The last business week in January is Clean Out Your Inbox Week. Here are some special email tools to help: Spike I use the Spike email app daily. The reason I love it is because I don’t know about you but when I am on my phone, it’s hard for me to look at long emails and respond because of …
Temporary Email Addresses to Manage Spam
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A page you visit teases you with an offer for a wonderful tip sheet, white paper or other resource, all for free if you just enter your email address. But your email address is one of the most valuable facts about you, and every time you give it out, you risk exposures …
Crystal vs. Emma: Which personality tool is better?
I’ve been talking about a tool called Crystal for many years. Crystal lets you look up people to see a personality analysis based on their social media profiles, writing and other factors. I’ve generally found it to be pretty darn accurate, and, consequently, insanely creepy. So yesterday when I saw a new tool from Bunch.ai that claims to do the …
Your Best Focus Tools
You guys are brilliant! Monday I asked some of you what your best tools were for staying focused, and more than 100 people chimed in. Here are three top categories of focus tools you’re using. I’ll be covering more in upcoming NerdWords. ADD YOURS BELOW! Let’s keep the conversation going. Music Tools Many folks mentioned they use music to block out …
A Case Study in an Email Hack: Please watch
We all receive spam, and occasionally we see and skip a suspicious email, but what if it comes from a trusted colleague? This morning I received an email from a reader of NerdWords. It was short and sweet — way too short and sweet — and my alert system kicked in. It also had a suspicious attachment that presented itself …
Upgrade Your Inbox with Third-Party Email Apps
One of the best things that has happened to us as professionals is that we can get email on our phones. One of the worst things that has happened to us as professionals is that we can get email on our phones. Even for me, email is one of the most frustrating tasks in my job. But if you use …
The Google Docs Phishing Attack: What you need to know
On Wednesday, millions of Google users received an email from a contact, asking them to edit a Google Doc. The email was actually a phishing attack that gave hackers access to Google accounts. How Did This Happen? Oh, clever evil people. You’ve outdone yourselves this time. Clicking on the link brought victims not to an actual Google Doc… it was …
Control Your Email – Instead of Letting it Control You!
This week, we have a guest post from our friend and fellow nerd, Phil Gerbyshak. Without further ado, some wise words from Phil… **** As much as it pains me to say it, my e-mail inbox runs my speaking business as much or more than I do. I spend at least 10 hours a week in my inbox, and I …
Nerdwords: Top 10 Office Apps
A guest post from Molly Gardner, Beth Z’s business manager. Working for Beth, a lot of apps and tools come across my desk. The ones you see here are my favorite tools that I use in the office day in and day out. This is the technology that keeps Nerd Headquarters running smoothly and Beth on the road bringing new ideas …
Best Apps for the New Year
Now that you’ve cleared the deck of all your other New Year’s Resolutions, you might consider adding “Get Organized” to your digital to-do list. Every one of these tools will help save you time (and money!) so you can concentrate on your work and get ready for a great year. Here are 10 tech tools to help you organize several areas …
Favorite apps and sites from The Webby Awards
Every year I adore going through the nominees and honorable mentions for The Webby Awards, which recognizes sites and apps for outstanding awesomeness. Here are a few of my favorites from this year (and last year). Warning: many are highly addicting. Graphics Type to Design (online) Write your name with Instagram pictures with Type to Design. Use a screencapture to grab …
Our 2016 Gift to You: NerdWords Yearbook
Happy New Year! As always, our goal is to share resources to help make your lives easier. Here’s the quick reference guide to every tech tool we mentioned in 2015 in one handy handout. Please download, share, print out, distribute, use and love. Note that makes me incredibly happy: You may know that I am incredibly picky about the tools …
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