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Take control of your inbox…

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This posting has been inspired by a recent posting (Take control of your notifications) from @sciencebase on his website “sciencetext”.  It does make sense to turn off unwanted notifications from websites, but if you do wish to receive them then you can take some simple steps to take control if your inbox.  Pretty much every mail service and mail client have built in filtering rules that can be used.   I’m going to show you how to configure mail filters in GMail since that’s where my email is hosted.

 

I’m always amazed at how many people NEVER use filters or have even heard of them.  I see this all the time in the work place as well as with friends.  People I have worked with that used Outlook never ever use rules to filter email out of the inbox and I’ve seen people with 80,000+ emails in their INBOX!!! That is, in a word, retarded!

 

Right, on to the important stuff …

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Android is USBtastic

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So, when I bought my Samsung Galaxy SII I’d already read that it can operate the USB port in “USB On-The-Go (OTG)” mode, meaning you could plug in USB devices to the phone to share the data, for example USB Flash Drives, Digital Camera’s, keyboards, mice, etc.  I wouldn’t say the list is endless as it depends on what drivers are required.  However, generally speaking most basic input devices and storage should be supported.  A note about the storage though, Android currently only supports up to 32GB FAT32 partitions, so keep this in mind when shoving storage onto your phone.

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