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How to Find Your Google Contacts in the New Gmail Interface (Video Demo)

Have you laid eyes on Gmail’s new look? [2018] If you haven’t, you probably want to stop everything you’re doing right now and take a peek. The new interface is fresh and cool, not to mention very helpful for staying productive. With the new interface you get to view your Google calendar, and there are […]

How to Speed Up Making Empty Folders with Keyboard Shortcuts (Video Demo)

The only thing I love more than good food, traveling, outdoor exercise, and a leisurely trip to a winery is – DIGITAL ORGANIZATION. Just like Monica Geller loves her apartment being organized, I love my computer being organized (and yours, too, while we’re at it!). But while you might know my love for all things […]

How to Find Your Old Canva Designs in an Instant (Video Demo)

I’ve got an amazing tech tip to share and it’s all about how to store your Canva design files in an easy-to-find place without hunting them down. I create lots of graphics, and when I’m creating something inside of Photoshop, I always save the Photoshop PSD file in the same folder as I save the […]

How to Change Appointment Colors Within One Google Calendar (Video Demo)

Can you color code appointments on one single Google calendar? Someone recently asked me this question and I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t know this was something you could do! Sure enough you can change the color of different appointments within a single Google calendar. You can view all of your Google calendars overlaid […]

How to Set the Right Google Calendar Reminders (Video Demo)

Well, look at you using your shiny organized Google calendar to manage everything. You’ve got meetings, doctor’s appointments, projects to work on, and everything’s working great for you. You’ve set up all your appointments so well that you even set reminders to notify you a few minutes before each appointment on your calendar! Go you! […]

How to Check off Recurring Tasks in Asana Without New Tasks Getting in the Way (Video Demo)

I have a confession to make. I’m an Asana addict. I don’t know what it is about it. Maybe it’s the organization or the sections of tasks that I get to check off. If you use Asana, one of your biggest joys is probably checking off tasks. I know that it’s one of my favorite things, […]

Email Signature Must-Do Setting for Gmail Users (Video Demo)

Tell me if this has happened to you… Have you ever needed to quickly access the phone number or address of a business acquaintance but their email signature is totally missing? You’re emailing someone back and forth and they mention that the address to their location is in their email signature but you don’t see […]

How to Continue Your Tabs Where You Left Off using Google Chrome (Video Demo)

If you’re anything like me, you have lots of tabs open across the top of Google Chrome all. the. time. You don’t have to lose your all your open tabs in Google Chrome when you reboot, or your computer crashes, or your laptop battery dies… Here’s a really quick setting in Google Chrome to fix your […]

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