Every Monday morning, the sun is shining, and my apartment is suffused with the smells of freshly-baking croissants and coffee. Monday mornings are a special time, because every week, I have a wonderful treat to get me out of bed. Not the breakfast (though the croissants are delicious) – I’m talking about the hundred or so emails that queued up in my Inbox over the weekend. As CEO of an email productivity company, the...
Read MoreIt’s finally here! We’ve heard your feedback and our most requested feature is here: Bulk Boomerang. That’s right, now keeping your inbox clean just got that much easier. You can Boomerang, one, three, or ten messages directly from any folder within Gmail. 1. Just mark the check box of any message you would like to schedule for return, 2. Click the “Boomerang” button, 3. Select a time or enter a custom...
Read MoreWe all have muttered something along those lines (usually with a $@*! thrown in) while searching for a particular message in our inboxes. Sometimes finding an email you need is like finding the matches. You see that box of matches all the time around the house when you don’t need it, but when the electricity goes out, it’s nowhere to be found. Emails have a way of doing the same. When you don’t need a message, you...
Read MoreA few weeks ago, we released a shiny new version of The Email Game. But of all the new bells and whistles, we’re particularly proud of the Google Calendar integration and smart scheduling system. It turns meeting scheduling into a 1 or 2 click affair—and you never need to leave your email. It also makes rescheduling a breeze, allowing you to quickly propose alternate times. To show you all how it works, we put together...
Read MoreIf you haven’t already heard, in addition to Boomerang, we make a game to help you power through a full inbox like never before. What is this magical game you ask? It’s called The Email Game, of course, and the core idea is to process your email quickly, in batches, without distractions. We released the first version a few months back, and today we’re excited to release a major update. What’s new? Almost...
Read MoreBoomerang for Gmail was originally built for many reasons, matchmaking not among them. But over the past year our customers have come up with all kinds of ways to use Boomerang that we never intended, including scheduling dates and following up on the ones that go well. We think that’s awesome and we made the following video in tribute to all of the Boomerang’ing lovebirds out there: We hope that Joe and Sarah live...
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