Love it. Though my personal email isn't so daunting as that... actually, the spam is, and teasing out the real mails from the junk can be a pain after vacation. And I don't think I'd get away with it at work.
That is kinda cool. The reason I like being SO connected, though, is that I get a chance to put out fires while they are still small. He seems to expect that any email that is important requires tons of research and time to type when, in my experience, a well placed "no, you fool!" or "go ahead" can save hours of cleanup later.
Aye, but you're certainly not in a position to do that if you're away from email. And everyone needs to be able to get away from their email... even you, my friend.
So very tempting. Probably easier to get away with when you're an internet celebrity.
My strategy is to filter any mail not sent directly to me into a folder, sort by conversation, power through it in a single sitting and delete liberally. (Not just on vacation, I always filter mailing list mail and generally only check it a few times a day.) I managed to get caught up with mail before noon the day I returned from my three week vacation. Longest vacation and fastest catch up ever.
That's pretty similar to what I do. I never keep an email in my inbox that's not somehow "actionable". After a few years of practice, I've become pretty good at figuring out what I need to archive ("there's information here I might want later"), what I need to save ("someone's asked me a question they need an answer to that's longer than 'yes' or 'no', so I'll save it for when I'm ready to work on it), or something that can just be deleted ("I don't need to know this, or this has nothing to do with my current projects"). There are currently 10 emails in my inbox, and another six or so in my ACTION folder.
Once you're good at prioritizing/sorting incoming email, tackling the avalanche isn't nearly as daunting. Even if you do occasionally "select every mail from this mailing list and delete" to deal with the bulk.
I wish I could get away with Cory's "I'm not going to read your email, re-send it if it's important" at work, but we live & die by our email. The trick is dealing with it as efficiently as possible.
That's pretty similar to what I do. I never keep an email in my inbox that's not somehow "actionable". After a few years of practice, I've become pretty good at figuring out what I need to archive ("there's information here I might want later"), what I need to save ("someone's asked me a question they need an answer to that's longer than 'yes' or 'no', so I'll save it for when I'm ready to work on it), or something that can just be deleted ("I don't need to know this, or this has nothing to do with my current projects"). There are currently 10 emails in my inbox, and another six or so in my ACTION folder.
Once you're good at prioritizing/sorting incoming email, tackling the avalanche isn't nearly as daunting. Even if you do occasionally "select every mail from this mailing list and delete" to deal with the bulk.
I wish I could get away with Cory's "I'm not going to read your email, re-send it if it's important" at work, but we live & die by our email. The trick is dealing with it as efficiently as possible.
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Date: 2008-03-27 08:26 pm (UTC)Is this a problem caused by the food you bring, or just a distaste for camp toilets?
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Date: 2008-03-28 02:15 am (UTC)My strategy is to filter any mail not sent directly to me into a folder, sort by conversation, power through it in a single sitting and delete liberally. (Not just on vacation, I always filter mailing list mail and generally only check it a few times a day.) I managed to get caught up with mail before noon the day I returned from my three week vacation. Longest vacation and fastest catch up ever.
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Date: 2008-03-28 12:10 pm (UTC)Once you're good at prioritizing/sorting incoming email, tackling the avalanche isn't nearly as daunting. Even if you do occasionally "select every mail from this mailing list and delete" to deal with the bulk.
I wish I could get away with Cory's "I'm not going to read your email, re-send it if it's important" at work, but we live & die by our email. The trick is dealing with it as efficiently as possible.
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Date: 2008-03-28 12:10 pm (UTC)Once you're good at prioritizing/sorting incoming email, tackling the avalanche isn't nearly as daunting. Even if you do occasionally "select every mail from this mailing list and delete" to deal with the bulk.
I wish I could get away with Cory's "I'm not going to read your email, re-send it if it's important" at work, but we live & die by our email. The trick is dealing with it as efficiently as possible.