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How to Move Tasks Between Lists in Gmail Tasks

Wednesday March 17, 2010

Caffeinated or not; in Ethiopia or elsewhere; dancing or grazing: goats do not lean towards being pushed around. They will lean into the push instead, and have earned for it a worldwide reputation as pinnacles of stubbornness.
To move a goat, pull it, they say, or take it on a leash.
To move a task in Gmail, do not drag or pull; do not lasso or leash; Shift and click:
›› Too much tasks of one kin on a list? Here's how to move them (and any other task) to a different list easily in Gmail tasks.

St. Patrick's Day Clover - Free IncrediMail Letter Download and E-Card

Monday March 15, 2010

St. Patrick's Day Clover - Free IncrediMail Letter Download and E-CardA commorant in Edinburgh and Irishman "of strong national instincts" was the subject of a note in the Daily Telegraph on March 22, 1888. He had "resolved to drown the shamrock in the orthodox fashion" on the previous Saturday — March 17.
Now, the Edinburger may have drowned his shamrock in whatever liquor was around for St. Patrick's Day; we'll drown email recipients in shamrocks instead:
›› Send simple, and simply nice, St. Patrick's Day greetings. (IncrediMail)

Don't Use "This is Spam" to Unsubscribe

Monday March 15, 2010

"If I'm going to do something that keeps me up at night," says Warren Buffet, "I don't do it."
I know clicking the Spam button one time too many will not keep you up at night (and neither should it) — but it might give the newsletter author thus blocked sleepless nights and days. So... if we're going to do something that keeps newsletter authors up at night, let's not do it:
›› The "This is Spam" button is an easy and effective way to get rid of spam, but you should make sure you use it only for spam. Otherwise, bad karma may not be the only unpleasant consequence.

How to Set Up Outlook Google Calendar Sync

Sunday March 14, 2010

"Boy, those French," Steve Martin said on the occasion of their language, "They have a different word for everything!"
That word, tout, and many others let the French talk to each other and to everybody speaking their beautiful language — just like Google Calendar and Outlook can talk to each other and to everybody looking at their polished interfaces on the occasion of just about tout, tout le temps, tout de suite:
›› Put Google Calendar into Outlook and Outlook into Google Calendar. Here's how to set up 2-way synchronization of your default Outlook and Google Calendar schedules.

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