Posts by alex

GoHaircut visits Baydin

Posted By Alex Moore on Dec 6, 2012

We love seeing startups apply unconventional, scrappy tactics to solve problems. We also love free stuff. So when Tom from GoHaircut posted on our Facebook wall offering free haircuts to any shaggy members of the Baydin Team, we couldn’t say no. Last week, we scheduled Haircut Day at Baydin, with three of our team members taking advantage of the generous offer. GoHaircut is sort of like Uber for haircuts. Just use their mobile app or...

Boomerang Scheduled Maintenance Friday 11/30

Posted By Alex Moore on Nov 28, 2012

We’re going to be making some server changes to Boomerang on Friday, 11/30, starting at 5:30pm PST. We expect to be back up and running within an hour. We’ll keep you posted on the Baydin Twitter Account as the maintenance proceeds. Any messages you scheduled to be delivered during the maintenance period will be delivered immediately after service is restored. Thanks for your...

Pause Your Inbox – A Goodie for Labor Day Weekend

Posted By Alex Moore on Aug 31, 2012

In the US, Labor Day Weekend is a long weekend celebrating workers, as well as the unofficial end of summer. As people who work pretty hard, we wanted to see if we could create something to make Labor Day even better. What if we could make it so that your weekend would be completely uninterrupted by email? No notifications coming in, nothing in your Inbox to hang over your head… Just email-free zen, until it’s time to...

Guest Post: How to Empty your Inbox

Posted By Alex Moore on Jun 13, 2012

This post is reposted from Boomerang customer John Patrick’s blog, and shares how John uses Boomerang to keep his inbox clean. John Patrick is a former VP of Internet Technology at IBM and currently engages in “writing, speaking, and board service,” plus writing insightful reviews, State of the Web posts, and info on healthcare tech. The original is located here. Thank you for letting us share this post, John. I got a call from Claire...

Automate your follow-up emails. Send Later if No Reply is here!

Posted By Alex Moore on Jun 1, 2012

Boomerang for Gmail now lets you completely automate follow-ups to important emails. We’ve been testing this feature with a subset of current users over the past couple weeks, but it’s now here for everyone, as part of all pricing plans. One of Boomerang’s most powerful features is tracking responses. When writing an email, you can have Boomerang automatically remind you if you don’t get a reply after a few days. When the message...