Comments on: Dream of an Empty Inbox http://www.howardyermish.com/2008/04/11/dream-of-an-empty-inbox/ Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:44:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dennis Stevenson http://www.howardyermish.com/2008/04/11/dream-of-an-empty-inbox/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Dennis Stevenson Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:46:36 +0000 http://www.pianoinsidemybrain.com/2007/12/10/dream-of-an-empty-inbox/#comment-404 Howard, This is an interesting topic (because everyone labors under the rule of e-mail). Personally, I create a quarterly .pst file and have a folder for each month. All my sent and received mail goes there monthly. It's nice to have searchability on all the different posts, and I've gone back surprisingly frequently to figure something out or hold someone accountable. Personally I get lost in complex nested directory structures (or have e-mails that could/should go in multple folders. Luis Suarez has a very interesting blog series on his efforts to cut out e-mail at work. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/km/elsua/archives/giving-up-on-work-email-status-report-on-week-9-23748 I also did a scientific investigation of my received e-mail. Was surprised by the results. I use(d) e-mail as a dialog tool... which is not really a good use. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/cio/original-thinking/archives/whats-in-my-inbox-21285 Dennis Howard,

This is an interesting topic (because everyone labors under the rule of e-mail). Personally, I create a quarterly .pst file and have a folder for each month. All my sent and received mail goes there monthly. It’s nice to have searchability on all the different posts, and I’ve gone back surprisingly frequently to figure something out or hold someone accountable. Personally I get lost in complex nested directory structures (or have e-mails that could/should go in multple folders.

Luis Suarez has a very interesting blog series on his efforts to cut out e-mail at work. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/km/elsua/archives/giving-up-on-work-email-status-report-on-week-9-23748

I also did a scientific investigation of my received e-mail. Was surprised by the results. I use(d) e-mail as a dialog tool… which is not really a good use. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/cio/original-thinking/archives/whats-in-my-inbox-21285

Dennis

]]> By: Dennis Stevenson http://www.howardyermish.com/2008/04/11/dream-of-an-empty-inbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 Dennis Stevenson Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:46:00 +0000 http://www.pianoinsidemybrain.com/2007/12/10/dream-of-an-empty-inbox/#comment-1466 Howard, This is an interesting topic (because everyone labors under the rule of e-mail). Personally, I create a quarterly .pst file and have a folder for each month. All my sent and received mail goes there monthly. It's nice to have searchability on all the different posts, and I've gone back surprisingly frequently to figure something out or hold someone accountable. Personally I get lost in complex nested directory structures (or have e-mails that could/should go in multple folders. Luis Suarez has a very interesting blog series on his efforts to cut out e-mail at work. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/km/elsua/archives/giving-up-on-work-email-status-report-on-week-9-23748 I also did a scientific investigation of my received e-mail. Was surprised by the results. I use(d) e-mail as a dialog tool... which is not really a good use. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/cio/original-thinking/archives/whats-in-my-inbox-21285 Dennis Howard,

This is an interesting topic (because everyone labors under the rule of e-mail). Personally, I create a quarterly .pst file and have a folder for each month. All my sent and received mail goes there monthly. It’s nice to have searchability on all the different posts, and I’ve gone back surprisingly frequently to figure something out or hold someone accountable. Personally I get lost in complex nested directory structures (or have e-mails that could/should go in multple folders.

Luis Suarez has a very interesting blog series on his efforts to cut out e-mail at work. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/km/elsua/archives/giving-up-on-work-email-status-report-on-week-9-23748

I also did a scientific investigation of my received e-mail. Was surprised by the results. I use(d) e-mail as a dialog tool… which is not really a good use. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/cio/original-thinking/archives/whats-in-my-inbox-21285

Dennis

]]> By: Amir http://www.howardyermish.com/2008/04/11/dream-of-an-empty-inbox/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Amir Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:29:25 +0000 http://www.pianoinsidemybrain.com/2007/12/10/dream-of-an-empty-inbox/#comment-403 After an extensive research of this very same question: what's the email still doing in your inbox?, I found out that people simple didn't know what else to do with the email! Sounds silly for people with organized inboxes, but a lot of people simply don't know how to keep things organized. And because no one can see the "clutter" or "mess" they aren't worried about it. An outlook Add-On called MoveIT from www.bluelightit.com/MoveIt makes it very easy to organize your inbox and keep it organized. It literally frees up times instantly, and doesn't compromise the way you work with your emails. Try it and let me know what you think. In my blog emailoverloaded.wordpress.com I talk about the problems of email in the workplace and its effect on productivity. After an extensive research of this very same question: what’s the email still doing in your inbox?, I found out that people simple didn’t know what else to do with the email! Sounds silly for people with organized inboxes, but a lot of people simply don’t know how to keep things organized. And because no one can see the “clutter” or “mess” they aren’t worried about it.
An outlook Add-On called MoveIT from http://www.bluelightit.com/MoveIt makes it very easy to organize your inbox and keep it organized. It literally frees up times instantly, and doesn’t compromise the way you work with your emails. Try it and let me know what you think. In my blog emailoverloaded.wordpress.com I talk about the problems of email in the workplace and its effect on productivity.

]]> By: Amir http://www.howardyermish.com/2008/04/11/dream-of-an-empty-inbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 Amir Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:29:00 +0000 http://www.pianoinsidemybrain.com/2007/12/10/dream-of-an-empty-inbox/#comment-1465 After an extensive research of this very same question: what's the email still doing in your inbox?, I found out that people simple didn't know what else to do with the email! Sounds silly for people with organized inboxes, but a lot of people simply don't know how to keep things organized. And because no one can see the "clutter" or "mess" they aren't worried about it. An outlook Add-On called MoveIT from www.bluelightit.com/MoveIt makes it very easy to organize your inbox and keep it organized. It literally frees up times instantly, and doesn't compromise the way you work with your emails. Try it and let me know what you think. In my blog emailoverloaded.wordpress.com I talk about the problems of email in the workplace and its effect on productivity. After an extensive research of this very same question: what’s the email still doing in your inbox?, I found out that people simple didn’t know what else to do with the email! Sounds silly for people with organized inboxes, but a lot of people simply don’t know how to keep things organized. And because no one can see the “clutter” or “mess” they aren’t worried about it.
An outlook Add-On called MoveIT from http://www.bluelightit.com/MoveIt makes it very easy to organize your inbox and keep it organized. It literally frees up times instantly, and doesn’t compromise the way you work with your emails. Try it and let me know what you think. In my blog emailoverloaded.wordpress.com I talk about the problems of email in the workplace and its effect on productivity.

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