Comments on: The Burden of E-Mail http://getmoredone.com/2010/05/the-burden-of-e-mail/ Mon, 07 May 2012 15:14:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laurie Cope http://getmoredone.com/2010/05/the-burden-of-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Laurie Cope Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:56:06 +0000 http://getmoredone.com/?p=214#comment-276 Totally agree! Email clients are designed to push emails to you as much as possible, they WANT you to be IN their email system. They are not designed to help you work. It is vital to have a working process for which email is just a small part. I use GMail, and nearly all my tasks come in via email, so when I refer to my tasks, I am in email, and I keep checking it all the time, which stops me doing my tasks. I wrote a blog about how I have organised my Gmail filters and labels to help me stop checking for new email all the time, and only check it when I am ready to deal with it (and not when email is ready to deal with me!) http://www.amitywebsolutions.co.uk/blog/gtd/609-gmail-tip-how-to-stop-checking-email-all-the-time/ Totally agree! Email clients are designed to push emails to you as much as possible, they WANT you to be IN their email system. They are not designed to help you work. It is vital to have a working process for which email is just a small part.

I use GMail, and nearly all my tasks come in via email, so when I refer to my tasks, I am in email, and I keep checking it all the time, which stops me doing my tasks.

I wrote a blog about how I have organised my Gmail filters and labels to help me stop checking for new email all the time, and only check it when I am ready to deal with it (and not when email is ready to deal with me!)
http://www.amitywebsolutions.co.uk/blog/gtd/609-gmail-tip-how-to-stop-checking-email-all-the-time/

]]> By: Chris Greaves http://getmoredone.com/2010/05/the-burden-of-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Chris Greaves Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:13:35 +0000 http://getmoredone.com/?p=214#comment-103 I read personal emails as they arrive, using a 60- or 120-minute setting for new-mail notification, but I don't reply to them until after 5pm. In this way, friends get a same-day response, and I don't get involved in chatty-ping-pong of little relevance to my business objectives. I read personal emails as they arrive, using a 60- or 120-minute setting for new-mail notification, but I don’t reply to them until after 5pm.
In this way, friends get a same-day response, and I don’t get involved in chatty-ping-pong of little relevance to my business objectives.

]]> By: Emily http://getmoredone.com/2010/05/the-burden-of-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Emily Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:12:42 +0000 http://getmoredone.com/?p=214#comment-40 Very nice points. I have turned off my email notification due to the fact that I'm tempted to quick read them thus interupting my thought process on a particular project. Thanks for you many excellent tips. Very nice points. I have turned off my email notification due to the fact that I’m tempted to quick read them thus interupting my thought process on a particular project.
Thanks for you many excellent tips.

]]> By: Johanna http://getmoredone.com/2010/05/the-burden-of-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Johanna Mon, 31 May 2010 08:45:31 +0000 http://getmoredone.com/?p=214#comment-12 Yes e-mails are a burden I always receive lot of emails from colleages that are just general which I need a lot of time to read them. Most of the time I only read those a peron took some means to type the message not forwarding someones message. Yes e-mails are a burden I always receive lot of emails from colleages that are just general which I need a lot of time to read them. Most of the time I only read those a peron took some means to type the message not forwarding someones message.

]]> By: Rob McIntosh http://getmoredone.com/2010/05/the-burden-of-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Rob McIntosh Sat, 29 May 2010 00:12:07 +0000 http://getmoredone.com/?p=214#comment-6 Yes, email is a killer. John is right on the money. I'm a fan of checking email on my own schedule... once every hour or two. That way all the interruptions are concentrated. I don't just disable the notifications, but close the program altogether. Yes, email is a killer. John is right on the money. I’m a fan of checking email on my own schedule… once every hour or two. That way all the interruptions are concentrated. I don’t just disable the notifications, but close the program altogether.

]]> By: John Walker http://getmoredone.com/2010/05/the-burden-of-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-2 John Walker Tue, 25 May 2010 14:48:39 +0000 http://getmoredone.com/?p=214#comment-2 Very nice points. I have turned off my email notification due to the fact that I'm tempted to quick read them thus interupting my thought process on a particular project. Thanks for you many excellent tips. Very nice points. I have turned off my email notification due to the fact that I’m tempted to quick read them thus interupting my thought process on a particular project.
Thanks for you many excellent tips.

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