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About Patricia Dwyer

My experience with both computers and management makes me uniquely qualified to help you manage your digital life. We’ll start with a free one-hour phone consultation so that I can understand your systems and your needs, and then we’ll agree on a plan to address those needs. At the completion of our plan, you’ll be well on the way to understanding and managing your digital life.

How to Manage Your Gmail Inbox

If you’re dealing with Gmail overload, then you have options to get organized and efficient. (If you haven’t yet read my blog post on email organization, then you may want to read it and come back: 4 Step to Becoming More Responsive). Google calls folders “labels”. Google starts you off with your email organization by automatically creating labels for “Promotions” & “Social” and filtering emails into those labels.
Here are three options for your Gmail organization:

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By |March 17th, 2016|Email Management|Comments Off on How to Manage Your Gmail Inbox
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How to Become a Pro at Managing Email Overload

The average business worker sends and receives over 120 business emails per day and spends nearly 30 percent of the workweek managing email. Together with personal email, 205 billion emails are sent emails each day—a number expected to increase over 16 percent to 246 billion emails in 2019.
Email overload can result in anxiety and feelings of guilt.
It can be stressful to see your Inbox growing out of control and there is an increased risk of […]

By |March 16th, 2016|Digital Chaos Control, Email Management|Comments Off on How to Become a Pro at Managing Email Overload
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Should you be worried about your ever-increasing email inbox?

It’s very common to procrastinate on dealing with your chaotic email inbox.
Does this sound familiar to you?

You dread sitting down at your desk to look at email and feel guilty and anxious at the sight of your overflowing email inbox
You stay at your desk longer every day to try to stay on top of your email inbox.
The size of your email inbox keeps increasing.
You have not just emails from your co-workers, […]

By |March 15th, 2016|Email Management|Comments Off on Should you be worried about your ever-increasing email inbox?
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4 Steps to Becoming More Responsive by Managing Your Email Chaos

It’s very common to procrastinate on dealing with your email chaos.
Does this sound familiar to you?

You dread sitting down at your desk to look at email.
You stay at your desk longer every day to try to stay on top of your inbox.
The size of your inbox keeps increasing.
You have not just emails from your co-workers, clients, friends, and family, but also emails from school lists, notifications from social networks, and newsletters from retailers, vendors, and […]

By |January 20th, 2016|Email Management|Comments Off on 4 Steps to Becoming More Responsive by Managing Your Email Chaos
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6 Steps for a Photo Organization Routine

You may or may not remember film photography – keeping exposed film in your fridge, dropping it off for developing, getting prints that you eagerly look through, picking out your favorites, and putting them in a photo album.

Now we have an abundance of digital photographs, and most of us are not taking the time to look through them and organize them, which means that when you want to go back and find those special photos, […]

By |December 22nd, 2015|Cloud Services, Digital Chaos Control, Photo Management|Comments Off on 6 Steps for a Photo Organization Routine
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Do You Need a Technology Coach?

Going it alone is not always a good idea and can stall your progress, so it sometimes makes sense to invest in a coach.

I call myself a “productivity consultant” rather than a “coach” because I have years of expertise in technology, organization, management, and communication – all skills that I leverage to help my clients with their digital chaos. Coaches, such as business and life coaches, have expertise as well, but their skills are more […]

By |July 7th, 2015|Digital Chaos Control, Technology|Comments Off on Do You Need a Technology Coach?
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How to Manage Those Social Media Notifications

Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networks have transformed our lives and businesses. They have opened up our worlds. They connect us with those whom we’ve lost touch with and they expand our networks of connections.

Unfortunately, it comes at a cost. Expanding our connections and networks leads to more information and contributes to our digital chaos.
One of the factors leading to digital chaos is the increase in emails.
We are inundated with social media notifications.

There are two […]

By |May 5th, 2015|Email Management, Social Media, Social Networking|4 Comments
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What You Need to Know About the New Apple Photos

Did you know that Apple has replaced their both their iPhoto and Aperture applications with a single new application called just “Photos”?

Apple released Photos with the latest Mac OS X Yosemite update (OS X 10.10.3). To upgrade, just go to Software Update on your Mac and choose the OS update. Once the update is installed, then Photos will automatically import your iPhoto or Aperture library.

Photos works a lot like your iOS 8 iPad or iPhone […]

By |April 21st, 2015|Cloud Services, Photo Management|2 Comments
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6 Tips for Managing Your Computer Storage

We may think that our computers come with massive amount of storage space.
If you do have a very recent desktop computer, then it may be a very long time before you have to start paying attention to your storage space, but if you have an older desktop computer or if you have a laptop computer, particularly something ultra-portable like a Macintosh Air, then it is time to take a look.

As your storage space fills up, […]

By |April 7th, 2015|Computer Management, Storage Management|3 Comments
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What Everyone Ought to Know About Digital Music and Photos

In the old days, a library meant either a place for people to borrow books or a room in the house where books were stored. Information to manage that library was written on index cards and cross-referenced by a numbering system.

In today’s digital world, a library is a collection of related information, including the media itself – music, photos, etc. – and its associated information, called metadata.

Digital music libraries keep metadata about each song […]

By |October 2nd, 2014|Photo Management, Technology|1 Comment
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ABOUT PAT DWYER

My experience with both computers and management makes me uniquely qualified to help you manage your digital workflow. We'll start with a free one-hour phone consultation so that I can understand your systems and your needs, and then we'll agree on a plan to address those needs. At the completion of our plan, you'll be well on the way to understanding and managing your digital workflow.

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Patricia Dwyer, Proprietor
Phone: 650.517.3142
Email: pat@digitalchaoscontrol.com

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Pat is very knowledgeable, organized and patient. She explains things clearly and made it all very easy for me. I highly recommend her to anyone needing help with any kind of technology.
Bill Welch, San Mateo, CA
Pat was a patient problem solver and I'm much happier with the organization of our iTunes Library now. If you want an IT expert who listens well and responds to your needs, I highly recommend her.
Beth Harrison, San Carlos, CA
Pat's prompt and expert help got me back online with my email straightened out in no time at all. Her calm approach soothed my frustration and made the whole experience a positive one. I would highly recommend her to bring order to your digital life.
Joanne McMahon, Millbrae, CA
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