Comments on: Email is the bane of my existence http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/ neat fun stuff Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:33:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Martin http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-97787 Martin Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:55:42 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-97787 simplicity sais it all.. keep e-mails being automatically sorted and you will be fine (or higher a secretary or two... :) Martin simplicity sais it all.. keep e-mails being automatically sorted and you will be fine (or higher a secretary or two… :)

Martin

]]> By: Amnon http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-89792 Amnon Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:38:14 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-89792 e_mail may be one of the best ways for personal contact, next to its facilitators the www internet and our standard computers - but natural voice based communications, interactively, or just audio-visual presentations, are better for content and comprehension of content in intellectual terms of human logic and preferences. Thank-god Google has mustered the "Search" capabilities in ascii and numerical logic - but NATURAL LOGIIC & NATURAL LANGUAGE are the way we have been expecting to interact with machines which are more then a smarter light-bulb and display, for application in most natural human intellectual and recreational communication. For more then 60 years we are using keyboards and hand click input - but for me it is worse to have to do it for so many years, as it slows the process of the wanted result which is your understanding, Google knows how fast we want results, but for me it is mostly because I had invented the EchoLogical Machine, The Computer we have been expecting that Apple or Microsoft have not yet delivered while charging for the same basic tools they traditionally supply and not delivering the software on hardware designed for Human Machine natural interactive interchange and exchange and processing plus comprehension and wisdom from intercultural translations - capabilities no ascii machine can deliver - and they are so ignorant by ignoring my positive gift and acting by greed and motivation to survive where I offer them a way to win win win by actually delivering successfully and serving the markets better as expected. I trust Google, as it is a company with the long term winning way, and I hope they get to grow and survive by helping me help all of us get the long longed for Intelligent Information Technologies - the next generation of wise machines which are multi - lingual and have a natural-human--logic-code syntexting capabilities for operating in a wireless-way by personal voiceprint instructions of any of the billions of users voices and any of the hundreds from thousands of languages people use all in a more advanced yet familiar way of writing as I am doing in ascii as you must do - hoping I can simply say and have it translated to selected languages and posted by the good old invention of E_MAIL probably the second most important business-tool next to the www internet - linking us and helping us find the few and many we like to address or share the best that life has to offer you can not buy or find after the first most valued gift of life - resulted from the love between your parents to celebrate our so-good and gracious and most patient God Alohimself. Shalom Shalem Mushlam to us all, and may its blessing for the www internet come to life with the help of Matt and many others in academics and business. e_mail may be one of the best ways for personal contact, next to its facilitators the www internet and our standard computers – but natural voice based communications, interactively, or just audio-visual presentations, are better for content and comprehension of content in intellectual terms of human logic and preferences.

Thank-god Google has mustered the “Search” capabilities in ascii and numerical logic – but NATURAL LOGIIC & NATURAL LANGUAGE are the way we have been expecting to interact with machines which are more then a smarter light-bulb and display, for application in most natural human intellectual and recreational communication.

For more then 60 years we are using keyboards and hand click input – but for me it is worse to have to do it for so many years, as it slows the process of the wanted result which is your understanding, Google knows how fast we want results, but for me it is mostly because I had invented the EchoLogical Machine, The Computer we have been expecting that Apple or Microsoft have not yet delivered while charging for the same basic tools they traditionally supply and not delivering the software on hardware designed for Human Machine natural interactive interchange and exchange and processing plus comprehension and wisdom from intercultural translations – capabilities no ascii machine can deliver – and they are so ignorant by ignoring my positive gift and acting by greed and motivation to survive where I offer them a way to win win win by actually delivering successfully and serving the markets better as expected.
I trust Google, as it is a company with the long term winning way, and I hope they get to grow and survive by helping me help all of us get the long longed for Intelligent Information Technologies – the next generation of wise machines which are multi – lingual and have a natural-human–logic-code syntexting capabilities for operating in a wireless-way by personal voiceprint instructions of any of the billions of users voices and any of the hundreds from thousands of languages people use all in a more advanced yet familiar way of writing as I am doing in ascii as you must do – hoping I can simply say and have it translated to selected languages and posted by the good old invention of E_MAIL probably the second most important business-tool next to the www internet – linking us and helping us find the few and many we like to address or share the best that life has to offer you can not buy or find after the first most valued gift of life – resulted from the love between your parents to celebrate our so-good and gracious and most patient God Alohimself.
Shalom Shalem Mushlam to us all, and may its blessing for the www internet come to life with the help of Matt and many others in academics and business.

]]> By: Pedro Monteiro http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88568 Pedro Monteiro Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:00:22 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88568 I remember reading an Interview with David Allen about this subject. He gave the most interesting answer when asking the same question. "If it's cutting down productive time, scrap it" I wouldn't go this far, but maybe why do most of us in the industry simply feel the need to reply to every email? Email is information, it doesn0t always require reciprocacity, does it? :D I remember reading an Interview with David Allen about this subject.
He gave the most interesting answer when asking the same question.

“If it’s cutting down productive time, scrap it”

I wouldn’t go this far, but maybe why do most of us in the industry simply feel the need to reply to every email? Email is information, it doesn0t always require reciprocacity, does it? :D

]]> By: IncrediBILL http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88250 IncrediBILL Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:15:53 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88250 For you people suffering with bad spam filters, try SpamArrest.com. I used it in it's infancy, it was amazing, but they were having growing pains and the service was too slow at that time, I suspect it's a lot quicker now. For you people suffering with bad spam filters, try SpamArrest.com.

I used it in it’s infancy, it was amazing, but they were having growing pains and the service was too slow at that time, I suspect it’s a lot quicker now.

]]> By: Shawn Hogan http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88216 Shawn Hogan Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:55:19 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88216 Funny because I was just talking with someone last night about why I really don't need email. The spam getting through the spam filters is numbering into the hundreds per day now. Because of this annoyance, I end up checking email once every 3 or 4 days as it is. So why *do* I really need email? The way I use it now, postal mail is faster... and more importantly, anyone important has my IM address. I still haven't talked myself into deleting my email account altogether, but it's a road I'm contemplating. "What's your email?" ... "Uh, I don't have an email." ... "Okay seriously... what's your email?" ... "Seriously, I don't have email." Funny because I was just talking with someone last night about why I really don’t need email. The spam getting through the spam filters is numbering into the hundreds per day now. Because of this annoyance, I end up checking email once every 3 or 4 days as it is.

So why *do* I really need email? The way I use it now, postal mail is faster… and more importantly, anyone important has my IM address.

I still haven’t talked myself into deleting my email account altogether, but it’s a road I’m contemplating.

“What’s your email?” … “Uh, I don’t have an email.” … “Okay seriously… what’s your email?” … “Seriously, I don’t have email.”

]]> By: Multi-Worded Adam http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88187 Multi-Worded Adam Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:10:05 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88187 Now that is progress. Recursive meetings...it's like those Russian dolls where every time you break it open, there's another doll to break open inside (I forget what they're called.) Now that is progress. Recursive meetings…it’s like those Russian dolls where every time you break it open, there’s another doll to break open inside (I forget what they’re called.)

]]> By: IncrediBILL http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88182 IncrediBILL Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:04:57 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88182 Adam, I was overloaded with corporate BS when I worked at Lotus as there was actually a layer of people we called "Human Speed Bumps" who's only purpose in life was to schedule and attend meetings. The only way they could measure success was if, at the end of the meeting, they had scheduled yet another meeting. Adam, I was overloaded with corporate BS when I worked at Lotus as there was actually a layer of people we called “Human Speed Bumps” who’s only purpose in life was to schedule and attend meetings. The only way they could measure success was if, at the end of the meeting, they had scheduled yet another meeting.

]]> By: Katja http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88181 Katja Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:57:33 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88181 I read often in comments here to delegate the emails. This is where the email hell starts. Hmmm I have so many things to do, to whom I can delegate this job I don´t like and the cycle starts. I hate it when people burry important message in long and boring emails and ask you later haven´t you read my email. Only chance is to answer as fast and short as possible. I know companies having a email free friday. They know why. I read often in comments here to delegate the emails. This is where the email hell starts. Hmmm I have so many things to do, to whom I can delegate this job I don´t like and the cycle starts. I hate it when people burry important message in long and boring emails and ask you later haven´t you read my email. Only chance is to answer as fast and short as possible. I know companies having a email free friday. They know why.

]]> By: Multi-Worded Adam http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88177 Multi-Worded Adam Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:52:53 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88177 Bill, The purpose of a meeting isn't to get something accomplished. It's simply to give the illusion of getting something accomplished by discussing things that could be getting accomplished in less time than it would take to do them in the first place. Dammit, man, where's your corporate BS sense? Bill,

The purpose of a meeting isn’t to get something accomplished. It’s simply to give the illusion of getting something accomplished by discussing things that could be getting accomplished in less time than it would take to do them in the first place.

Dammit, man, where’s your corporate BS sense?

]]> By: IncrediBILL http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88169 IncrediBILL Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:40:06 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/email-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-88169 Now I'm understanding more about Matt because most humans HATE meetings as you can never get anything done, like answering your email, because of all the damn meetings. Matt, on the other hand, appears to be a social butterfly that LOVES those meetings :) Regarding email, just sort them into 3 piles: 1 - Must REPLY 2 - Should REPLY 3 - Auto REPLY Start with the auto reply batch of email and just send them the same cut n paste reply, get them out of the way quick. Then, take typing lessons so you can bang out the MUST REPLIES at 120WPM. Last, but not least, leave the SHOULD REPLIES sit for a while and if they ping you again they're serious about an answer and your SHOULD REPLY! These tips are free. For more information order my time management CD "Escape from E-Mail Hell" for $9.99 as seen on TV and not sold in any store. Now I’m understanding more about Matt because most humans HATE meetings as you can never get anything done, like answering your email, because of all the damn meetings.

Matt, on the other hand, appears to be a social butterfly that LOVES those meetings :)

Regarding email, just sort them into 3 piles:
1 – Must REPLY
2 – Should REPLY
3 – Auto REPLY

Start with the auto reply batch of email and just send them the same cut n paste reply, get them out of the way quick.

Then, take typing lessons so you can bang out the MUST REPLIES at 120WPM.

Last, but not least, leave the SHOULD REPLIES sit for a while and if they ping you again they’re serious about an answer and your SHOULD REPLY!

These tips are free. For more information order my time management CD “Escape from E-Mail Hell” for $9.99 as seen on TV and not sold in any store.

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