G Suite’s journey began 15 years ago with the introduction of Gmail in 2004. Back then, Gmail pioneered a new and secure approach to email with 1GB of free storage and lightning-fast Google search built right in. Gmail continues to help people manage their work and personal lives with the help of useful innovations—from priority…
I think we’ve all been there, working on an email, usually a reply, when we realize that we need to involve someone else in the email. In the past, you would stop your email, go to the To:, CC:, or BCC: field. After typing the person’s email address to add them to the reply, you would then…
I’ve tried various ways to keep a journal, and right now I use both Gmail and WordPress to journal. For today, I’m going to focus on using Gmail to journal. The workflow for using Gmail to journal is pretty simple. To add a journal entry, you will email a special address. To delete an entry,…
Use the Send from Gmail Google Chrome Extension to share the current page through email. Source: Send from Gmail (by Google) – Chrome Web Store Sending a link to the current page would seem to be a very useful feature, but it’s not built in to Google Chrome. That’s where the Send from Gmail extension comes in. Once…
Source: Send from Gmail (by Google) – Chrome Web Store Once installed, the Send from Gmail Chrome Extension lets you quickly send a link to the current page with Gmail. Simply click on the button in the toolbar and a new email window will pop up allowing you to customize the email message before sending. There…
Retiring several Gmail Labs: Gmail Labs serve as a great testing ground for experimental features. Successful labs graduate, and low usage labs often retire. With the announcement of Gmail Add-ons, enterprises will soon gain the ability to add modern integrations in Gmail, which in some cases will replace or improve the functionality provided by some…
I try to automate as much as possible, and this last month I looked at speeding up my email use. There is a Gmail lab called Canned Responses that let’s you save several responses and then easily insert them into an email. To turn it on, once you are in Gmail, go to settings. Then click…
If you are logged into multiple Google accounts in your browser, it can be cumbersome to get to a specific gmail account. The standard operating procedure is to navigate to gmail.com, then click on the accounts avatar and select the account you want to use. But there is a way to create a link directly…
Although I’ve created a couple of cheat sheets for remembering keyboard shortcuts, there are other ways to remind yourself which key does what. A lot of Google products have a key sequence that will show you the keyboard shortcuts for the current product: Product Show Keyboard Gmail* Shift – / Chromebook Control – Alt –…
Send from Gmail (by Google) is an extension for Google Chrome that lets you send the current page as a link through Gmail. It adds an icon to the Chrome toolbar that, when clicked, will open a compose email window. Here’s what the compose window looks like when the icon is clicked from the https://eduk8.me home…