With Box.net and regular backups to DVD, I think (hope) I have covered most eventualities on my PC and disaster recovery should be a relatively straight forward process.
One of the areas I have less control over though, is the hosting of my web sites. While my hosting company has a backup solution integrated into their hosting packages there is still the risk of loosing all my hard work! Not the stuff of nightmares, I mean the risk is low but for sheer peace of mind, there is an answer.
……or most other phones for that matter.
With the screen mysteriously dying on my w800i, I decided was forced to upgrade early. It turns out not to be a bad thing and can honestly say I am really impressed with the K800i. The camera is first class, the ui quick and well designed and the hit on size and weight I have taken compared to the w800 is bearable. This truly is the first 3G phone that I would consider having after all the bricks I have seen my friends with.
There’s a folder in my documents that I regularly access that I wanted listed on my Start Menu. There are other ways of quickly accessing folders or documents such as having quick links on the taskbar or shortcuts on the desktop but the real advantage of this is the keyboard shortcut with the Windows key, the first letter of the folder and the return key.
Saved Search is a feature introduced back in version 0.9 of Thunderbird and offers further customisation and can increase productivity. Much the same as Smart Folders in Outlook, Saved Search allows you to really customise your Thunderbird experience by saving searches that you regularly do. Drilling down to the finest details and save these for future use, the real advantage of this system is they work in the same way as individual folders that you set up, yet keep the mail in the Inbox or original folder.
In part 2 of this thrilling (well at least helpful?) series on Thunderbird I am going to cover Message filters. These should be the stable diet of any discerning person who receives more than a couple emails a day, hell I seem to get 10x that in spam – but that’s for another day.
Filtering is an effective way to manage your email. Whether separating your work email from your personal mail, your eBay messages from your (genuine) bank messages or your DVD rentals from your squash club newsletter, filters can be used to manage your time more effectively. By setting up message filters in Thunderbird you can automatically organise, file and sort your incoming mail in many different ways. Fortunately filters are also quick and easy to setup in Thunderbird.
