Monthly Archives: January 2013

Jan 29, 2013 Office 2013 went on sale today on Microsoft’s website. It’s branded as Office 365. Here’s the link to the Microsoft announcement and store: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/pd/productID.259179900?WT.mc_id=PromoEmail_Office15Launch_Online_1-29-13_ShopnowCTA Outlook 2013 and MYN/1MTD This of course means that Outlook 2013 is officially … Continue reading →

Jan 26, 2013 This is a big deal. Mary Jo Foley is conveying rumors that Microsoft is planning to bring Outlook to Surface RT. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57565904-75/microsoft-said-to-be-testing-windows-rt-outlook-client/ To me, that closes the main gap that is preventing the RT from being a … Continue reading →

Jan 25, 2013 I am going a bit out on a limb here and I am going to share some rather *personal* information—it’s my weight! Why share that? To demonstrate my experience so far with using Beeminder to reach a … Continue reading →

Jan 24, 2013 Microsoft just formally announced release of the Surface Pro tablet for Feb 9. It’s a bit of a delay (most had thought it would be Jan 26), but not that much of a delay. My focus on … Continue reading →

Jan 18, 2013 Not sure if you have caught this in the past months, but Microsoft, with the release of Office 2013, is urging buyers to use a subscription model for purchase—basically you are renting the software with free upgrades … Continue reading →

Jan 18, 2013 I caught this review of a tool for Gmail and Yahoo mail users to get control of too many newsletters. http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57564570-285/clean-up-that-mess-of-an-inbox-with-unroll.me/ Let me know if it works for you! Michael Linenberger

Jan 18, 2013 Ready Lane Young pointed me to this article on how to use Outlook VBA coding to categorize sent mail. Thanks Lane! http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/catsentitem.htm Michael Linenberger

Jan 17, 2013 The whole goal-setting topic is a tricky subject—it’s wrought with land mines. It seems so proactive to set ambitious goals, but despite our best intentions, most such goals are missed. When that happens repeatedly, we get discouraged … Continue reading →

Jan 13, 2013 For years I’ve written and lectured about (and recently wrote a blog about) the problems of setting arbitrary deadlines—deadlines that have no real consequence. The main problem is we tend to ignore them since they have no … Continue reading →

Jan 12, 2013 It’s the beginning of the year so it’s goal setting season again, and a lot of you are making resolutions for the year ahead. Many of you will be setting deadlines on your goals, and you may … Continue reading →