The Phone Gets an Upgrade: Google Voice

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If you haven’t already heard about Google Voice, now is the time to play catch-up, and this is an excellent article for doing so (complete with video). Long story short, it’s gonna be awesome, and you should make every effort to get a Google number as soon as it’s available to you.
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Sync Your Cell Phone with Google Contacts and Calendar

Google has implemented cell-phone syncing of your contacts. From their blog:
Once you set up Sync, changes you make to your calendar or contacts are reflected on your device within minutes since the connection is over-the-air and always on. And it’s two way, so your calendar and contacts are always up-to-date, no matter whether you make [...]

Multitasking Mondays: New Features in Gmail

In honor of my 200th post here at Nerdlets, I am introducing a couple of new segments. The first, Multitasking Mondays, will feature posts designed to help you use technology to get things done. The second, Security Saturdays, will feature posts that help protect and secure your data. You will have to wait a couple [...]

How I use drop.io for Sermons, Papers, and GTD

The web service drop.io is an excellent site that allows you to store just about anything you might want—text, pictures, audio, video, phone calls, etc.—in a secure, easily accessible “drop.” This may sound pretty basic, and it is, but what makes drop.io worth your time and attention are all the fancy features surrounding it. Let [...]

Getting Things Done with Remember the Milk

Though the interface is not perfect, online web application Remember the Milk works well for those practicing any kind of “Getting Things Done” methodology. Here is an excellent guide for that.
To integrate RTM with Gmail, Thunderbird, or other services, check out this post.
For those willing to get their elbows a little dirty, you can also [...]

Sync Google Calendar with Desktop Applications

Google Calendar now syncs with Apple’s iCal, Mozilla’s Sunbird, or Thunderbird (with the Lightning extension) without any additional plugins or even all that much work. Follow these instructions.
Google Calendar with one of these applications provides the perfect online/offline solution to scheduling. Individuals and organizations alike can benifit from this.