Comments on: 347 posts and 116 unread emails later http://anandjain.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/347-posts-and-116-unread-emails-later/ didn't know the innocuous looking zeroes and ones would lead to all this Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:22:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Preshit http://anandjain.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/347-posts-and-116-unread-emails-later/#comment-2458 Preshit Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:30:37 +0000 http://anandjain.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/347-posts-and-116-unread-emails-later/#comment-2458 Ha, I beat you to the total. I have about 8453 emails in my Gmail. And yea, I do keep deleting the stuff I do not want. My Greader has a select few feeds, mostly mobile info which I _do_ need to read everyday for IGSM. My new mails every day count is about 50-70 though :D Ha, I beat you to the total. I have about 8453 emails in my Gmail. And yea, I do keep deleting the stuff I do not want.

My Greader has a select few feeds, mostly mobile info which I _do_ need to read everyday for IGSM.

My new mails every day count is about 50-70 though :D

]]> By: Ashish http://anandjain.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/347-posts-and-116-unread-emails-later/#comment-2455 Ashish Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:25:11 +0000 http://anandjain.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/347-posts-and-116-unread-emails-later/#comment-2455 You need this: http://www.indiaplaza.in/books/all/0142000280/all/getting-things-done.htm Related: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/07/01/100117066/ The first 'self help book' [yeah I know :)] I have come across which is jargon-free and actually useful. In a nutshell - pick an item (in this case email) - if it's non-actionable - you either trash it/ keep is as reference/ keep it as support material for your ongoing projects. If it's actionable - you do it if its gonna take less than 2 mins/ delegate it/ add it to your list of 'next actions'/add it to a 'someday-maybe' list. This works particularly well for gmail with its labelling and archiving - you can actually reach an EMPTY inbox - I am sure I will feel absolutely euphoric when that'll happen. I have cleaned a quarter of my inbox using this (it had about 2k mails) - and the rest to follow shortly. (Though thankfully I don't get 350 or even 35 emails a day - that would be quite something to deal with) Also read this: http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/the_pmarca_guid.html - an absolutely marvellous read - also covers dealing with email. With feeds - the best thing to do is a 'Mark all read' - my simple logic for not worrying too much about feeds is if an item is worth anyone's time - then it will crop up again in those feeds sooner or later. Also, I dunno if you subscribe to Techcrunch, R/WW and other blogs of that variety - I would recommend removing all those and subscribing to a single Techmeme feed instead. Phew! Just realised that was a pretty long comment - that too full of unsolicited advice - hope it's useful. Also good luck for the 'next big thing' - waiting with bated breath :) You need this: http://www.indiaplaza.in/books/all/0142000280/all/getting-things-done.htm
Related: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/07/01/100117066/

The first ’self help book’ [yeah I know :)] I have come across which is jargon-free and actually useful. In a nutshell – pick an item (in this case email) – if it’s non-actionable – you either trash it/ keep is as reference/ keep it as support material for your ongoing projects. If it’s actionable – you do it if its gonna take less than 2 mins/ delegate it/ add it to your list of ‘next actions’/add it to a ’someday-maybe’ list. This works particularly well for gmail with its labelling and archiving – you can actually reach an EMPTY inbox – I am sure I will feel absolutely euphoric when that’ll happen. I have cleaned a quarter of my inbox using this (it had about 2k mails) – and the rest to follow shortly. (Though thankfully I don’t get 350 or even 35 emails a day – that would be quite something to deal with)

Also read this: http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/the_pmarca_guid.html – an absolutely marvellous read – also covers dealing with email.

With feeds – the best thing to do is a ‘Mark all read’ – my simple logic for not worrying too much about feeds is if an item is worth anyone’s time – then it will crop up again in those feeds sooner or later. Also, I dunno if you subscribe to Techcrunch, R/WW and other blogs of that variety – I would recommend removing all those and subscribing to a single Techmeme feed instead.

Phew! Just realised that was a pretty long comment – that too full of unsolicited advice – hope it’s useful. Also good luck for the ‘next big thing’ – waiting with bated breath :)

]]> By: Santosh http://anandjain.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/347-posts-and-116-unread-emails-later/#comment-2447 Santosh Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:15:32 +0000 http://anandjain.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/347-posts-and-116-unread-emails-later/#comment-2447 Even I would go for the second option....Things are important, you might lose some important piece of information. But if its something really important that went out of attention someone would come and scream and get it done. Ofcourse, its assuming one is always honest to all his/her work, which is a safe assumption. And as far as gyan stuff in reader is concerned...is there an end to KNOWLEDGE? Even I would go for the second option….Things are important, you might lose some important piece of information. But if its something really important that went out of attention someone would come and scream and get it done. Ofcourse, its assuming one is always honest to all his/her work, which is a safe assumption.

And as far as gyan stuff in reader is concerned…is there an end to KNOWLEDGE?

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