Fourteen days of email rehab
The overwhelming reaction to Death by Email (part 1) shows this really is a huge problem. Thanks for the comments and for the emails, articles and suggestions you sent. Too many people are chained to their inboxes that are open all day: on desks and in pockets, with nagging pop-ups, reminders, pings and beeps.
Hundreds of emails a day is thousands of interruptions a week. Dipping in and out and quickly scanning mail, not only disrupts work and concentration but still leaves hundreds, thousands, even tens-of-thousands of messages ‘touched’ then left for later and ultimately forgotten.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Death by email: how to take back your inbox [part two] | memeburn
