Comments on: Managing Email: Inbox Zero http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/09/07/managing-email-inbox-zero/ Portfolio of London based web designer, with a focus on accessibility and usability. Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:53:44 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: G. Matthew Rice http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/09/07/managing-email-inbox-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 G. Matthew Rice Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:22:15 +0000 http://www.friskdesign.com/?p=125#comment-1196 It sounds like he's a fan of David Allen's "Getting Things Done" book: https://secure.davidco.com/store/catalog/Getting-Things-Done-Paperback-Save-40-p-16175.php An excellent book for the disorganized. It sounds like he’s a fan of David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” book:

https://secure.davidco.com/store/catalog/Getting-Things-Done-Paperback-Save-40-p-16175.php

An excellent book for the disorganized.

]]> By: Matthew Hill http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/09/07/managing-email-inbox-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-740 Matthew Hill Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:22:48 +0000 http://www.friskdesign.com/?p=125#comment-740 Hi kasper. Yep, it's really just a question of getting a routine with it. Since I became more disciplined at this stuff, I've found email is far less of a chore than it used to be, and switching to Gmail has helped a lot too, simply by virtue of the fact I no longer see a huge list of folders sitting off my inbox! :-) Hi kasper. Yep, it’s really just a question of getting a routine with it. Since I became more disciplined at this stuff, I’ve found email is far less of a chore than it used to be, and switching to Gmail has helped a lot too, simply by virtue of the fact I no longer see a huge list of folders sitting off my inbox! :-)

]]> By: Kasper Christensen http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/09/07/managing-email-inbox-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Kasper Christensen Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:44:36 +0000 http://www.friskdesign.com/?p=125#comment-739 Just what i was looking for, I really need to find a solution for my inbox, I currently have more than 5000 mails in my inbox. I think I'll start flagging my emails more often and delete those emails that dont need response, or have no real interest/importance. Just what i was looking for, I really need to find a solution for my inbox, I currently have more than 5000 mails in my inbox.

I think I’ll start flagging my emails more often and delete those emails that dont need response, or have no real interest/importance.

]]> By: Alex Farran http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/09/07/managing-email-inbox-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Alex Farran Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:30:49 +0000 http://www.friskdesign.com/?p=125#comment-595 Tim Ferris' Four Hour Workweek has some similar tips regarding email. He suggests that you add an autoresponse that lets people know when you'll next be checking your email. I use rescuetime to log exactly where I spend my time. It really helps if you know how much time you've spent on work vs wasting time. In gmail I've got tags for every client and every project, as well as every mailing list I'm on and various other things. I put the most important ones at the top of the list by prefixing them with an underscore and group them together with a single character: p for project, c for client etc. I'm trying to shift some of my online reading time into listening to podcasts instead because I can listen to them in the otherwise 'dead' time when I'm not working. I'm pretty good at organising work related tasks with an issue tracker, but I don't have such good habits with twitter, reddit, rss feeds and all other distractions the web brings us every day. Tim Ferris’ Four Hour Workweek has some similar tips regarding email. He suggests that you add an autoresponse that lets people know when you’ll next be checking your email.

I use rescuetime to log exactly where I spend my time. It really helps if you know how much time you’ve spent on work vs wasting time.

In gmail I’ve got tags for every client and every project, as well as every mailing list I’m on and various other things. I put the most important ones at the top of the list by prefixing them with an underscore and group them together with a single character: p for project, c for client etc.

I’m trying to shift some of my online reading time into listening to podcasts instead because I can listen to them in the otherwise ‘dead’ time when I’m not working.

I’m pretty good at organising work related tasks with an issue tracker, but I don’t have such good habits with twitter, reddit, rss feeds and all other distractions the web brings us every day.

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