Emily Boyd

Hello! I'm Emily, co-founder of Remember The Milk.

San Francisco, California
Emily Boyd
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Behind the Scenes

Bob T. Monkey discovers Donkey Kong's banana hoard

When our loveable mascot, Bob T. Monkey, got wind of the fact that Donkey Kong’s banana hoard was in Sydney… well, let’s just say we had one very excitable monkey on our hands. Bob insisted that we head over to Circular Quay (pronto!), where we found a two

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Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Never forget to watch a movie

If you’re having a hard time finding some weekend entertainment, why not watch a movie? This week’s tip, shared by jchirschy, offers a way to recall that one movie you really wanted to check out: Every time I go to rent a DVD, it is the same question:

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Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Clean up your credit history with Smart Add

This week, ryanburnett shares a tip about keeping track of your credit score by requesting a report from each credit agency once a year. Throughout our lives, whether it’s in college or afterwards, we’ve had several opportunities to get free *something* for signing up for a credit card.

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Updates

MilkSync for Microsoft Outlook update: 64-bit goodness!

It’s been a little under a month since MilkSync for Microsoft Outlook was released and we’ve received a bunch of great feedback – thanks! :) The one thing we’ve heard loud and clear is that support for 64-bit versions of Outlook was something a lot of people wanted. Bob’

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Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Today's quick tasks

If you find yourself getting overwhelmed with a long list of tasks, or simply are looking for some quick things to get done, wheretheskygrows’ tip is one you should check out: Having so many things to do, sometimes it’s so easy to get overwhelmed even when you’re organized

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Updates

Sign into Remember The Milk with your Google Account

We’re excited today to be introducing a feature that makes it faster and easier to sign into Remember The Milk if you’re also a Google user (which we know that many of you are :). Support for Google Accounts You can now sign up and login to Remember The

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Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Filtering telephone calls

Many users describe trying to limit themselves to seeing the tasks that they can work on at present; this week’s tip, shared by davidscottweaver, makes excellent use of Smart Lists to only see as many phone calls as are important to be made where he is. I use a

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Events

Join us for a Remember The Milk meetup in Sydney

We’re hosting our very first meetup in our home city! If you’re in Sydney, please join us and fellow Remember The Milk users on November 9 for drinks (and productivity talk, of course!) at the James Squire Brewhouse. The entire Remember The Milk crew will be in town,

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Updates

New for Pro: Introducing MilkSync for Microsoft Outlook

There’s one question we’ve been asked countless times since we launched Remember The Milk: “When are you guys going to sync with Microsoft Outlook?”. We’re excited that we finally have an answer: today! MilkSync for Microsoft Outlook is an app that synchronizes your Remember The Milk and

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Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Two-week Smart List

Ever feel overwhelmed by looking at all your tasks? This week’s tip, shared by patrick.conwell, lets you peek at your upcoming tasks without being inundated with all of them. I use RTM for everything I can think of. Some of the task have no due date, many do…

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