links for 2007-05-03

• Scott H Young » Seven Rules for Enhanced E-Mail Communication
  I don’t profess to be an e-mail expert, but I get a few dozen e-mails a day and often several e-mails a day from people I haven’t met before. I also maintain connections with some people entirely through e-mail. Given how important e-mail is in today
  (tags: lifehack)
• Back to basics: cross joins
  I have decided to break my habit and start using the “new” syntax in all my queries (except when I’m working against Oracle 8i). To that end, I will be writing a series of posts about the different types of joins along with code examples both in the
  (tags: sql oracle)
• The Gentle Art of Saying No – lifehack.org
  To stay productive, and minimize stress, you have to learn the Gentle Art of Saying No — an art that many people have problems with.
  (tags: productivity lifehack)
• Productivity501: Excel Transpose Trick
  This one minute video shows you how to take a list of items in a column and copy it to a row. It is pretty simple, but when you need it this can really save you a lot of time.
  (tags: excel videos)