Inbox ZeroMerlin Mann
Inbox Zero
by Merlin Mann · first published 2016
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…includes email, IM, surfing the web, and any other sources of distractions. I only check email 1-2 times per day, and try to respond to as much of it as possible when I do check it. Check out Merlin Mann's Inbox Zero for how to efficiently deal with your inbox. I'm also a big fan of Tim Ferriss's idea of limiting the amount of information you consume. The more HN I read, the more talk shows I listen to the radio,…
on “Ask HN: What are your productivity hacks?” ↗…HN, check email etc. I check email only 3 times a day. I find it extremely distracting if I check email more often. Email eats up too much of my time. If you're an email junkie, look into Merlin Mann's Inbox Zero concept: http://www.43folders.com/izero http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=973149761529535925 Also, take a look at this hack: http://www.43folders.com/2005/10/11/procrastination-hack-102... It's…
on “Ask YC: How do you avoid wasting too much time online?” ↗…occurred to me that the straw poll looks like an ad but you're totally right. Not sure how to fix that. * I agree about Delete vs Archive but that's not actually my list. * Good point about the split Inbox Zero link, though it's really just a compromise: I think Jeremy Zawodny's succinct post is better but Merlin Mann's site is more official (and Inbox Zero is Merlin Mann's idea so I can't not link to him).…
on “Proposed email features: snooze, re-ping, auto-expire” ↗No, Merlin Mann distanced himself from Inbox Zero once it got picked up by the productivity porn blogger crowd who reduced it to yet another lifehack and lost the spirit of the idea which is that your inbox should not be your todo list because then you…
on “The Dangerous Fetishization of ‘Hustle Porn’” ↗This is also just a complete misread of the original Inbox Zero talk, and something Merlin Mann complains about every time he tries a new email app that does confetti when you hit "inbox zero". He himself is a deep GTD/David Allen acolyte anyway, but at this point…
on “Show HN: Shortwave: Enjoy Your Inbox” ↗