Monthly Archives: May 2009

One of the mysteries of managing my email has been trying to figure out how to manage follow-up email. The scenario is well-know to users of Outlook or any other email program. You send an email to someone who you … Continue reading →

Bit Literacy has some sound advice when it comes to reading and processing  electronic newsletters (or zines.) The first recommendation is to scan newsletters once before deleting them. I began this practice about a year ago, and have found that … Continue reading →

One of the key recommendations of Bit Literacy is that one should take todos and schedule them onto lists that belong to particular days. It argues that a single todo list quickly becomes overwhelming, and that the items should instead … Continue reading →

One confusing aspect of Bit Literacy is a contradiction  that I found in the discussion around ToDo’s:  the book calls for scalable solutions, while in the same chapter it describes 2 solutions that seem to ignore that sound advice, because … Continue reading →

Another one of the key ideas in Bit Literacy is that “letting bits go” is a critical frame of mind to maintain. Letting bits go simply means that a user of an email system is better off deleting freely, early … Continue reading →

As I mentioned in a prior post, there is a great deal that I enjoyed from the book “Bit Literacy” by Mark Hurst.  In particular, the idea of returning to “empty” struck a chord with me. If you are a … Continue reading →

There is a major point from the book Bit Literacy that I found some disagreement with.  The idea that “bits are heavy” is fundamental to Mark Hurst’s theory that when they accumulate, the create a burden a user’s life. He’s … Continue reading →