Email Management

[raffi at flossyourmind.com (Raffi Jamgotchian)]

wtih emails I check right away and delete or move anything.  I started  
working with filters to autotag stuff, but very early on. I also have  
too many email accounts.  work (consulting), soccer (I'm the town  
commissioner), blogging site/social networking, and personal.  I plan  
on combining some so that will help the number of boxes I need to check.

As for podcasts, I too have a long commute and while I'm on a job site  
and not interacting with clients I have my headphones in.  For Blogs,  
I use NewsGator and NetNewswire which also syncs with my iphone. I'll  
browse through blogs at random times, but lately I've fallen behind.   
I started eliminating blogs and combining others using Yahoo pipes.  I  
allow certain blogs to come through unfiltered like the security  
related ones.

Anyway. You have to find a way that works with your schedule and work  
habits. Don't use an ISP email address. Get your own domain and/or use  
one of the internet services like gmail and yahoo.



On Jan 5, 2009, at 11:43 AM, John H. Sawyer wrote:

> Hey Brian,
>
> Congrats on your recent graduation.
>
> > So do you have any tips to get the information out while still
> > having time to do your job?
>
> E-mail: I try to stick to the Inbox Zero method but it is easy to get
> bogged down. http://www.43folders.com/izero  I also do a lot of  
> server-
> side filtering so the e-mails go into the proper buckets that I can
> review based on their importance.
>
> > As a follow up, how do you manage your time to keep up with news and
> > podcasts?
>
> News: I subscribe to all the blogs/news that I read in Google Reader.
> From there, I sync my Google account with Byline on my iPod Touch
> that caches everything for me to read offline when I'm doing
> everything from riding the bus to feeding one of my infant twins. I
> can star the items that I want to review further and do that on my
> laptop later on.
>
> Podcasts: iPod Touch comes into play here, again. I sync up and listen
> when I'm cooking, riding the bus, walking around campus, waiting for a
> meeting, etc.
>
> Hope that helps. Good luck,
>
> -jhs
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