We’re rolling out a new feature today: the ability to create tasks in your Enleiten inbox from email. How does it work? Magic. (Or possibly “sufficiently advanced technology.” I always get those two confused.)
Specifically, if you signed up for Enleiten with the username jdoe and the email address is jane.doe@example.com, just send an email from jane.doe@example.com to jdoe@inbox.enleiten.com.
(If your username includes spaces or @s, change them to dots: e.g. “jane.doe@example.com” would send to jane.doe.example.com@inbox.enleiten.com)
The subject line becomes the task summary, and the body becomes the task details!
We’re working on some additional features, including the ability to send from email addresses other than the one you signed up with (your other email accounts, your cell phone, web services such as Google Calendar and Jott, …), creating multiple tasks from a single email, and setting specific projects and due dates. Is there anything else you’d like to see? Let us know in the comments!
A new video for your enjoyment. I’ve heard this focus on time being your most scarce resource – from political campaign managers to Tim Ferris’ book, The 4-Hour Workweek.
There are some interesting ideas for ways to use tools so that they reflect the importance of the communication they’re carrying, and a little mention of David Allen’s ideas on renegotiating your commitments so that they become valuable enough to you that they are worth your time.
The Enleiten team will be out and about a bit in coming weeks, and if you’re in the neighborhood, please come by and say hello.
Steve will be in Chicago, attending the NSCP Midwest Regional meeting on 4/28. Say hello, and tell him about what parts of your everyday workflow take up your time. We’re always looking for ways to make our software better suited to your needs.
May 10, we’ll be attending MinneBar at the University of Minnesota. We’re excited about talking to other local tech start-ups about using the Getting Things Done methods in a start-up environment. If you’re using it, please come on by and share your tips with us. If you’re curious about it, we’ll give a short overview and will have a few copies of David Allen’s book to share with the crowd.
If you want to see us in a slightly less geeky mode, we’ll be demonstrating our humiliatingly poor bowling skills (can we come in last again? Survey says: Probably.) in the annual Bryant-Lake Bowl Fool’s League on Wednesday nights through the end of May.
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