Comments on: Email Overload: When Enough is Enough http://www.homeeverafter.com/email-overload-when-enough-is-enough/ The Way Home is Supposed to Be Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:35:12 -0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SenderOK http://www.homeeverafter.com/email-overload-when-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-993 SenderOK Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:13:05 +0000 http://www.homemakerbarbi.com/email-overload-when-enough-is-enough/#comment-993 There are a number of email plugins out there that try to help people reduce email overload. Ours has an algorithm that analyzes how you've reacted to a particular sender before. For instance, if you have answered them before, they go in the Important folder. If you've deleted without opening before, they go to a Routine folder. If others in your SenderOK network have answered to that email address before, it is likely to be the boss or an important colleague or investor...so it goes in the VIP folder. There are more elements to the algorithm that, in aggregate, make it really important for someone with 400 emails in the morning to have the plugin installed so they can see the 10 emails from VIPs first and the 40 Important emails second and the 350 Routine emails last. There are a number of email plugins out there that try to help people reduce email overload. Ours has an algorithm that analyzes how you’ve reacted to a particular sender before. For instance, if you have answered them before, they go in the Important folder. If you’ve deleted without opening before, they go to a Routine folder. If others in your SenderOK network have answered to that email address before, it is likely to be the boss or an important colleague or investor…so it goes in the VIP folder.

There are more elements to the algorithm that, in aggregate, make it really important for someone with 400 emails in the morning to have the plugin installed so they can see the 10 emails from VIPs first and the 40 Important emails second and the 350 Routine emails last.

]]> By: Tiffany http://www.homeeverafter.com/email-overload-when-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-990 Tiffany Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:30:23 +0000 http://www.homemakerbarbi.com/email-overload-when-enough-is-enough/#comment-990 Can't wait to read more! I've been working the last few days to streamline my e-mail so I don't have my inbox explode when I go in to deliver this baby!!!! Can’t wait to read more! I’ve been working the last few days to streamline my e-mail so I don’t have my inbox explode when I go in to deliver this baby!!!!

]]> By: Home Ever After http://www.homeeverafter.com/email-overload-when-enough-is-enough/comment-page-/#comment-992 Home Ever After Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:08:47 +0000 http://www.homemakerbarbi.com/email-overload-when-enough-is-enough/#comment-992 @Siri: I think many parents struggle with the situation you just described. I hope you'll find some helpful tips in the next part of the series. Also, we have an exclusive interview coming soon that I did with blogging supermom, Crystal Paine of Money Saving Mom. In the interview we talk about being a stay-at-home parent and managing computer time. Her tips are fabulous; I hope you'll subscribe so you don't miss it when it comes out. Thank you for sharing your concerns. I'd love to know what you think about the tips and if they help! Barbi @Siri: I think many parents struggle with the situation you just described. I hope you’ll find some helpful tips in the next part of the series.

Also, we have an exclusive interview coming soon that I did with blogging supermom, Crystal Paine of Money Saving Mom. In the interview we talk about being a stay-at-home parent and managing computer time. Her tips are fabulous; I hope you’ll subscribe so you don’t miss it when it comes out. Thank you for sharing your concerns. I’d love to know what you think about the tips and if they help!

Barbi

]]> By: Siri http://www.homeeverafter.com/email-overload-when-enough-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-991 Siri Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:32:44 +0000 http://www.homemakerbarbi.com/email-overload-when-enough-is-enough/#comment-991 I feel guilty for being an at-home parent and spending as much time on the computer as I do. I have three different email boxes and an automated folder sorting system which automatically moves emails for me. But I still feel the need to check each folder... the sorting system just helps me with the order in which I read the emails. In addition, I feel I am pulled by more than just email - I subscribe to several blogs and whenever I log into Google Reader I often have 25-30 blog updates, in just one day. It does seem like too much, but I do manage to get everything down to 0 by the end of each day. Of course my kids are now used to my sitting on the computer while they play nearby. I feel guilty for being an at-home parent and spending as much time on the computer as I do. I have three different email boxes and an automated folder sorting system which automatically moves emails for me. But I still feel the need to check each folder… the sorting system just helps me with the order in which I read the emails. In addition, I feel I am pulled by more than just email – I subscribe to several blogs and whenever I log into Google Reader I often have 25-30 blog updates, in just one day. It does seem like too much, but I do manage to get everything down to 0 by the end of each day. Of course my kids are now used to my sitting on the computer while they play nearby.

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