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Gmail: In Your Words
Using Gmail filters I have found tons of great ways to make my life easier by emailing myself. I have set up filters so I have lists of items that don't jam up my inbox. Several of the many that I use are for movies I want to see, songs I want to download or buy, and owners manuals for items I buy. So instead of hearing about a great movie, or seeing a killer preview, only to be totally without any ideas next time at the video store or on-demand listing, anytime there's a great movie that pops up, I quickly send an email to myself with 'Movie' in the subject line and the movie's name in body of message. I set the filter to skip the inbox, now I have a list of many movies that I need to get to. Same thing with a great song I hear on satellite radio in the car or someone else's iPod. I quickly send an email from my Palm, with 'Song' in the subject. I totally love the large capacity of messages too. Whenever I buy a new gadget, item, tool, appliance, etc- I immediately go to the manufacturer's website and download the owners manual- typically pdf. I instantly email to myself with 'Manual' as the subject. Now I have one place to quickly turn when I need instructions or FAQ without having to remember where I put the manual. Parker Harrington, Real Estate Westwood, MALabels: getting organized
I am 88 years old and easily fuddled. But Gmail has made email so simple for me, that I have been problem free since I found it. Joan Seymour, RetireeCanadaLabels: getting organized
Thanks to Gmail's label and filter options, my inbox is full of the important emails I need while the subscriptions and newsletters are tucked away to be viewed at my leisure. Paul Skinn, StudentEaston, PALabels: getting organized
I love using Gmail for receiving requests and setting up websites for my radio show. Liam Mackessy, DJIrelandLabels: getting organized
With Gmail's simple but very complete filtering and label system I can stop worrying about handling different accounts for different purposes - like school, job, fun -and I can simply label, and even forward, messages according to what they say. This way I can always see only the messages I want to see. Javier Ruiz, Engineer Mexico City Labels: getting organized
It was my dad's birthday and my present was to take him out to lunch at Lake Powell for a father/daughter trip. I was looking and looking for a nice restaurant in walking distance that you didn't have to spend to much on. I was emailing my step-mom about it when suddenly the Gmail ads came up and showed me tons of cheap fine dining restaurant in town. I took my dad for his birthday and he loved it he said it was the best thing about the trip. Maddy, StudentArizonaLabels: getting organized
While working on a group project in college, I created a new Gmail account and gave the password to each team member. We used it to upload files and as a place to store all of the files associated with the project. The key to organizing and making it useful was having clear subject lines so we could search for specific documents, and everything was in one place. EKMiami, FLLabels: getting organized
The way that Gmail keeps track and records conversations was really helpful for my court case. Since there was some "he said, she said" going on with phone conversations, the judge made part of the court decision that communications would be kept via email. Gmail, with the auto logging conversations, keeping both the sent messages, the drafts, and the received- with no time limit, AND the search feature.... didn't make Gmail first choice, but the ONLY choice. A email service actually became an essential part of life by its features.
Kathryn Goolsby, ButcherAnchorage, AlaskaLabels: getting organized
I originally come from New York, USA. In 1998 I decided to sell it all and backpack around the world. I've met some interesting people and had about 15 email addresses since then. Being a rolling stone, you don't always have time to check your mails every few months. I've lost so many contacts that way. After a few months of not logging in, all my mails and contacts are cleaned out of those other free services, never to be retrieved again. I've since settled down in Holland and received an invite to Gmail and have been hooked ever since. With Gmail I just don't delete anything... it's like my own private Google search engine! If I'm looking for a babysitter I used a few months ago but forgot the name... just search my Gmail. If forgot a phone number of someone I'm meeting up with tonight, but I know a keyword in a mail (place, names... ) I just Google my own Gmail. Eric Guzman, Progress ProgrammerUtrecht, NetherlandsLabels: getting organized
Using Gmail I include important notes when I load clients' information, including where I met them and what they purchased from me. Then I can look it up later, by simply typing in one name - like a hostess's name - and then see all those I met through that person. I can also look up clients by typing in a keyword in the 'search contacts' bar, to find which clients purchased a particular product from me, to then contact them for a reorder. Megan Mazer, Tastefully Simple Gourmet Foods Consultant PennsylvaniaLabels: getting organized
I'm the President of a local non-profit volunteer Arts organization. We plan monthly events focusing on local artists' work and the performing arts. We have 16 Board members across a wide spectrum of industries and professions. Keeping these professionals, their communications with me, and each other, organized should have been a complete disaster, but with Gmail, I've been able to keep all our heads above water, and we continue to have successful, well-tended events every month. I thank you, my board members thank you, and the artists whom we support thank you. Kristi Bond, Account ManagerKansas CityLabels: getting organized
I use Gmail in my involvement with the Southbank Bristol Arts (SBA) to track all communication from the steering group to the members. After I joined the steering group, Gmail again proved invaluable as a way of "archiving" all of our communications. I have recently been elected Chair of the SBA and the ability to just search the past archive is a fantastic resource. We now have every email sent out to the members and practically every email sent between the steering group in my Gmail account. In fact, the more we put in the more useful it seems to be. We also use Google Calendar as the "official" SBA calendar. Gmail is our complete archive! Pete Gilbert, Artist / Chair of Southbank Bristol ArtsBristol, UKLabels: getting organized
Gmail is perfect for my online tarot business because it sorts mail automatically by date and conversation. For me, my whole business consists of conversations! Each one is basically a small project for me. Gmail offers me exactly the organizational structure I need for my business. Tara Dorscher, Engineer and Tarot Card ReaderPerth, AustraliaLabels: getting organized
I started using Gmail during my undergrad program at University of Phoenix. Gmail is great for online chat meetings and exchanging ideas. My whole team had Gmail accounts which made team projects a breeze. Currently I am working on my MBA and I setup a team email account so that the team members are able to log in drop off assigned pieces of team projects. The team email has helped us tremendously. Floyd Webster, System AdministratorAtlanta, GALabels: getting organized
I am as close to paperless as I think I can ever be, thanks to Gmail. I have a website for patients, which I started longer ago than I care to say. Before Gmail, and its generous storage, I kept clippings to write from if they weren't for that day but were interesting...they stacked up and get yellow...and it just never worked as I wanted. Now I email journal abstracts to myself so I always have originals. I email news stories which I won't write from but which have interesting background info, too. I have on my laptop every journal article I wanted to save, etc...and instead of having to be super organized (some stories could fit into any number of topics)...all I need to do is search mail to find what I am looking for. Cheree Cleghorn, EditorWashington, DCLabels: getting organized
I got each of my students a Gmail account so that they could submit their assignments online. I could keep tabs on them to make sure they observed deadlines and uploading attachments on Gmail is faster and more efficient than any other email service. I also use Google Calendar to keep my students informed of our studies schedule, tests and quizzes. We had a ongoing tutorial with questions and students answering each others' questions on the documents feature. No one could complain that they didn't know we were having a quiz or a deadline for submitting an assignment. They could have a quick tutorial from home in the evenings if they were stuck on something. And a one-on-one chat with a student who is too shy to ask a question in class is worth its weight in gold. As a teacher, I love it and parents and students were very grateful. Gmail is a great teaching tool. Wally Zeisig, High School Science TeacherKuwaitLabels: getting organized
Locally, we have a swap meet called Larryville.com which acts like Craigslist. Last year, a kid named Case started to collect items for people in need around Holiday time. He was unable to complete this task this year and I volunteered to run the program. I signed up for a Gmail account and am using it to track requests and get donations. The color coded label function allows a friend and I to keep track of all the people in need of help. It has been a great tool to use and organize all the donations to people. We have helped raise over $1000 worth of donations and that number is still rising. Gmail is just making it much more efficient. Jeff Pierce, PharmacistLawrence, KSLabels: getting organized
I started using Gmail from the beginning and after I setup a firm selling IRC shells I decided it was in my business interest to use Gmail as the official support email. It has been over a year and a half and it's amazing. Not a single hour or day of downtime. How could I say it better: I have trusted and built my business with Gmail, and because of the search feature I managed to find in seconds using referral numbers I previously put into emails sent to clients all the information I needed in time for support. Hodirlan Cristian, AdministratorOradea, RomaniaLabels: getting organized
I use Gmail to communicate with the world... being autistic and having a neuro-degenerative disease makes me terrible at managing information. Gmail with IMAP helps me do this by acting as an assistant to me, and allows me to continue to run my small brokerage at ease. Alin Steglinski, Stock TraderPalatine, ILLabels: getting organized
I am a grandmother and not very familiar with modern technology. With Gmail, I run my international business from my home and I contact suppliers all over the world as well as buyers in the USA. Much of my success is due to Gmail and the convenience of not having to type in an address, but just clicking the right letter to find them. I also value the storage space and ability to operate many accounts simultaneously. Malini Perera, EntrepreneurNew YorkLabels: getting organized
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