So I’ve started using Mailplane. So far, so good. I really like that it allows me to double click to log in and out of MANY gmail accounts, not just 3 as with Google’s easy-account switching solution. I will probably be faster with it when I learn to use kb shortcuts more (but then I have failed to learn using them in gmail all along, too, so nobody hold their breath).
Then while watching the demo videos for it, I stumbled onto Boomerang, a gmail plugin (pre-existing Mailplane, and compatible with it) that allows you to bounce things out of your inbox temporarily and have them come back at you (boomerang) at a later date. It also does a few other things, all great/handy. (There are also things you can do with apps script to snooze an email in gmail, apparently.)
HOW AWESOME IS THIS AND WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT IT? *installllllllls* :D
I suspect I am the wrong person to use this, since I will probably send EVERYTHING boomeranging across the ether, like I tend to send everything to Read It Later (and only read a very tiny fraction of the things, later). But nevertheless I am ENCHANTED to have found this and thought others might be interested in it too.
By the way, here’s a link to the MacPowerUsers podcast I’m listening to at the moment (I started with the first Merlin Mann Workflow episode because that’s how I heard about them, but I downloaded many of the past episodes), and here’s the Back to Work podcast where Merlin officiates weekly. The show notes for many past episodes (of both podcasts) are teeming with good links, whether you choose to listen or not. They make interesting lists to peruse.
What else? More apps-related things, with links / thoughts.
I thought I’d link these here so I can close the tabs (I need to start bookmarking better, but I’m not done setting up yet).
I can see that between Automator and Services, Quicksilver (or Launcher) and Hazel, I’m going to wonder long and hard what to automate and how. I have thoughts brewing about that, but they need steeping a little longer.
I can also see that the amount of apps I might want that aren’t free is increasing, and I really need to sit down and figure out what to pay for / when / how.
Hmm.
Probably I’m going to want to keep using Mailplane, and I have 30 days of trial to decide that.
I KNOW I want Scrivener, but I also was planning to buy it for Windows when that comes out, and I don’t think I can afford both versions. A friend recommended I write to them and explain my case, implying that they might be able to do something in that respect, but I’m not sure I feel confident enough about that to give it a try (some social interactions are hard).
Yojimbo seems awesome – and could even potentially solve a big problem I have with a Firefox extension lock-in that I want to write about someday – but I can’t honestly say I plan to buy something when I haven’t even given it a spin yet.
I think I could really use TextExpander, and contrary to other ‘enhancing’ things like scripting/workflow apps, even with a learning curve, even before I try it I already know that it would indeed simplify my life, so buying that is high on the list with Scrivener & maybe Mailplane.
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