Email Power User's Guide for CubeTree

When you're on the go it can be difficult to feel like you are engaged with the rest of your organization. But did you know, if you've got access to your email you can use it to stay connected to your co-workers through CubeTree? Many CubeTree members live in email and they use it extensively to post updates, comment, find other users and keep up to date and aware of all the projects they're involved in.

If you're not yet familiar with how to use email with CubeTree, this post is for you. I've gathered together tips and tricks that email power users can use to post comments, create tasks and respond to activity on CubeTree. It helps you stay connected and get work done, even when you're on the road.

Your Status Update:

Set your personal profile status by emailing an update to your CubeTree account. Every user on CubeTree has a specific email address to use to post a status update. You can find it by going to your "Account" page and looking for it at the top of the page.

Whatever you put in the body of the email with show up on your Profile wall and be used anywhere your status is displayed. Its an easy way to let your co-workers know what you're working on. For example here's an email I sent to my CubeTree account with my current status, letting my co-workers know that "I'm wrapping up the quarterly report today, if you've got info to add please get it to me asap."

Here you can see how it appears in the CubeTree feed as my current status. Now anyone who's following me will know that I'm wrapping up the report today and have a chance to get in any last minute info. It helps me communicate with my team, even when I'm working hard to wrap up a critical project.

Responding to Comments via Email:

You can respond to many of the CubeTree email notifications you receive (e.g. comments and direct messages you receive from the objects and people you are following). To do so, reply in email to any of these notifications and whatever you put in the body of the email will show up in the feed as a comment you've added to the feed item.

For example, here's an email I received from CubeTree, notifying me of a direct message from Beth regarding a wiki page we were collaborating on: "@patchen Added highlight to the area to focus on."

By replying to the email, my direct message back to Beth "@beth Thanks. Just finished up adding additional content, thanks for the help." will appear in the Feed for that item as seen below:

Now you know how to use email to interact with CubeTree. Even when you're heads down on projects and pressed for time, you can stay connected to the people you work with and the events that matter to you through email.