This is part 2 of the Google Apps Productivity Enhancement series.

Read also the other productivity enhancements:

• 5 Minute Productivity Enhancement: Google Apps - Part 1 GMail
• 5 Minute Productivity Enhancement: Launchy
• 5 Minute Productivity Enhancement: Virtual PC and VMware Virtual Machine
• 5 Minute Productivity Enhancement: Windows and Resharper

Google Calendar short cuts that make you work more productive:

• c: Create a new event.
• q: Quick add a new event.
• /: Puts your cursor in the search box.
• p: Moves your calendar view to the previous date range.
• n: Moves your calendar view to the next date range.
• ESC: Back to calendar.
• t: Jump to "Today".

Some time ago I moved my domain to Google Apps. I must admit that I should have done this earlier. But now some time for more productivity enhancements. I'll write about GMail in this part, the other Google Apps will follow soon. Read also the other productivity enhancements:

• 5 Minute Productivity Enhancement: Launchy
• 5 Minute Productivity Enhancement: Virtual PC and VMware Virtual Machine
• 5 Minute Productivity Enhancement: Windows and Resharper

GMail short cuts that make you work more productive:

• c: Compose a new message.
• r: Reply to the message sender.
• a: Reply to all message recipients.
• f: Forward a message
• /: Puts your cursor in the search box.
• k: Move to newer conversation in the conversation list.
• j: Move to older conversation in the conversation list.
• o: Open the selected message.
• u: Return to the conversation list.
• TAB then ENTER: Send the message.
• g then i: Go to "Inbox".
• g then d: Go to "Drafts".
• g then s: Go to "Starred".
• g then a: Go to "All mail".
• g then c: Go to "Contacts".

A little more than a month ago I posted about Personal Performance Indicators (PPI). You can compare a PPI to a KPI but a PPI is for a person himself. I was thinking about building a small simple PPI system, but due to lack of time I haven't started yet. But of course the world hasn't been standing still. Some time ago an article about Jerry Seinfeld's productivity secret appeared on Life Hacker. For the complete explanation about his secret you should read that article. For now I'll only tell you it's about: setting a goal and keeping yourself to this goal. There are already some tools supporting the secret from Jerry Seinfeld. I'm not using any of this tools yet, but I might get inspired by those tools for the PPI system. Don't Break The Chain! Smarter Fitter Seinfeldian Chain Joe's Goals