Results tagged “email” from Knowledge Jolt with Jack

I've had Xobni running on my new work computer since I started in December. Here are some thoughts about how Xobni fits into my worklife.

Here's another take in the long line of "lots of email" discussions. This time it is "Are You Really Being Paid to Read 200 Emails a Day?" by John Care of Mastering Technical Sales.

The amount of email one gets on a daily basis or the size of the inbox is a constant source of bragging rights around the business world. It doesn't have to be this way.

I've been having some trouble with mail to jackvinson.com bouncing to the senders. If this is happening to you, I'd appreciate your letting me know via jackvinson AT comcast DOT net.

Josh Jacobs, the president of X-1, talks with Dan Keldsen about email triage in a world of desktop search.

The Chicago Tribune had an article on e-mail addiction that focused on Marsha Egan and her 12-Step program for overcoming e-mail addiction.

The just-arrived copy of Communications of the ACM has an article on the development of e-mail spam and methods that are used to fight it. It's interesting from the perspective of the various machine learning techniques they describe - and how spammers respond to each tactic.

Emily Turrettini at SmartMobs references a piece by Jeff Zaslow in the WSJ, "How You Handle Your Email Inbox Says a Lot About You."

After posting about SNARF yesterday, and playing with it a bit more and reading through their community forum, it is clearly a research project and expects to have a few rough edges. However, this makes me think about organizing my inbox even more.

Chuck Martin has a set of 7 Tips for Getting of Control of E-mail at this week's Darwin Online, many of which I've advocated before.

Lilia Efimova points to a paper about the "Dynamics of Email Triage" and discusses some interesting ideas about personal effectiveness in relation to how people learn to use their tools.

Fortune has an interview with Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie: "How to Escape E-Mail Hell" with some interesting tidbits.

I am trying to suss out this question of how best to use aggregators to read blogs. And along comes this piece in Worthwhile from Kevin Salwen, Email Holiday.

Along with handling my own e-mail well, I must also help others deal with their e-mail. Bruce Karney of HP Services posted his list of 10 Rules for Asking Others to Share Knowledge, and he's given me permission to repost them here.

Darwin Magazine has an article on how email is being used by the prosecution in some high-profile court cases. The trail of email gave the prosecutors plenty of room in which to argue their cases.

The joy of an empty mailbox is equivalent to the joy I once had at getting (surface) mail as a child.