{"id":3635,"date":"2012-08-06T13:43:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T18:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/?p=3635"},"modified":"2012-08-06T13:45:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T18:45:23","slug":"toward-noemail-for-the-less-ruthless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/toward-noemail-for-the-less-ruthless\/","title":{"rendered":"Toward #noemail for the less Ruthless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielwallace.org\/bigfish.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielwallace.org\/images\/bigfish.jpg\" alt=\"Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recommend just quitting email, but that&#8217;s not for everyone. This morning three articles hit the net with observations and recommendations about how to manage your email so that it doesn&#8217;t manage you.<\/p>\n<p>First, <a href=\"http:\/\/mattgemmell.com\/about\/\">Matt Gemmell<\/a> tries to give advice about <a href=\"http:\/\/mattgemmell.com\/2012\/08\/05\/managing-email-realistically\/\">&#8220;Managing Your Email Realistically.&#8221;<\/a> I like most all of Matt&#8217;s advice, but he doesn&#8217;t go far enough. Email is to be used only sparingly says Matt, which is as we say in the South <em>&#8220;a very nice idea&#8221;<\/em> meaning that no one can actually pull that kinda thing off. Example: &#8220;If John would just lay off the bourbon, he&#8217;d be a top notch lawyer.&#8221; Answer: <em>&#8220;That&#8217;s a very nice idea.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nThat said, if  you must use email then following Matt&#8217;s suggestions is <em>a very nice idea<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Jason B Jones (no known relation to me) aka <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/section\/About-ProfHacker\/439\/\">ProfHacker<\/a> writes for academics who are swamped by email in <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/\">The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/article-content\/133305\/\">&#8220;You&#8217;ve Got Mail. And Better Things to Do.&#8221;<\/a> ProfHacker and Matt have been reading the same listserv as near as I can tell. ProfHacker offers similar if not the same suggestions with a twist toward the academic environment. The article is full of <em>very nice ideas<\/em> which only a superhuman could actualize as a daily practice. I don&#8217;t mean to say that turning off notifications and prioritizing are bad ideas, again they are <em>very nice ideas<\/em>. I do mean that why take the effort when you can drop email all together and be more effective, more collaborative and much much happier.<\/p>\n<p>Third of the day and it&#8217;s just noonish, <a href=\"http:\/\/bigfishmarket.com\/blog\/\">the BIGfish blog<\/a> &#8212; not to be confused with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielwallace.org\/bigfish.html\">the novel of mythic proportions by Daniel Wallace<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0319061\/\">the movie directed by Tim Burton based on that novel<\/a> &#8212; quotes the penultimate authority on #noemail, yours truly, in a post on <a href=\"http:\/\/bigfishmarket.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/the-future-of-email-marketing\/\">&#8220;The Future of Email Marketing&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nI equivocate  a little which will amuse regular readers of #noemail as I say: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWill email die? That would be too much for me to hope for. Not so much die as morph into a better messaging platform or platforms that are mobile, faster, concise, and personal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fear not, true believers. I also say, &#8220;<strong>Email marketing was a great idea in the 20th century.&#8221;<\/strong> Perhaps I should have said <em>&#8220;A very nice idea.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recommend just quitting email, but that&#8217;s not for everyone. This morning three articles hit the net with observations and recommendations about how to manage your email so that it doesn&#8217;t manage you. 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