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A low tech solution to e-mail overload

July 18, 2007 › Sandy McMurray | comment

Simply put, write shorter e-mail messages.

The problem, explained so well here by Mike Davidson, is that e-mail messages can dump unwanted responsibility on us. A quick question sent by e-mail can require 10-30 minutes of response time -- time we don't really have.

Mike proposes we fight e-mail overload with sentenc.es.

The Problem

E-mail takes too long to respond to, resulting in continuous inbox overflow for those who receive a lot of it.

The Solution

Treat all email responses like SMS text messages, using a set number of letters per response. Since it's too hard to count letters, we count sentences instead.

More details here.

July 18, 2007 › Sandy McMurray | comment on this item

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