Inbox Zero, Take Two

re: Inbox Zero, Take Two

Brian W — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:15:20 GMT

Hi Steve,

I noticed on stackoverflow you saying you didn't like the Intro to Clojure vids on youtube. I created those, so I'm wondering what specifically you didn't like. Was the material unclear or not comprehensive enough or what? Thanks.

re: Inbox Zero, Take Two

Inder P Singh — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:42:38 GMT

Steve,

In these days of information overload, managing one's email inbox is important to one's productivity. I am glad that you have shared an approach to manage the inbox. Some of the points given by you make sense. However, how do you plan to address the following decisions?

1. There is email in your inbox and you have responded to it. If you let your email lying in your inbox, your inbox would keep getting bigger and bigger. This means that when you search your inbox, your searches would become slower over time since each subsequent search would need to act on a larger set of emails.

2. You have moved an email from the inbox to the Read Later folder. You read the email. Do you then move this email to your inbox or let it lying in the Read Later folder? Same thing with the unread emails in the Action Required folder.

Thanks,

Inder P Singh

LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/inderpsingh

re: Inbox Zero, Take Two

Linda — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:39:03 GMT

Now I just need a handy way to go through my 648 emails in my inbox. ;) I too try to read or skim every email that comes in, and try to decide what to do with it. I think I just need a "look at this later" email box.

Good luck with keeping up with your email.