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Actionable e-mails: Maybe 20. However,...

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Actionable e-mails: Maybe 20. However,...

Actionable e-mails: Maybe 20. However, in my office we’ve all developed that bad habbit of having total conversations via e-mail. What could be accomplished in a 30 second phone call, or even a chat session ends up taking 4 to 5 back and forth e-mails. We’re lame.

I always know I’m being successful when my Inbox has less than 10 e-mails.

Personal e-mails, I tend to suck at. They sit in my inbox for way to long. I ditched Gmail yesterday for just this reason: messages got totally lost in “conversation” view. I’d love to have the option to view coversation view, or tradition view. Maybe someday. In the meantime, I ditched Gmail because e-mails weren’t getting answered, my contacts were a mess, and there’s still no Gmail Calendar. I’m sure eventually this will get sorted out - in the meantie I feel a bit silly for depending on anything beta.

Open Thread: The value and quality of email at work By: Merlin Mann (22 replies) November 2, 2005 - 4:55am
  • Other than automatic notifications I... By: Mark Morgan (2005-11-02 08:47)
  • I'm sure that by now... By: karl s (2005-11-02 09:05)
  • For me: 70-75 emails,... By: Ellen (2005-11-02 09:42)
  • Karl: you can achieve the... By: Olga (2005-11-02 09:48)
  • Actionable e-mails: Maybe 20. However,... By: David B. (2005-11-02 10:38)
  • I telecommute (256 mi )... By: lyndonk (2005-11-02 11:00)
  • Totally agree with Mark Morgan.... By: Sam (2005-11-02 11:44)
  • [...] Open Thread: The value... By: Cosas por hacer » links for 2005-11-02 (2005-11-02 12:24)
  • You know, it's not the... By: Tim (2005-11-02 14:29)
  • I get plenty; they're nearly... By: Alan Nelson (2005-11-02 14:49)
  • Maybe 5 or 10. For people... By: Aidan (2005-11-03 01:43)
  • Looking at the procmail log,... By: Liam (2005-11-03 01:48)
  • Lyndonk shouldn't be sheepish about... By: Winnie (2005-11-03 07:45)
  • I love a good email... By: ClearContext Corporate Weblog (2005-11-03 08:49)
  • Well: I initially misread the... By: Ergin (2005-11-03 09:02)
  • Of 30-50 emails a day,... By: jessica (2005-11-03 10:59)
  • About 50 per day. ... By: mcparsons (2005-11-03 12:22)
  • My guess is that I... By: Dave Gray (2005-11-03 18:34)
  • I would say at least... By: Merlin (2005-11-03 18:57)
  • I get about 10-20 actionable... By: Gary (2005-11-05 15:26)
  • What a question. In terms... By: Josh Hinds (2005-11-07 18:08)
  • I'm with a small company,... By: Pat (2005-11-08 16:34)
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