Comments on: Inbox Zero http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Stewart Marshall http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-108316 Stewart Marshall Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:33:14 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-108316 Great - thanks! Just blogging about your post :-) Great – thanks! Just blogging about your post :-)

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-108310 dnorman Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:19:16 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-108310 @stewart: ah... I misread it. Thought it was chatspeak for "see ya" - as in you may have thought I had deleted emails from you? Dunno... As for the Cover Your Ass part of that acronym, important messages are stored in the Deadmail folder. But email really isn't the best CYA model, anyway. If a business relationship is so bad that you need to document every piece of communication, is it really worth it? I'd rather not deal with that. But, I do keep important messages (agreements about timelines, status of projects, etc...) @stewart: ah… I misread it. Thought it was chatspeak for “see ya” – as in you may have thought I had deleted emails from you? Dunno… As for the Cover Your Ass part of that acronym, important messages are stored in the Deadmail folder. But email really isn’t the best CYA model, anyway. If a business relationship is so bad that you need to document every piece of communication, is it really worth it? I’d rather not deal with that. But, I do keep important messages (agreements about timelines, status of projects, etc…)

]]> By: Stewart Marshall http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-108305 Stewart Marshall Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:07:41 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-108305 Hey Darcy, How does your reply @stewart answer my question what is CYA? I'm confused! Hey Darcy,

How does your reply @stewart answer my question what is CYA? I’m confused!

]]> By: Bryan Alexander http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-108061 Bryan Alexander Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:55:45 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-108061 I just started this approach, and it's already helping keep my inbox down. Hardest thing is not checking email. I just started this approach, and it’s already helping keep my inbox down.
Hardest thing is not checking email.

]]> By: Raj http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107965 Raj Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:52:43 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107965 I am one of those who hates to have anything in my inbox - if there is something there, it's something that I have yet to respond to, otherwise, everything else gets dumped off to an archive (flagged if it needs to be followed up on later). At work, this is a little bit harder, but gmail is great for that as things can get tagged to reflect what needs to be done. I am one of those who hates to have anything in my inbox – if there is something there, it’s something that I have yet to respond to, otherwise, everything else gets dumped off to an archive (flagged if it needs to be followed up on later). At work, this is a little bit harder, but gmail is great for that as things can get tagged to reflect what needs to be done.

]]> By: Chris L http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107839 Chris L Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:47:50 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107839 Excellent! I've been doing the empty inbox thing with GTD principles for about a year now. Although I don't follow GTD proper any longer (I mostly switched to the Forster DIT philosophy), the empty inbox and the immediate action on messages, even to queue up for longer responses, has remained... Excellent! I’ve been doing the empty inbox thing with GTD principles for about a year now. Although I don’t follow GTD proper any longer (I mostly switched to the Forster DIT philosophy), the empty inbox and the immediate action on messages, even to queue up for longer responses, has remained…

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107805 dnorman Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:50:38 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107805 @d: yup. that's me :-) It does feel pretty good to have a clear inbox, though... @d: yup. that’s me :-) It does feel pretty good to have a clear inbox, though…

]]> By: davidicus http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107788 davidicus Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:03:46 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107788 brag, brag, brag brag, brag, brag

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107764 dnorman Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:51:57 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107764 @Joshua: I'm trying to merge Mail and iGTD to manage the contexts for actions. The lack of non-.Mac syncing is a bit of a PITA, though. @Stewart: I didn't just delete them - I only deleted stuff that was (1) non-actionable and (2) non-longterm-informational. Stuff that was crucial for a project got punted into Deadmail, where Mail.app nicely searches it. Most other things are reproducible online. Like blog comments, account info, etc... No need to archive emails for that stuff... @Patrick: I'm trying your technique - inbox only for actionable items that have yet to be done. Essentially a to-do list. non-actionable stuff gets deleted immediately. Actionable stuff gets, well, actioned, or left until it has been. @Merlin: Thanks! I'm a huge fan of 43Folders! Congrats on your Google presentation. You kicked some royal ass. Kudos. @Joshua: I’m trying to merge Mail and iGTD to manage the contexts for actions. The lack of non-.Mac syncing is a bit of a PITA, though.

@Stewart: I didn’t just delete them – I only deleted stuff that was (1) non-actionable and (2) non-longterm-informational. Stuff that was crucial for a project got punted into Deadmail, where Mail.app nicely searches it. Most other things are reproducible online. Like blog comments, account info, etc… No need to archive emails for that stuff…

@Patrick: I’m trying your technique – inbox only for actionable items that have yet to be done. Essentially a to-do list. non-actionable stuff gets deleted immediately. Actionable stuff gets, well, actioned, or left until it has been.

@Merlin: Thanks! I’m a huge fan of 43Folders! Congrats on your Google presentation. You kicked some royal ass. Kudos.

]]> By: Merlin http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107758 Merlin Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:26:12 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/08/23/inbox-zero/#comment-107758 Good on ya, D'Arcy! (PS: longtime fan) Good on ya, D’Arcy!

(PS: longtime fan)

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