Tag: Opinion

The Pattern of Facebook

On the morning of March 3rd I checked Facebook, and for the first time in a good while, there was a post that wasn’t spiteful and full of venom, an ad for something, or a post that was generated by some Facebook algorithm that thinks that it knows what I want to see.

It was refreshing at the beginning, and I saw the potential for good conversation. After watching the post and it’s comments throughout the day I became more disappointed. Hope for something turned to muck once again. The bird was flying up and out of the nest, then falling into the mud at the base of the tree, and finally mud being slung back and forth (at least I hope it’s mud.) Continue reading “The Pattern of Facebook” →

The Morning Grind

They say confession is good for the soul.

I could use a little today, so here goes.

I didn’t have time for breakfast this morning, so I stopped at the Burger King on Veteran’s Parkway at 12th St. I circled the building and got in the drive through line. When it was time to order, I ordered and moved up to about a foot behind the car in front of me.

Notice I mentioned the distance, this is why:
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The Email Avalanche – let it happen, let it flow, take it out

Tips for Gmail, Outlook, and Office 365

“I get so much email I just don’t know what to do about it.”

“I can’t seem to clean out my inbox…”

“I haven’t gotten to your email yet; I will get to it later.”

Heard any of those before? Have you ever had that feeling? You are not alone.

I learned that sometimes the easiest way is to learn some tricks that work around the issue, rather than trying to push through the chaos. Do a Google search for creating rules in Outlook, rules in Office 365, Filters in Gmail, and you will find all sorts of results. They all try to put the most important emails in the inbox and all others in another folder/filter.

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