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How to get folders in Gmail

bengt — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:45:30 +0000

I have posted about using coloured labels in Gmail which makes labels more visible and useful. But I was still not too fond of labels as they are applied in Gmail.

Then I came across Folders4Gmail which is a terrific script for Firefox with Greasemonkey installed. Suddenly your labels show up in a folder-like hierarchy. You controll the hiearchy with how you name your labels.

Link Medley

bengt — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:17:37 +0000

Chris Garrett writes about Top Software Tools: Readers Recommendations where he lists software for Windows, Mac, Linux and cross-platform.

DailyWritingTips has PC Vitals for Every Freelance Writer, actually it is great advice for anyone using a computer.

DailyBits has a post about The Worst PC Disasters and Their Solution.

Convert HTML to PDF or JPG

bengt — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:01:48 +0000

Sometimes you might want to get a site in PDF-format or as a JPG-image. If that is the case then you can use Convert HTM to PDF or Screenshot tool..

Note: This text is published at btwendel.com. If you see it elsewhere they are using my content.

Using coloured labels in Gmail

bengt — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:53:03 +0000

When I first read The next evolution of labels I was not much impressed since I could see no immediate benefit with coloured labels. But I decided to give it a try and it improved readability and overview a lot.

I created some filters that put coloured labels on certain incoming mails. This makes it easy to see what’s in my inbox. In my case I set a dark green label on my RSS-feeds, label = !Feeds. This makes it very easy to spot the RSS-feeds, I only read them when I have enough time which usually is in the evenings. I also have filters and coloured labels for yoga-related emails and for some groups at Yahoo. Now I can easily pick the mails I want to read, depending on how much time I have at hand.

Note: The exclamation mark first in the label name places it on top in the labels list.

VideoJug – Life Explained. On Film

bengt — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:30:35 +0000

VideoJug uses the tag line “Life Explained. On Film”. There are films in categories such as Food, Drinks, Pets, Sport, Work and more. You can for instance learn How To Eat Sushi, How To Play Omaha Hi-Lo or How To Open A Bottle Of Champagne With A Sword.

Shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL

bengt — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:55:18 +0000

Are you tired of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? TinyURL can solve that for you. Just enter the URL in the text … Continue reading →

Google Maps

bengt — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:28:21 +0000

Google Maps is an interesting and useful site. One can enter two places and get directions. Or simply have fun and skip around on the maps.

Limit spam mail

bengt — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:58:29 +0000

MailNull provides a free anti-spam-mail service to help you take control over your email. With your MailNull account, you can give out a separate temporary email address to every company which asks you for one.

Guerrilla Mail provides you with disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 minutes. You can read and reply to e-mails that are sent to the temporary e-mail address within the given time frame.

How to do just about everything

bengt — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:46:44 +0000

eHow is a site where you find step-by-step instructions on how to do just about everything. Learn how stuff works, how to fix things, how to find things, how to buy things, and how to make your life easier.

E-Mail Icon Generator

bengt — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:38:12 +0000

E-Mail Icon Generator is a great service that I found through Des Walsh blog. It creates an image with your email address which the spam robots cannot collect. It works for GMail, Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo!, AOL and many more.