Keeping your inbox empty (by yag)

Scoble asks “how do you deal with a huge amount of mail”? Like him, I took David Allen's course at Microsoft around 18 months ago. It spread like wildfire around the VB team (I was a Lead PM there at the time) and Chris Dias (I think it was Chris) arranged for a session for all of the PMs and anyone else who wanted to attend.

Robert - just wanted to tell you to stick with it. 18 months later, and my inbox is still pretty much empty every night (some all day meeting days get to wait a bit <g>). I've also found it helps me get thru my blogroll - I'd love to hear how it does on one the size of yours...

One other tip - if you have a smartphone and use the tasks as they suggest - run, don't walk, and get Developer One's Power Tasks - I now have all my tasks by category on my phone. And I can quickly dial the numbers in my “Calls” list.

Comments

• Anonymous
  March 04, 2004
  You're spot on. Moving the GTD workflow to whatever handheld device you rely on is a big part of "getting in to empty". I use a Sony Clie (Palm OS w/WiFi) and KeySuite (an Outlook work-alike) to keep my GTD workflow with me and in sync to my desktop.
  
  Keep encouraging Robert. ANyone scanning as much data as he does needs to have a "mind like water".
• Anonymous
  March 17, 2004
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