1. Connect your kindle and figure out on which Drive its mounted.

2. Download the software and extract it.

3. Create a folder from where all pdfs should be synced

4. Copy a test pdf

5. No guarantee at all! The software will delete the pdfs in the original folder ones synced to kindle.

6. Start the manual versio via something like: Pdf2Kindle.exe “C:\ToKindle\” “G:\”

7. For automatic use: autoPdf2Kindle.exe “C:\ToKindle\” “G:\” (Actually these are the parameters included in both versions, if you just start the App)

8. You can place the autoapp in your autostartfolder – it consumes no Processor and minimal Memory

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9. Leave me a comment! If you like it buy me a coffee – I can thereby extend the application to your wishes!

The icons of the application are from http://reliefweb.int/map/world/world-humanitarian-and-country-icons-2012  (an wonderful free itemset).

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The following basic rules make reading your e-mails enjoyable and thereby may impress your vice-versa, since e-mail netiquette is still not common:

1. Keep it as precise, concrete and short as possible: Your e-mail will be read as one of tens. If the reader can clarify your demand in a short time he can keep your message in mind and may even respond directly. Thereby write as simple, short and direct as possible.

2. Avoid excessive introduction and summary: The receipient should focus onto your request, not onto formal. You may even want to use e-mail templates for this parts (tools like ReplyMate for Outlook, or ?? for Thunderbird will help). E-mail templates helps avoiding misspellings and save time.

3. Proper spelling, grammar & punctuation: All current e-mail clients integrate spelling checkers. Use them! A misspelling or wrong grammar makes focusing on the message of your e-mail more difficult. Additionally it leafes a bad impression at the reader.

4. Choose a propper subject: The e-mails subject is most important. Respect the time of the receipient and yourself by choosing a clear subject , that gives an overview of its content and the expected latest response date (when necessary). A clear Subject makes finding an past e-mail much easier. Since a lot of people nowadays still use there base folder for all emails it even helps them handling their e-mails. If you have misplanned and you are in the rare situation to depend on an urgent reply you may mark your subject even as important.

5. Reply: Keep the message history attached, reduce receipients: When replying to a received message keep the request message. You enable the receipient to get a fast overview of the history of the task.
Rethink the receipients in case of several receipients. You may remove some of the cc: entries, to reduce their disturbance. Why are they receiving a copy of this e-mail?

6. Proper use of Bcc: When you attache several receipients on the cc or to field list you publish their e-mail adresses to them all. Regarding privacy consernes you may want to place them in the bcc list. In that case they wont get access to others e-mail adresses.

7. Read and if necessary rewrite your e-mail before sending: Revise your text as often as necessary. Shorten whenever possible without reducing sence. Ask yourself questions as: “Is the context clarified and precise?” “Is the question or task clearly understandable for the receipient?”, “Is a deadline and the goal defined for a task?”, “Is all information necessary for the receipient included?”, “Is the structure of the message adequate for reading?” If you can achnowledge all these question, you have good chances, that the recepient won’t interrupt you until he solved the request.

One additional tip: If your mail client alerts you via an acoustic signal when a new (regularly spam mail) arrives at your desk. Switch this alerting of – it takes you too much concentration!

Next let us focus onto optimising your daily e-mail workflow with a list of helpfull e-mail client extensions. I guess you are using Mozilla Thunderbird, Outlook, or similair tools as e-mail clients? If not get them. They save you a lot time regarding log-in process, searching for special mails, and enable you using wonderfull plugins like the ones listed below. Attention, if you are using several computers you want to do the following steps:

• Exclude log-in password (dont let it be managed by the password agent to prevent someone else access your mail-box)
• Leave Mails on the Server, so you can access them from any computer and have a backup included
• Include all your mail-boxes: safes you a lot of time waiting on loading web pages and prevents you from consuming commercials.

Now lets focus some marveles plugins boosting your performance – sorry just for Thunderbird, but for shure similiars are as well available for Outlook and co.:

• Lightning + Provider for Google Calendar (in case you use it): Manage your appointments easily from within thunderbird no additional program required. A marveles solution, which interacts with Google.
• Quicktext: Getting Board of writing e-mail headers and footer manually and with misspellings? This is your solution. Generate as much different templates and select them via shortcuts or even words (+tab) and focus on the relevant parts -> the message.
• Dictionaries + Dictionary Switcher: Never write again a misspelled e-mail. Let it check while writing and switch on the fly languages.
• Tag-Toolbar: Tagging your e-mails gives you extra category dimension – who to write a thank you mail, who is relevant for …, which priority?
• Thunderbrowse: I hated waiting for Firefox loading when clicking links in e-mails until I found this plugin. Now navigate through the webpages even within thunderbird.
• ImportExportTools: What you guess? Right makes you life easy while backing up.
• Selma: I never become familiar sending SMS on mobiles -> it always takes me a coffeybreak to finish one. With this plugin its just a breath for half the price since you can select between a huge selection of providers.

Something to add? Give this tools a try and leave us a note which (did not) worked for you. Or suggest some additional plugins!

[1] http://www.radicati.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Email-Statistics-Report-2010-2014-Executive-Summary2.pdf

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The first talk is presented by Randy Pauch a former professor of CMU, that passed a way by pancreatic cancer in 2008. In my point of view its a good opening to the topic of time management. Even if some aspects seam to me quite extremous and thereby may be unpratical for some situations. But all over the talk covers practical and essential approaches like prioriced todo lists, keeping execution of tasks as short as possible. Enjoy the 1.5 hour talk.  If you like to transread the slides, they can be found here .

So lets have a look to the essential outcomes of Pausch and others:

• Clean your e-mail inbox. Presort incomming mails, letters etc. If it can be solved fast do it imidiately.
• List your task (eventualy by project) with priorities.
• Keep calls / talks short. Focus on the goals.
• Use a sortingsystem for all. (Don’t search for something just grap it.

Since the talk of Randy Pauch is quite provocative I highly suggest you the Get Things Done Approach of David Allen which is absolutely practicaly for me. When talking for his motivation, why he developed the system he summarizes is drivers as follows:

• I needed a better job
• I’m lazy
• I’m enthralled with efficient process
• I value clear space

Sounds good to you? Than dont miss this summarizing talk!

In addition from my perspective there are two more things to mention:

Number one, develope an e-mail policy aand attach a version in yours e-mail signature and on your website, so that anyone knows and is prepared for it. What might be part of an adequate e-mail policy? Do not answer mails with more than x attached recepients. When spammed with an special kind of mails (e.g. applications) request a printed letter version to be send in and suddenly delete all digital versions, still arriving. Set a deadline until you have reacted and delete any not yet filed email then (specially important when in vacation).  You may communicate off times. Attached you find an example:

” My Email Policy

Because of a currently experienced heavy overload of emails …

1. I am not able to respond in a timely manner. Please expect delays.
2. I consider my email Inbox being a soft-state system, where emails are valid only for a certain period of time. More specifically, I delete all remaining email in my Inbox after 7-10 days. If you are waiting for an answer longer than this time, you’re email may have been deleted.
3. During times being on business travel, I may very likely not be able to access or to answer emails during the following out-of-office times:
   • December 1990: 1-7, 17, 22-31

” by Professor Klaus Wehrle

Number two: It is quite simple but most effective:

If you want to digg into the topic of time management I can highly recommend you the book “Getting Things Done. The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen, which is a practical guide to time management and well written. It is available in English and German:

One last thing to mention, if you are buying this book directly schedule a task in your calendar in 3 months from today to reread the book and analyse what parts worked for you and comment your development on this site. Looking forward for your response then.

Thanks to Robbert van der Steeg for the title image!
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