Thursday, July 30, 2009

GMail labels

Facts found
  1. Symbol characters can be used except caret (^).
  2. ?(to verify)? Cannot prefix label with slash (/), dash (-).
  3. System can look up word after blank, period (.) and comma (,): i.e., can look for ".abcde" or "grp: abcde" when type "ab".

My tactical labels

Label
Description
_my team: i.e., "under-line"
&+my (selected) peer coworkers and higher.
...2"... too": i.e., also or secondary.
fyi2/fwd2FYI too / Forward too, or "for your information to forward too".
Actually it is "Euro-currency sign", but I'd rather use it for "calendar/event".
%my colleagues (we have some mutual benefits)
*%highlights and/or measurement (somewhat beyond just ".report")

Other label names
  • delete2
  • report2, notify2
  • OoO/away (out of office)