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Outlook 2007’s in-your-face tasklist inspired me to clean up my email

Tools

As noted in my previous post, I have flagged and forgotten over 500 emails since 2001. With Outlook’s new UI, flagged items are up front and center and now really useful, but not with 500 dead emails floating around in there. So I started going through them and got it down to 200 so far. Then  I got even more inspired. For the first time ever, Iused the archive. I always thought archive meant that it would be stowed away somewhere but difficult to access. Now I see that it just mean creating an addtional PST file and putting emails in there (duplicating my folder structure also). My main PST is now somewhat smaller and much more responsive. What the heck took me so long to do that?

Why is TechEd too big for New Orleans when NARS 30,000+ conference isn’t?

Just Rambling

In a previous blog post, I moaned about TechEd 2007 being moved to Orlando rather than the originally scheduled New Orleans. Many of us were so happy that it was going to be in New Orleans for the sake of supporting the economy there. The reason had something to do with the airport saying they couldn’t handle the traffic for such a big conference.

I just received this comment from Matt Brewer and it really makes me wonder….

I am disappointed. I am at the Morial Convention Center right now attending the National Association of REALTORS Convention and there are 30,000 attendees. NO needs help getting back on their feet and I honestly have not been inconvenienced at all due to Katrina! Shuttle buses are running. Hotels are adequate and the French Quarter is almost to full capacity. NO is great!

Please reconsider Microsoft!!!!

Oops, I guess that’ll be scrambled eggs

Just Rambling

I have two talks to do today – one for ASP Connections and one for Mobile Connections. Therefore, this morning I decided to treat myself to room service breakfast. I learned years ago from Kate Gregory to have a good breakfast and protein when you are speaking. Kate is one of the best presenters I have ever seen (and usually one of the highest rated at conferences) so I pay close attention to her advice! Rather than stuff myself with the yummy bagels and breads they have for us in the speaker room, I ordered eggs benedict. Yummmy. At about the right time, I could hear the room service cart bouncing down the hallway. The hallway is long with stretches of carpet followed by a stretch of marble. So every time it went from carpet to marble from mrable to carpet, it would rattle. I could hear him approach my room and went and opened the door and there was the poor guy kneeling on the floor next to the metal box that is used to keep the food warm. The box had fallen off the cart as he bounced off the carpet on to the marble in front of my room. Eggs all over. The guy really felt bad, but I assured him it was not a problem and after he poured me a cup of coffee, headed downstairs to get me another plate of breakfast. In the meantime, I have sun streaming into my room and can look out at the beautiful range of mountains past the airport.