If you are still weary of trusting Google with all of your precious calendar information and instead would like to simply synchronize calendars, then Google Calendar Sync is the right tool for you. When installed and enabled Google’s Calendar Sync application quietly sits in your computers notification...

In previous articles I detailed how I was able to move from Outlook 2007 to Google’s online services for all of my email and organizational functions. In this article I’ll cover how I am able to access my Gmail, Google Calendar, and other information on the go. When I started using the...

Email has provided users with almost real time communication capabilities, but at the same time has allowed for the creation of an information overload and unlimited interruptions. Tim Ferriss’s The 4-Hour Workweek offers some insight on how to take control of your email. One of my favorite pieces...

Ever since I made a switch from Outlook to Gmail three months ago, I’ve compiled a list of features that I think would make Gmail better. Some of these are features that are currently available in Outlook and others apply only to Gmail, but are simply missing. In this article I’ll share...

This is the fourth part of a larger series that I will be publishing in the coming weeks covering my switch from Outlook to Google’s online services. The intent of this series is to help others who have found themselves wanting more out of their email and calendar applications. This guide specifically...

If you have ever wanted to access your Gmail account from an email client on your computer you might want to make sure that IMAP access is enabled in Gmail. IMAP or Internet Message Access Protocol allows users to download a cached copy of their email from their email servers. Unlike POP3 (another...

This is the third part of a larger series that I will be publishing in the coming weeks covering my switch from Outlook to Google’s online services. The intent of this series is to help others who have found themselves wanting more out of their email and calendar applications. This guide specifically...

This is the second part of a larger series that I will be publishing in the coming weeks covering my switch from Outlook to Google’s online services. The intent of this series is to help others who have found themselves wanting more out of their email and calendar applications. This guide specifically...