I’ve been feeling overwhelmed by my emails, lately.
My first step in dealing with my email overload is by keeping my email accounts divided. Before, I had all my email pouring into one inbox. It was a great idea at first, but as a few of the accounts began to receive more and more email, the one inbox strategy didn’t work anymore. It was time to divide and conquer!
Now some of my inbox’s are conquering me.
Here are 7 things I’m doing to deal with my email overload:
Sharing screenshots and files quickly is a must-have for those who work and collaborate online. Need to share a file larger than an email can handle? No problem. Use your cloud based sharing app! It can also be a handy way to share photos and files via Twitter or other social networking services. Work or play, file sharing via a cloud service becomes more popular everyday. They are usually quick and easy to use; and most services that are available offer some sort of management system, so you can remove files when you like.
But do you really want to pay for another service?
If you’re looking for a way to monitor multiple WordPress installs and even run some backups, WP Remote is the tool you’re looking for.
Best of all, WP Remote is free!
I’ve tested it on several sites I manage to put WP Remote through the paces and see how well it performs. Considering how diverse WordPress can be, I wanted to run as much variety through it as possible.
When it comes to to-do apps, I am EXTREMELY picky. I have to be, since my mind is a bit, well, flighty.
My preferred configuration has evolved over the years. My litmus test used to be the famed Datebk5 from Palm: desktop and handheld intertwining at its finest. Since then, I have gravitated to cloud functionality. I learned that it was best to get software that I have a reasonable chance of finding on other platforms, and also had a web component that allows me to access data from anywhere that has an internet connection.
“As long as there is no supply, there will always be a demand.”
I don’t know if that makes economic sense, but it seems to describe the plight of Church techies: always feeling short on equipment and long on projects.
Church techs are part of a proud fraternity, which boasts MacGyver as our hero. Can you blame us? We, too, must complete daunting tasks with only duct tape and a pocket knife.
“I can’t believe 2011 is almost over!”
I haven’t yet heard anyone say this, thank God. I’m not a big fan of people expressing amazement over the most obvious things, and yet I do admit that time does fly, especially the midst of ministry.
My church is one of the fastest moving churches you’ll ever see. We will never be accused of laziness or failure to act. In fact, we might actually act too fast. We start projects, get them to a point of basic usability, and then move on.
Case in point: our sanctuary sound booth. Continue Reading…
In the process of nailing down a decent backup solution for multiple WordPress sites, I came across a new system that will be launching next month.
There are plenty of solid solutions in the marketplace, VaultPress being one; however, dropping $15 per site, per client, is not an option for me.
ManageWP is a very curious product, since backuping up your WordPress site is the least of what it does.
This thing is packed full of awesomeness.
How do you get things done?
When is a project complete?
Are you plagued by procrastination?
Perhaps you should adopt the Done Manifesto:
Steve Jobs is probably the most successful genius of the last 100 years or so.
Apple has been transformed by him into the most valuable company in the world, building some of the most sought after products by consumers around the world. While his resignation was met with much sadness and wondering about where Apple will go from here, I don’t think this is the last we’ll hear or see about Steve Jobs.
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