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Category Archives: Email
Time Demand: A Confusing Definition Cleared Up
In different posts here on 2Time, I have defined time demands as commitments that we create to complete actions in the future. They are created by the individual in his/her own mind. While they are essentially inventions of the mind, … Continue reading
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Does Email Volume Hit a Natural Limit?
While there are lots of people who complain about receiving too many emails per day, the complaint that “I get too much email” is a bit of a red herring. While there is a certain amount of email that is … Continue reading
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1999 Email Research is Still Timely and Relevant
As I dug through academic papers on the topic of time management over the past few days, I came across a journal article that was simply amazing in its prescience. It was written by Steve Whittaker and Candace Sidner of … Continue reading
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Turning Off Email Downloads
This is an article written three whole years ago (such a LONG time) that advocates turning off email downloads to your smartphone: Ten reasons to turn off email notifications to your phone. It makes a great case for processing email … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Equipment, Habits
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Someone Struggling with Zero Inbox
This is an interesting post from the third day of someone’s attempt to maintain a Zero Inbox. It’s quite a diligent effort, and I admire his use of tracking statistics to get some insights into what’s going on with all … Continue reading
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Time Management Training: A Waste of Time
I found this article interesting, but it had way more bark than actual bite. It argues that time management training doesn’t work because most people get inundated by email when they get back to their desks. At the end of … Continue reading
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Working From Your Inbox – A Bad Idea
Charlie Gilkey over at the Productive Flourishing blog makes some fine points in a recent post entitled: Why Working From Your Email Inbox Doesn’t Work. It’s a great article, although you’ll see from the comments that I felt that he … Continue reading
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Crazy email ideas: Don’t read your email
This is one crazy article… The idea is to simply read the email that you want to read, and ignore the rest. Instead if the Zero Inbox, allow it to grow infinitely big. It says: don’t bother emptying your inbox. … Continue reading
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Email Etiquette
There’s a whole school of thought that says that better email would mean less email. I agree that there’s a lot of wasted email but I think it’s important to distinguish the raw volume of email from the number of … Continue reading
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A New Mindset for Your Email Inbox
As I mentioned in a prior post, the Zero Inbox has become a part of the new Gold Standard of productivity. Without it, for example, it’s impossible to earn the higher belts described here in 2Time. Most of the methods … Continue reading
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