In an outburst of frantic e-mail organizing I decided to come up with a standardized set of flagging in Outlook. I have been using the flags in outlook for some time now, but never to their full potential, and never with a consistent color/definition set. Today I decided enough was enough and I whipped up a standard and an accompanying flashcard to help me learn/stick with it.

Here it is:

Feel free to download and print one out to keep near your monitor if you’d like. If you think my colors/codes suck, download the Fireworks PNG file and edit freely.

/gtd for life.

UPDATE: This post has been moved to my Professional Notes site as well.