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Welcome back to the podcast!
This week’s edition…
“My Keys are in the Freezer” OR “Lost and Found”
We have all had one at some point in our lives – you know the interesting little morning argument with your spouse about why he or she moved your keys. Darn her incessant tidiness! Why did I marry someone who is so clean and neat?
In my case, I usually continue the argument while frantically wandering around looking for my lost keys. After all, I have to get out the door and off to work. Meanwhile, she keeps insisting that she didn’t move them. I remind her that I am a creature of habit and that I would have never placed them anywhere except on the table by the door.
This nonsense continues for a time, and then I give in and ask for the spare key just so I can get on my way (still kicking myself and blaming her, mind you).
In one such recent spat, I found my keys later – in the freezer. Yes, in the freezer. Apparently, I was so exhausted the night before that when I came home I when straight to the freezer to put ice in a glass. I remember almost dropping the glass and thinking “That’s gonna make a mess!” I put down my keys on the shelf and poured my drink.
I have begun to think that, in my old age of 35, I might be facing early onset of dementia, or perhaps I’m just a little more distracted. Heck, I am known around the office for borrowing pens and never remembering to return them.
Responding to e-mails can be just as much of a challenge for me. Even after my spam filter traps the junk, there are still volumes to keep up with.
Hence, this week’s tips, which are all about dealing with e-mail mania and precisely how to find where you “stored” your important information.
Our tips include:
All is not lost — Maybe those deleted items can be recovered after all.
Find it fast — Locating a lost message in your e-mail folders. Using Outlook’s Find feature to narrow down the list of hiding spots.
Searching 101 — Having trouble remembering where you placed an e-mail message? Using Advanced Find feature in Outlook.
Finding it on the go — Fast searches you can perform on your BlackBerry.
The search is on — Defining search parameters on your BlackBerry.
That’s it for this week’s edition. Until next time, and remember to say you are sorry to your spouse when you blame her for freezing your keys
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Thanks for stopping by!
Music courtesy of Clayton & Fulcrum
