Emily Boyd

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

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Emily Boyd
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Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Creating a Borrowed/Lent list

If you have friends or family who like to make a habit of “borrowing” your stuff, this cool tip shared by RTM user ahojohnebrause might help you out. Recently, I remembered that a buddy of mine is in debt to me for a crate of beer, so I made a

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Organizing your coupons

Like Bob (pictured right), it sounds like RTM user despise had some coupon management issues. This handy tip, shared by despise on the Tips & Tricks forum, promises to help you remember your coupons before they expire. When I come across a coupon for something I don’t need to

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Staying on top of postponed tasks

That little “Postpone” button can be rather tempting at times. RTM user bradlowens shares this tip for keeping postponed tasks in check. A saved custom search I use in RTM is to search for those tasks that I keep pushing off. I use the search postponed:“> 7” to see

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Maintaining task balance

Bogged down with work tasks? Overrun by errands? This helpful tip shared by RTM user i3aj3 will ensure that you maintain balance in your task lists. I have 4 task lists: Mind, Body, Spirit, & Other. Every task in a particular list is tagged with an eponymous tag. With this

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Updates

Introducing Push Notifications for Remember The Milk app

We’re excited to announce that the latest version of the RTM app is now available on the App Store (look for version number 1.1.0). As previously mentioned, this update improves stability and performance on the iPhone 3.0 software, and fixes some bugs that are specific to

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Tagging with required resources

How do you know which tasks can be completed with the resources you have on hand? RTM user marjancas shares this handy tip: I use tags and smart lists to generate task lists that require resources such as my phone and my computer (with or without internet access). For example,

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Support for iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update

As many iPhone and iPod touch users are no doubt aware (and counting down to!), the iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update will be available from Apple today. Due to the many technical changes in iPhone 3.0, we’ve submitted an updated version of the Remember The Milk app

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keeping your CV up-to-date

Sometimes it’s hard to remember to refresh your CV or résumé with your latest career achievements, but with this handy tip from RTM user fbiljecki you’ll be up-to-date and ready for any opportunity: A lot of people from time to time have to send their CVs to various

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Creating weekly status reports

RTM isn’t only a great way to keep track of the tasks you haven’t done yet; it’s also a handy way to review what you’ve accomplished. RTM user nmj3e describes a neat way to create status reports with RTM: Every Friday, I am required to send

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Why you should update your Pro Tester Program profile

We’ve been keeping Bob T. Monkey pretty busy lately; aside from his weekly modelling gig posing for our tips and tricks posts, he’s been holed up in his high-tech lab, rigorously testing RTM’s latest top-secret features (shhh!). Bob doesn’t do his testing alone; he’s helped

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Most Important Tasks

Finding yourself overwhelmed with tasks? Not sure what’s most important today? Try this helpful tip shared by RTM user srtech on the Tips & Tricks forum: As recommended by those who are productivity experts, I’ve been attempting to define three Most Important Tasks (MIT) that I need to

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