Minimalist Gmail

GmailOne of my favorite websites is zenhabits.net.  It’s an inspiring place to be sure from author Leo Babauta where he almost daily posts about personal productivity, minimizing, and ultimately simplifying your life.  Considering Gmail is  essential to my daily communications, I was amazed at just how much you can pare down the already fairly minimalist Gmail interface.  If you’re tired of distractions when trying to get work done in your inbox, head on over and check out his post about how to streamline everyone’s favorite webmail.

Google Apps Out of Beta

GoogleAppsI forgot to post this yesterday, but I thought all of you should know that after having been in beta for years the fine people at Google have decided that Gmail and its other apps are ready for prime time.  You can read more about Google’s decision to finally remove the ‘beta’ label from its apps over at the Official Google Blog.  However, as a nice touch Google left the option available to restore the ‘beta’ listed under the logo in the options for those of you who have grown quite fond of it.