Author Archives: Michael Linenberger

Skipping Vacation Does Not Get you Ahead at Work

Aug 18, 2015 Did you skip vacation this summer? Perhaps you should make an effort to slide it in this fall before you lose your time. Why? It’s good for your career, per this quote from an article in the … Continue reading

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Tablet-Based Windows 10 Office Apps

Aug 13, 2015      [Updated 9/10/2015] Microsoft has finally released Windows tablet apps for Office for four modules. They are Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. This has been a long time coming, as Microsoft released these for iOS and Android a … Continue reading

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Outlook Users: Consider Switching to Toodledo to Solve Smartphone Issues

July 31, 2015 As more and more people are processing most of their e-mail and tasks on their smartphones, many of the 1MTD and MYN system principles are getting harder to accomplish for Outlook users. Many of the tools we … Continue reading

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Guilt-Free Tasks

July 31, 2015 How many tasks are on your list that have been sitting there for a while, and you feel guilty about not completing them? We tend to write down more tasks than we can do or ever intend … Continue reading

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Still no Scripts Menu in Latest Microsoft Outlook for Mac

July 21, 2015 [updated 9/10/2015] A few weeks ago Microsoft released an update to their latest Microsoft Outlook for Mac. It’s version 15.13.1. And it’s now being made available as part of the standard Office 2016 for Mac updates (you … Continue reading

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Tip: Use iPhone’s Siri to Add Tasks to Outlook

July 15, 2015 You can add tasks to your desktop copy of Outlook using Siri. Simply speak your task into Siri (in a specific manner, shown below), and seconds later that task will appear at the top of your 1MTD … Continue reading

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Pretty Good Article on Using Outlook Categories

July 12, 2015 If you are just getting started with Outlook Categories, here is a pretty good introductory article: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-outlook-categories/ Of course, my courses provide a more complete overview, and how to use them with 1MTD/MYN, but this tech republic … Continue reading

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Our Videos for (Pocket) Informant Are now Updated for Version 4

July 3, 2015 I’ve been recommending for years that Toodledo users on an Android phone or small Android tablet consider using the app called Pocket Informant to access their Toodledo MYN or 1MTD tasks while on the run. Well, a … Continue reading

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Outlook Tip: Using Outlook 2013’s People Peek

June 29, 2015 You may know that Outlook 2013 allows you to “peek” at bits of the major datatypes (Mail, Calendar, People, and Tasks) by hovering your mouse over their labels in the lower left. The People Peek may be … Continue reading

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Outlook Tip: Recall Message (and the new Undo Send in Gmail)

June 24, 2015 Last week I discussed the Resend This Message command. Well, another command under that same Actions menu in a sent item is the Recall This Message command. It attempts to erase a message that you have sent … Continue reading

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