inbox overload

Becoming an inbox ninja*Inbox Overload

*Typical (yawn) ways to manage

*Via People

*Via Projects

*Via Departments

*Get a system*Make email work for you*No extra frills*Keep it basic

*Advanced Common Sense

*Don’t live in your inbox*It’s just a conduit*Mobile devices

*How many have unread emails?

*Zero Inbox

*ZIB

*One place for everything

*Process to zero

*Convert to actions

*ZIB

What is ‘Processing’?

More than checkingLess than responding

Every email doesn’t need a response!

*ZIB - Processing*Check email on a schedule.*Get rid of it?*Does some else need it?*Can someone do it better?*Do I only need to respond?*Do I need to wait

Only take a few moments

Archive

Pros*Fast*Simple*Very low setup time*Very low maintenance

Cons*Pretty minimalist*Hard to stick with*Feeling of no structure*Less than 3 folders

*ZIB-ing

*Uber Management

For control freaks

*Folders, Folders, Folders

*Departments, Projects, People

*Uber Management

Pros*Total control*Find faster than search*Organized

Cons*High Setup time*High Maintenance*Easy to get lost*High thought

*Uber Management

*Trusted TrioIn, Out, Move on

*Variation on ZIB

*Always TRY to empty inbox.*Email into 1 of 3ish folders.*Rely on search feature

*Trusted Trio

Pros*Low setup*Low maintenance*Low thought

Cons

*To minimalist ?*Feeling of no structure

*Trusted Trio

*My Processing Habit

*Do email sorting less.

*Cheat.

*No Fiddling.

*Use Flags & Reminders

*Use Tasks

*Use Categories

*Productivty: How can the web help ?

*Plenty of great resources out there. *We will look at a few:*“Organize web content”*“Organize your content”

*How to Organize the Web

*There has to be a better way !

*How to Organize YOUR content

*Storing files in the “Cloud

*Storing Notes on the Cloud

*Storing Notes on the Cloud

*What do you use ?