Another devastating natural disaster has rocked our world. The 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan created a massive tsunami destroying parts of Japan. They even say the Japanese coast has moved 8 feet due to the quake and tsunami. There’s even a nuclear crisis to deal with making this a more worldwide matter with radiation spreading. Thousands of deaths and thousands are still missing, the people of Japan need our help. My Monthly Charity this month will feature multiple organizations that are responding to the disaster including some that I’ve featured in my past Monthly Charities.

Previously Featured Charities

• Save the Children
• International Rescue Committee (IRC)
• American Red Cross

Full List of Organizations Responding via NetworkForGood.org

• Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
• American Jewish Jint Distribution Committee
• Americares
• AMURT
• Catholic Relief Services
• Convoy of Hope
• Direct Relief International
• EFCA
• GlobalGiving
• International Medical Corps
• Islamic Relief USA
• Lions Club International
• Mercy Corps
• Operation Blessing International
• Operation USA
• Relief International
• Salvation Army
• Shelterbox
• World Vision

Click through here to the Network for Good for more information on these organizations responding to the Japan Quake and Tsunami.

Find out how you can help through the Network for Good and make a donation today.

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Twitter is currently experiencing some technical difficulties right now, at least for me (by the time I finished this post Twitter was back up). The graphic in the bottom right corner is a little bit interesting. It’s some sort of robot animal with one of it’s clamps or claws cut off. It almost looks like the animal cyborg is bleeding too. I guess that image is suppose to indicate that something is wrong. The some what creepy animal cyborg with it’s missing limb is what grabbed my attention and it’s just an interesting design that I wanted to post about. Beware, Twitter is run by animal cyborgs!

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I recently made the switch to completely using Gmail as my business email medium and stepped away from Mozilla Thunderbird. Thunderbird works great but I’m huge believer that everything will be available through a browser and I will be able to do almost everything right in my browser one day.

I use Yahoo for my personal email, so I didn’t have too much experience with Gmail but I finally got it to my liking. Here’s a list of things to make Gmail better:

• Enable Keyboard Shortcuts – Keyboard shortcuts will help you get your email done even faster.
  Settings > General
• Set Up Your Signature – One less thing you have to worry about once you have your signature automatically added to all your emails. Customize your signature to the way you like it.
  Settings > General
• Turn Conversation View Off – I personally never liked this feature where it groups all similar emails together so I turned it off.
  Settings > General
• Create Labels (similar to a folder) – Keep your email organized with labels to easily find what you need.
  Settings > Labels
• Set Up Filters – Run a tight ship with your email and filter your emails to your liking.
  Settings > Filters
• Google Lab Features to Enable
  Settings > Labs
  • Message Sneak Peak – View a message without even opening it so you can stay in your inbox.
  • Nested Labels – In depth organization can be achieved with a hierarchy of labels
  • Signature Tweaks – Places your signature before the quoted text and removes the “–” instead of your signature all the way at the bottom of your replies.
  • Undo Send – For those times when you prematurely hit that send button, you can now reverse it.

All changes take some time to get use to and nothing is ever perfect. How you do things always comes down to personal preference too, so you may not like all these settings. This is the way my Gmail is set up to keep me organized. There’s tons settings and lab features available in Gmail so try them out and see what settings you like.

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