[…] From time to time, friends, I’m going to post stuff here about how to make work easier.  Little of any of it is mine (hah! chance would be a fine thing) but it is stuff that I have come across that makes the daily chores of organizing and staying on top of things a little easier.  These will be classified as “Hacks” and there’s now a category for them. Today, I recommend a look at Merlin Mann’s tips for getting your inbox to zero. Personally, I’d concentrate first on just processing based on a battlefield “biage” (is that even a word?). Delete the obvious spam, chain letters, and kitty photos. Archive the mailing lists and blog comments (sorting by subject is great for this), all the while identifying, flagging, and relocating all the actual important stuff to a “pending” folder — that’s the stuff that will take your real brain power and valuable time. Just get that sucker down to zero now. Fast. Go. […]