Thanks for all of the emails I have received regarding the last few columns on applications and sites I use.
I will answer a few more questions today.
I am often asked how I check my email accounts. Since I probably have many more than the average user I may operate a little differently than most folks. For my main Gmail account I use the Gmail.com website and all is well.
However, since I have email for testing, personal, work, columns, and purchasing I also like to keep them in one place so I only have to check one application. Now this can all be done through Gmail but I prefer using a better (IMHO) application. That application is Thunderbird (rd.dblclx.com/1ejd3ax) which was created by Mozilla. Mozilla is the same company that produced the Firefox browser.
Using Thunderbird I can have all of my email accounts in one location with separate inboxes for each. It was quite easy to set up with only my email addresses and their corresponding passwords. So if you have Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo mail, etc. you can now view them all in one place with access to many advanced features the web sites do not have.
I get this question often from readers, "If you are out and think of something you want to write down or make a note of for later…where do you put it?" I could be a wise guy and say take paper and pencil with you and write it down. But unless you are my buddy Shannon you have a phone with you already so you are set. There are many applications you can take notes with, Evernote (Evernote.com) being one of the leaders. However, the one I use I believe is even better and much more user friendly. It is Google Keep (keep.google.com) and you can tell by its name who the company in charge is.
With Keep you can, from your phone, tablet or computer, type in a note, create a list, add a photo, copy from a website and paste it in a note or even leave an audio message. An audio message will be converted to a test message and both will be saved in Keep. There are many other features that you should check out.
Another neat feature is that you can set alarms for individual messages if you wish. The alarms can be set for a date and time or even a location. If you need to remember to take out the trash when you get home from work you can set your home location for a message to remind you. If you need to do something at 10:43 AM next Tuesday, set a note with the alarm.
We will start looking into Windows 10 toward the end of the month. Keep sending in those W10 questions.
