Comments on: E-mail Fu: The Way of the Empty In-Box http://techland.time.com/2009/03/27/e-mail-fu-the-art-of-the-empty-in-box/ News and reviews from the world of gadgets, gear, apps and the web Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: republibotthreepointoh http://techland.time.com/2009/03/27/e-mail-fu-the-art-of-the-empty-in-box/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:24:25 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1290#comment-698 If I didn’t have an inbox, I’d have no filing at all. I got stuff in there going back to the steam age…

R3.o

]]> By: cosmicchuck http://techland.time.com/2009/03/27/e-mail-fu-the-art-of-the-empty-in-box/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:25:48 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1290#comment-695 I use gmail to, but I cheat as well. I’ll archive the message directly to a folder (often using a filter, so I don’t have to hide it myself).

]]> By: moonmaden http://techland.time.com/2009/03/27/e-mail-fu-the-art-of-the-empty-in-box/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:25:33 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1290#comment-692 An old boss used to challenge his staff of accountants to provide a screenshot of their empty (or low item count) inboxes. The one with the cleanest inbox got a prize at the staff meeting (DVD, t-shirt, gift card). Even though I no longer work with him, I still am in the habit of moving emails out as soon as I can so I know what’s important to work on and what can be looked at in leisure.

]]> By: masurix http://techland.time.com/2009/03/27/e-mail-fu-the-art-of-the-empty-in-box/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:10:52 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1290#comment-691 Wow, that version of Outlook is so ancient you’re basically chiseling your emails into the cave wall. That said… bravo. My inbox is disgraceful.

]]> By: jeffwpdx http://techland.time.com/2009/03/27/e-mail-fu-the-art-of-the-empty-in-box/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:19:30 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1290#comment-690 Au contraire, mon frere–this is one of the things I like about Gmail: move it to a folder (i.e., give it a label) and it’s gone.
Did you perchance recently read a book called “Getting Things Done”?

]]> By: walkinghbomb http://techland.time.com/2009/03/27/e-mail-fu-the-art-of-the-empty-in-box/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:50:17 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1290#comment-689 “What’s the next frontier? An empty desktop?”

Hah. Actually, on my Vista-running laptop, I have a mac-like doc that contains all of my icons. But, unlike a Mac it has sub-folders. I’m a decidedly unorganized person, but when people see my shorcut-less desktop, they’re impressed. I’m a walking god amongst the non-geeky.

]]> By: Rorschach http://techland.time.com/2009/03/27/e-mail-fu-the-art-of-the-empty-in-box/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:33:46 +0000 http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/?p=1290#comment-688 Sticking e-mails in a subfolder to get a clean inbox is one of my favorite things. It’s not cheating at all.

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