43 Folders

43 Folders feed subscription icon - Shiny! Drowning in email? Try Inbox Zero to learn sane tips for dealing with high-volume email. And don’t miss the free Inbox Zero video. »

Login or register

Register for free on 43 Folders to comment on articles, post to our forum, customize your visits, and much more. Current users can login now.

May, 2006

Lofi to Palm

Lofi to Palm  read more »

5 Comments
TOPICS: Lofi

For you wallet-heads :)

For you wallet-heads :)  read more »

10 Comments

Summer routine -- advice?

Summer routine -- advice?  read more »

8 Comments

Need help with scanning and conversion process

Need help with scanning and conversion process  read more »

6 Comments

Notebook GTD?

Notebook GTD?  read more »

8 Comments
TOPICS: Lofi

Fitness mega site

Fitness mega site  read more »

3 Comments
TOPICS: Life Hacks

Evergreen advice on email and voicemail

Managing the Trend Toward Increasing Use of Electronic Messaging Tools

I’ve been Googling around for good advice on how people deal with “email overload,” and I think this 1999 report from the CommCore Consulting Group may contain some of the more sound and evergreen advice out there for not contributing to the noise (cf: “Writing sensible email messages”).

It covers etiquette and best practices for both voicemail and email. Some of the best tips on email:

  • Keep e-mail short and focused on one issue, and reflect this issue in the subject heading. Many people are inundated with e-mail. Focusing each e-mail on one issue allows time-crunched recipients to prioritize your e-mail and respond as necessary. Including a sharp, strong subject header can differentiate your e-mail and attract your reader to your message…
  • Don’t use the Reply to All function unless everyone needs to know the information. Copying people on messages unnecessarily can overload systems, annoy readers and waste everyone’s time…
  • Manage your e-mail. Try to keep the number of messages in your in-box at a minimum by cleaning out e-mail in-boxes and message logs frequently. Use the filing system in your e-mail program to save needed messages to the appropriate folder. This clears space in your in-box, but saves the e-mail for future reference…

And on voicemail:  read more »

Wridea - Organize, create pages or categories for next actions, projects...

Wridea - Organize, create pages or categories for next actions, projects...  read more »

4 Comments

Start page cycling

Start page cycling  read more »

10 Comments

Task Chains

Task Chains  read more »

5 Comments

Concept Maps

Concept Maps  read more »

5 Comments

Moving important papers(etc) halfway across the country

Moving important papers(etc) halfway across the country  read more »

7 Comments
TOPICS: Life Hacks

How cool is your employer about letting you use Web 2.0 apps for work information?

How cool is your employer about letting you use Web 2.0 apps for work information?  read more »

2 Comments

Trouble Finding the right too for Tracking Projects

Trouble Finding the right too for Tracking Projects  read more »

4x6

4 Comments
TOPICS: Lofi

GTD sneaks into this months Wired Magazine

GTD sneaks into this months Wired Magazine  read more »

1 Comment

Hipster PDA Sudoku

Hipster PDA Sudoku  read more »

1 Comment
TOPICS: Lofi

Filing email for reference?

Filing email for reference?  read more »

6 Comments

Entourage 2004 GTD Tool

Entourage 2004 GTD Tool  read more »

3 Comments
TOPICS: Mac OS X

Document management software?

Document management software?  read more »

3 Comments
TOPICS: Windows

Help me stick to it

Help me stick to it  read more »

34 Comments

GTD, writer's block and learning a language

GTD, writer's block and learning a language  read more »

7 Comments
TOPICS: Hacer

keyboard shortcut for adding siggy

keyboard shortcut for adding siggy  read more »

4 Comments
TOPICS: Windows

Got kGTD?

TOPICS: Mac OS X

Keeping a task log or timesheet

Keeping a task log or timesheet  read more »

1 Comment
 
EXPLORE 43Folders THE GOOD STUFF

An Oblique Strategy:
Discard an axiom


STAY IN THE LOOP:

Subscribe with Google Reader

Subscribe on Netvibes

Add to Technorati Favorites

Subscribe on Pageflakes

Add RSS feed

The Podcast Feed

Inbox Zero

The original 43 Folders series looking at the skills, tools, and attitude needed to empty your email inbox — and then keep it that way. Don’t miss the free video of Merlin’s Inbox Zero presentation.

Get Started with ‘GTD’

David Allen’s popular productivity book and the system on which it’s based help turn ‘stuff’ into actions that support valuable outcomes.