PeaceBang
The manic mind of the minister -- Auntie Mame Meets Cotton Mather. Blogging about Unitarian Universalism, UU Christian spiritual practice, occasional cultural and political ravings, and the inner life of ministry. PeaceBang is the alter ego of a small town pastor serving an historic New England Unitarian Universalist congregation.
Quick Check-In (Tech)
September 10, 2007 on 10:23 pm | In Mind of the Minister |Hi PeaceBangers,
I’m doing a lot of adjusting to the new computer and trying to stream-line my e-mail life from four accounts to one (gmail, which I still don’t love but it can clearly do the job). The MSN browser is actually worse in its new version than it was before, if such a thing is possible, and I want it out of my life forever. I’m setting up filters and folders on gmail so I can blend my personal and church accounts together. I hope it won’t be an overwhelming nightmare to get all that e-mail coming into one place. I get a LOT of e-mail and it helps me stay calm and organized to read my church e-mails separately from my family/friends notes. I’m not sure how I feel about this and not sure if I’m ready to do it.
My cousin got me to sign up for Facebook and I’m sorry I ever even LOOKED at it, because it is a very tempting little time-sucker. I will not sign in again. Enough. Basta.
Church has started up and is starting to hum like a beehive, and I start class tomorrow.
Hang on, Sloopy!
Boy, am I glad I did such a thorough office-cleaning and re-organization this summer! You could never tell by the looks of it today, though!
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Hey PeaceBang, I try to not just dump unsolicited advice out because, well it tends to annoy people but if you’d like some email management tips let me know. I am also using Gmail to use one account to check three and once you get the kinks worked out it works so nicely.
Try the Firefox browser, its lovely!
-Tandaina
Comment by Tandaina — September 11, 2007 #
Firefox! Firefox! Rah rah rah!
Comment by Ellis — September 11, 2007 #
Yep, Firefox. A most excellent browser.
And Mozilla Thunderbird is good for email.
Comment by jinnis — September 11, 2007 #
PB,
Google gmail is very useful because you can use it as a webmail account or as a “POP” account that downloads your email to your computer.
The “POP” option is useful for times with your laptop you’re away from wi-fi or other internet access. It allows you to read downloaded email, reply to it, and write new emails. When you resume wi-fi / internet access, you can then send your email.
If you’re thinking about this, I would second the Thunderbird suggestion as well.
Comment by Steve Caldwell — September 12, 2007 #