How and Why I keep my Inbox at Zero
About 4 hours ago Tyler Galpin posted the following tweet:
I think inbox 0 is stupid, because sometimes you need to sit on an email before replying in the best manner possible. Avoid mistakes.
Absolutely true—there are many emails you shouldn’t or can’t answer right away. But I don’t think that should prevent implementing Inbox Zero.
I can work way more relaxed as long as my Inbox is indeed empty and I know that all my tasks are captured and managed by a trusted system.
Realizing that my response could easily get a little longish for twitter, I figured I’d record a quick video to explain my approach:
Inbox Zero Demonstration from Julian Schrader on Vimeo.
Inbox Zero plus Things works well for me—and this is how I’m able to succeed using this strategy without too much hassle. Feel free to try it 
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@tylergalpin I recorded a quick video to explain my approach
http://julianschrader.de/20100312-how-and-why-i-keep-my-inbox-at-zero/
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Interesting approach – your explanation did not do it justice!
Personally, I find that if I move the email someplace where I’m not likely to look or remember, the task will never get done. I realize that you use Things.app to do this, but I forget to use Things.app from time to time
Different methods for different needs, I guess.
vielleicht sollte ich mir doch Things kaufen. Die Verknüpfung mit Mail ist ja schon interessant. Geht das auch mit TB? http://bit.ly/a7qX7J
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@Tyler: Things holds all my projects and tasks, so it’s the natural place for such a reminder—for me. I like to have it all in one place, so there’s only one place I have to look at
@ryancarson I keep Inbox Zero BECAUSE my inbox is not my todo list: http://julianschrader.de/20100312-how-and-why-i-keep-my-inbox-at-zero/
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