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged algorithm, email, folders, gmail, google, google reader, labels, productivity, tags, usability | 17 Responses

The Future Of Project Management Is Collaboration

The Future Of Project Management Is Collaboration

By Chris Yeh on June 18, 2009

For most of us, work is a series of projects. We’re always drawing up plans (some more formal than others) and trying to carry them out, usually as part of a team. So if project management is so core to our professional lives, why is it so difficult to find great project management tools? Historically, […]

Posted in Analysis, General, Strategy | Tagged collaboration, pm, pm 2.0, productivity, project management, project management 2.0, saas | 6 Responses

Gmail Migration Tools Attack Inertia

Gmail Migration Tools Attack Inertia

By Zoli Erdos on May 14, 2009

A few years ago a software recruiter told me how he deleted job applications sent from a Hotmail account: after all, how could an applicant claim to be technology-savvy and still be using hotmail?  Seriously.  While Yahoo was by far not as bad as Hotmail, there was a stigma attached to using the free webmail […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged AOL, gmail, google, google account, google apps, google contacts, hotmail, microsoft, migration, outlook, productivity, webmail, yahoo | 1 Response

Mohammed, the Mountain and Zoho Gadgets

Mohammed, the Mountain and Zoho Gadgets

By Zoli Erdos on April 16, 2009

If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the mountain Legend says when the Founder of  Islam was asked to give proof of his teaching, he ordered Mount Safa to come to him. When the mountain did not comply, Mohammed went to to the mountain, raised his hands and thanked God […]

Posted in Analysis, Product reviews | Tagged facebook, gadgets, gluecon, gmail, google, integration, opensocial, orkut, productivity, widgets, zoho, zoho gadgets | 3 Responses

Gmail’s Multiple Inbox is Really Multi-Pane Views, But I am Back to Classic

Gmail’s Multiple Inbox is Really Multi-Pane Views, But I am Back to Classic

By Zoli Erdos on February 5, 2009

Gmail Labs is out with a new feature: multiple inboxes.   Except that it’s not. Multiple inboxes, that is. Think about it: that would defy logic – unless we’re talking about handling multiple email accounts, which is clearly not the case here.  TechCrunch has it right 2 , calling the new feature multi-pane viewing. That’s exactly […]

Posted in Product reviews | Tagged email, gmail, google, inbox, productivity | 5 Responses

Gmail Themes as Productivity Tools?

Gmail Themes as Productivity Tools?

By Zoli Erdos on November 19, 2008

OK, this may be a bit of a stretch, but I really think the newly released themes for Gmail do more than appeal to our senses. They actually have a very practical application: differentiating between multiple Gmail accounts.   I have branded (Google Apps, using my own domain) accounts for business and personal use, and a […]

Posted in Design | Tagged gmail, google, productivity, skins, Themes | 4 Responses

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