Remove attachments in Outlook

June 6th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Go Paperless | No Comments »

You can already remove attachments in Outlook—but only one at a time, which gets to be a big waste of time. Outlook Attachment Remover (clever name, huh?) does just what it ... Read more..

Managing contacts

April 15th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Be More Productive | No Comments »

For quite a while now, I have been using Plaxo to manage my contacts. The great advantage of Plaxo is that it syncs with a variety of software—I use it ... Read more..

Google Calendar sync for Outlook just released

March 6th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Be More Productive | No Comments »

Here comes something I have been wanting for a long time: an easy way to sync my Outlook Calendar with Google Calendar so that I can share my schedule with ... Read more..

Xobni may be the most useful Outlook plug-in yet

January 10th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Be More Productive | No Comments »

Lifehacker posted yesterday about Xobni, a new Outlook productivity plug-in. Xobni runs as a sort of sidebar, and displays information about the people who e-mail you. Among other things, it ... Read more..

TimeBridge simplifies scheduling meetings

January 9th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Be More Productive | 1 Comment »

One of the biggest pains about managing a law practice is scheduling meeting, conferences, and other get-togethers with clients, opposing parties and attorneys, etc., all of whom have crowded calendars. ... Read more..

Managing attachments in Outlook

April 18th, 2007 Sam Glover | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

One of the problems with using Outlook to manage e-mail is that there is no easy way to manage attachments. Outlook is not a good place to store attachments. Outlook ... Read more..

Outlook’s Activities tab

April 4th, 2007 Sam Glover | Posted in Be More Productive | No Comments »

I have mentioned the Activities tab in Outlook several times, but I don't think I have explained exactly how to get to it. The Activities exists as a tab in ... Read more..

Envelopes in Outlook

February 27th, 2007 Sam Glover | Posted in Be More Productive | No Comments »

One of Outlook's most astonishing omissions--which is in no way remedied in version 2007--is the lack of a way to go directly from a contact to a printable envelope. My ... Read more..

Use Outlook as a case/matter-based organizer

February 9th, 2007 Sam Glover | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Outlook is, by default, set up to organize your life by contact. The "activities" tab (or button, if you have upgraded to 2007), connects you to all the tasks, appointments, ... Read more..

Jello.Dashboard: productivity tool for Outlook

January 29th, 2007 Sam Glover | Posted in Be More Productive | No Comments »

Into Outlook? I have experimented with using Outlook as a case/matter-based organizer, but so far, I haven't been able to make it efficient enough to be worthwhile. For those who ... Read more..