It’s pretty frustrating when you email someone about something, they forget to respond, and by the time you remember you wanted to follow up with them, the original message is buried in your sent items folder. Instead of wasting time digging through it to find the original email, this suggestion from GTD Times gives you a folder full of your must-follow-up on messages that you can review easily. More »
Eli Pariser, former director of MoveOn.org, noticed that he and his friends ended up with very different search results when searching for the exact same things. Google (and other sites) are filtering out the stuff you might not like, putting you inside an isolated search filter bubble. This is a problem, but one that’s easily remedied. More »
Firefox/Chrome/Internet Explorer: Tweetfilter is probably the most powerful filter you can find for your Twitter stream, unless you start decoding Twitter’s API yourself. You can block phrases, retweets of certain users, particular web sites and services and nearly anything else. More »
Ad-blocking extensions are great for individual browsers but leave out other devices and applications. Set up a router-level filter to block ads for every device on your home network. More »
Savvy Gmail users know they can add a “+something” to the address they give out, then filter messages to that pseudo-address. But what if you’re not using Gmail or the site doesn’t accept “+” addresses? That’s where this naming trick comes in. More »
If your Twitter feed is getting a little unruly, DeClutter is a handy bookmarklet that can filter out unwanted tweets based on keywords you specify. More »
While lots of newsletters and mailing lists fall into the “spam” category, sometimes you want to read them but don’t want them cluttering up your inbox. Filter them out in Gmail by including these oft-used newsletter words. More »
A lot of Lifehacker readers are still on the fence about Gmail’s new Priority Inbox feature. One potential hurdle to its success: By default, Priority Inbox ignores anything your filters pull out of your inbox. More »
