Comments on: Inbox Diet http://ianloic.com/2007/08/24/inbox_diet/ from Ian McKellar Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:09:37 -0800 hourly 1 By: Lloyd Budd http://ianloic.com/2007/08/24/inbox_diet/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Lloyd Budd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-402 As your unpaid QA As your unpaid QA professional, although, you have described some worthwhile problems to solve, I think you have to be careful not to introduce other ones. I think you have to first (a) bound the amount of time you will spend keeping your inbox on its diet, and (b) structure the time spent on it, so you aren't always interrupt driven throughout your day. As your unpaid QA As your unpaid QA professional, although, you have described some worthwhile problems to solve, I think you have to be careful not to introduce other ones. I think you have to first (a) bound the amount of time you will spend keeping your inbox on its diet, and (b) structure the time spent on it, so you aren’t always interrupt driven throughout your day.

]]> By: Ian McKellar http://ianloic.com/2007/08/24/inbox_diet/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Ian McKellar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-403 I think that's a really good I think that's a really good point, but I don't think that I get too much email to have time to deal with it all, I think that I haven't been devoting enough attention to dealing with it. Only enough attention to get stressed about it. Merlin Mann has good advice about only checking email a couple of times a day. I need to do the same about LJ, blogs, twitter, etc. One problem is that we're heavily patch-review oriented here and those notifications come through email. Ahh well, I'll cross that bridge when it comes. I think that’s a really good I think that’s a really good point, but I don’t think that I get too much email to have time to deal with it all, I think that I haven’t been devoting enough attention to dealing with it. Only enough attention to get stressed about it.

Merlin Mann has good advice about only checking email a couple of times a day. I need to do the same about LJ, blogs, twitter, etc. One problem is that we’re heavily patch-review oriented here and those notifications come through email. Ahh well, I’ll cross that bridge when it comes.

]]> By: Beatrice M http://ianloic.com/2007/08/24/inbox_diet/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Beatrice M Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-429 dealing with email My problem, is that by responding to email to delete it or file it, I then get responses to said emails and it can feel like a never ending game, which sucks. dealing with email My problem, is that by responding to email to delete it or file it, I then get responses to said emails and it can feel like a never ending game, which sucks.

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