Some tech sexy
Posted on January 13th, 2008 in Tech Life |
Tech sexy #1
ClearContext
An inbox manager that you can use with a GTD method or not. I had the intention of using it with GTD, but find I get by just fine without the Next Action concept, which I find does not always allay my stress in a multi-step process.
ALOT, if not all, of what this program does can be replicated by slapping Outlook around in some not too difficult ways, but I just don’t have the time and I am attracted by shiny colors.
Top features that I enjoy:
- Instantaneously converting an email into a task (which you can also do by dragging an email to the tasks tab - but this program INCLUDES the attachments in those messages while Outlook would not)
- Filing an email with the click of a button
- Highlighting related items for a message such as “Have I scheduled a follow-up for this?”, “Have I made a task for this?”
And one that I have yet to use but would love to:
- Defer - schedule an email to reappear as new in your inbox at a later date. Fuck yeah.
Tech sexy #2
Case statements in SQL
Here are some articles explaining its greatness:
- The Power of SQL CASE Statements - mentions the ROLLUP concept too. Juicy!
- Using CASE Expressions
Oh case, where have you been all my life?
