productivity Archives - Fresh van Root

How to Use ProtonMail with Google (G Suite) Calendar

We switched from Gmail to ProtonMail in 2017 and wrote a post about the benefits and downsides back then. There is one obvious feature that

March 26, 2019

Browser Tab Madness – How to Stay Productive With 50 Sites Open

A typical workday often requires switching between different projects and tasks. I try to not get into multitasking, but sometimes its unavoidable – a client

February 26, 2019

Same procedure as every year: New Year Digital Clean-Up & Check-Up

January is the month of new beginnings, but also the time to make a checkup on your online marketing infrastructure, app security, settings, and other

January 7, 2019

What’s the Most Annoying Thing About Facebook?

To me, its the bad behavior of showing you notifications for *every* tiny detail. If there is a symbol to hate, it’s this: What does

December 3, 2018

From Gmail to ProtonMail – A Marketers Perspective

A few month back I decided to make the switch: From Gmail to ProtonMail for company email (all @freshvanroot.com email addresses). While there are obvious

June 19, 2018

Blogger Workflow: From 1-100 blogs

Welcome to the 100th blog post! As I like to read what the process and toolset from others bloggers looks like, I thought this would

July 28, 2017

Tool tip: Sharing text from a page to Twitter with Chirp Chrome extension

I got a tip to check out this little Chrome extension called Chirp for Twitter. It makes sharing text excerpts of websites to Twitter really

July 15, 2017

Yammer or Microsoft Teams: When to use what

I was recently involved in a discussion over coffee on when to use Yammer and when to use Microsoft Teams. Where are the tools different

February 9, 2017

Tools for Team Productivity: Apply the One-In, Two-Out Rule

These tools won’t make your team more productive: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, Facebook Workplace, Hipchat, SharePoint. All these tools came to life because many people

January 31, 2017