Author Archives: Michael Linenberger

Feb 17, 2012 Outlook can get weird in many ways and start performing badly. PST folders can get too big. Some add-ons will conflict with others. Well, here is some software that analyzes your copy of Outlook 2007/10 and supposedly … Continue reading →

Feb 17, 2012 I’ve gotten quite a few e-mails and comments recently that have made me realize I’d made a mistake about dismissing Quick Steps for MYN in Outlook 2010 too quickly. In an earlier post I had said that … Continue reading →

Feb 15, 2011 For those of you who have been using my MYN system for a while (MYN is the advanced form of the One Minute To-Do List—1MTD; see this page for more info on the two), I want to … Continue reading →

Feb 9, 2011 I thought I’d blogged about this before, but I guess not. In Outlook 2010, Microsoft introduced a bizarre “feature change” that occurs when you drag-create a task from e-mail. It causes the new task window to disappear. … Continue reading →

Jan 25, 2012 I’ve had a number of people ask me if there were time tracking tools that work with Outlook, for tracking billable time. Here is one product that just came to my attention. Called Chrometa and it is … Continue reading →

Jan 24, 2011 Here is a good article on some of the technical underpinnings of Outlook 2011 Mac. http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/outlook/outlook-2011-mac-os-141278 Michael

Jan 21, 2012 Supervisors, don’t turn your employees into e-mail zombies. What do I mean by that? Here’s a common scenario: a supervisor sends an e-mail to his or her employee and in the email tells the recipient that the … Continue reading →

Jan 14, 2012 I am hearing some good things from my users about gSyncit, an Outlook add-on that syncs Outlook data with a number of cloud services. I haven’t tested it myself yet, but it looks like it may be … Continue reading →

Jan 4, 2012 [Feb 17, 2012 Update: I’ve changed my mind on some of these conclusions and now think there are lots of potential for Quick Steps in MYN, particularly when used from within an open e-mail. See my Feb … Continue reading →

Dec 31, 2011 One of my major teachings for e-mail management is to stop using 10, 20, 30, (100?) topic-named folders to file your mail. I’ve always claimed doing so is too slow to file and too slow to find … Continue reading →