LOL. I'd have to turn off my phones and Trillian, too. If I received an email and didn't answer it fast enuf, they come looking for me. Of course, my situation is a bit different (I'm training writers, working with the UI and usability teams, managing my own deliverables...).
...sue On 8/20/07, Rhonda Bracey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Carla > > If you're using Outlook, you can turn off the email notification thing. > That may stop the urge to check every time an email comes in. > > And there's a guy out there now proclaiming the 4-hour work week (Tim > Ferriss). One thing he does is read/respond to email once a week and at > a prescribed time. To quote from an interview he did on CNN: "To avoid > wasting time on business e-mail, I check it only an hour each Monday. I > weaned myself from logging in, starting by turning off the audible alert > and looking at it twice a day, at noon and 4. Then I reduced the > frequency. I never log into e-mail first thing in the morning." > (http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/04/magazines/fsb/4_hour_week.fsb/index.htm > ) > > Website: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/ > > Podcast from SxSW conference: > http://2007.sxsw.com/blogs/podcasts.php/2007/03/19/the_4_hour_workweek_s > ecrets_of_doing_mor > > Of course, there's lots of other stuff he does that supports that 'one > hour a week' thing which you may not be able to do. But some of his > principles and tips may work for you. > > Rhonda > > > Rhonda Bracey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cybertext.com.au > AuthorIT Certified Consultant > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla > Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2007 12:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TCP] Textaholic / emailaholics - how do you keep it from > takingover? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Melissa Nelson > > My niece is a textaholic. I have to say I find it a bit annoying > because > > she will check her text messages every other minute when we do > something. :) > > This makes a great transition into another subject, relevant to our > jobs. > > I'm subscribed to multiple lists (applications, dita, stc, tech > writing...) and if I were to try and keep up with all of the postings on > every list, I'd go absolutely bonkers. > > So here's the question: What do you do to manage the overflow of > electronic messaging so that it doesn't eat up your day and > productivity? > > For me, I use filters in my mail. LOTS and LOTS of filters and folders > for sorting. > > Mail from coworkers is usually project-related, and it gets read > relatively soon, usually within an hour. If it's something from a list, > I may not read it until lunchtime, or I may just mark all messages as > "read" because there aren't any subject lines in the folder that pique > my interest. (One prime reason for keeping subject lines current to the > actual discussion!!) Some of the lists I have very little to do on, but > for various reasons I want to keep up on what's happening there because > it does affect my job in some small way. > > I've also worked hard to purge the urge to respond to everyone's > questions on lists. Yes, I may know the answer, but there's probably 20 > others who also know it. I first check to see if my answer would be > *unique* before I take the time to craft a response. If it isn't, > there's no reason to post a "me too" response. > > And finally, I try *not* to jump to my email every time I get a > notification of a new email. :-) That's darn hard, but it can be done. > If I'm really in crunch time, I'll close my email application altogether > and only open it once an hour or so, just to check work messages. > > -Carla > > > ______________________________________________ > > Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. > New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help > technology and PDF output. 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