∞ Work-Life Balance Digitally Destroyed

Kit Eaton: Can you say “Crack­Berry” and “iPhonead­dic­tion?” And can you add on “Bye-bye any notion of work-life bal­ance” just for good mea­sure? One in three peo­ple is basi­cally sac­ri­fic­ing their entire life (in a small, but nonethe­less mean­ing­ful) way to their employer, which really is push­ing the “live to work” say­ing to its lim­its. While it's under­stand­able that the reces­sion has strained com­pa­nies to the point... Read More

∞ 8 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Email

Seth Godin: And a bonus tip from Cory Doc­torow, who gets more email than you and me com­bined: When you go on vaca­tion, set up an autore­ply that says, “I'm on vaca­tion until x/x/2010. When I get back, I'm going to delete all the email that arrived while I was gone, so if this note is impor­tant, please send it to me again after that date.” This arti­cle is a must read, but I love this last bit. I may try that the next vaca­tion that I go on... Read More

∞ Email and Focus

What a great infographic. via Email and Focus.  Read More

Keeping Your Inbox Empty

Inbox Zero is a con­cept by Mer­lin Mann that I embrace fully (he is writ­ing a book on it due to be out soon), and most email hogs have a love hate rela­tion­ship with Inbox Zero. The thing is, most peo­ple have Inbox Zero wrong. Not being the inven­tor of the con­cept, I should say that most peo­ple approach keep­ing noth­ing in their inbox the wrong way. Keep­ing your inbox empty is not about react­ing to email quickly and effi­ciently – keep­ing your inbox... Read More

∞ Charles Best on Keyboard Shortcuts

via America’s Most Pro­duc­tive CEOs: Charles Best of DonorsChoose.  Read More

∞ America’s Most Productive CEOs: Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban on his deci­sion cri­te­rion for respond­ing to email: If it’s of value, I respond. If not, not. Some peo­ple write a book. I don’t get past the first para­graph. Other peo­ple start out with some expla­na­tion of why they are writ­ing. I don’t get past that. If you are clear and to the point and it’s rel­e­vant to some­thing I am doing or am inter­ested in, there is a good chance I will respond. via America’s Most Pro­duc­tive CEOs: Mark... Read More

∞ Email Sanity: How to Clear Your Inbox When You’re Drowning

Leo Babauta writ­ing on Zen Habits: Stop send­ing so many emails. The more emails you send, the more you’ll get. Use email as lit­tle as you pos­si­bly can. Call peo­ple if you can, or walk over and talk to them. If those aren’t pos­si­ble, see if you can fig­ure it out for your­self. If you send an email that doesn’t require a response, say so. This entire arti­cle is gold. via Zen Habits.  Read More

∞ Gtriage: Escape From Gmail Overload

Sarah Perez: Gtriage is a new ser­vice that aims to help Gmail users suf­fer­ing from “infor­ma­tion over­load” due to an over­crowded inbox — a prob­lem affect­ing the major­ity of email users today. The way the ser­vice works is that it scans all your email mes­sages and to deter­mine which ones are the most impor­tant to you. It then tags those mes­sages “Impor­tant” with bright red labels so they don't get missed. via Gtriage: Escape from... Read More

∞ Lab Rat: Does a Balanced Email Diet = More Focus & Productivity?

Brit­tany Ancell: The only way to gain true peace of mind is to close your email com­pletely. It requires an obscene amount of dis­ci­pline to not dip into your inbox on a whim. At the very least, turn off mobile alerts and keep your client minimized. This is a great arti­cle; if you use email you need to read this. via The 99 Per­cent.  Read More

∞ 20 Email Productivity Tips to Become an Email Master

Daniel Scocco: Sig­na­tures can save a lot of time, because you won’t need to type a salu­ta­tion, your name or con­tact details below every mes­sage. Make sure to include only the rel­e­vant infor­ma­tion there, how­ever. Things like ran­dom quotes or images will clut­ter your mes­sages at best, and annoy the receiver at worst. I can­not tell you how annoy­ing peo­ples email sig­na­tures can be. Hint: if you are attach­ing your com­pany logo as an image... Read More