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I agree.
If you don't do email, you get phone calls - and they are much harder to deal with in your own time.
I think the point it not to necessarily deal with all email - sort it first thing, deal with those things that need to be dealt with immediately, and schedule the rest (responding, usually, that you will deal with it, so you don't get hassled).
I send a lot of replies of the "thanks, I'll look into it and get back to you on Tuesday" variety - and then allocate some time before Tuesday to look into it.
Unfortunately I also send quite a few "Yes, that is a rather amusing photograph of a cat. "
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
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(That's an 'M')
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Chris Maunder wrote: productivity experts
Now there is a profession I want to know as little about as possible.
I am embarrassed to say that email is the second thing I do in the morning, at least in the office.
Outlook takes so long to open negotiating with the network that the browser is up an running before it unkinks it knickers. So naturally the Lounge get my attention first  And as I'm on the other side of the planet from most of the posters it can be some time to get to the email.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: Outlook takes so long to open negotiating with the network [...]
Seems a rather common problem. I wonder if it's the productivtiy experts telling MS they shouldn't care about Outlook boot times! 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Doing email is like limbering up my brain.
I get used to sitting down in my hole. I get used to using the PC the company makes me use(not to be confused with the breezy offerings I have built myself at home).
Sometimes if a project has been on my mind all night, I'll come straight in and start a build and then test it, but mostly I have to pace myself. 8 hours is an awfully long time to be working full-on, and if I don't pace myself then by the end of the day I make preventable mistakes that require extended rebuilds, interventions, etc.
Email is a way of resetting work levels and taking a rest.
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It always comes down to: don't fix it if it ain't broken!
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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I normally look at my email only a few times a day.
Sometimes I even shut the outlook app off so it's not open and running.
Managers and supervisors should have some people skills, if they need to get hold of me I have a phone within an arm's length reach and I am normally writing code at my desk and they can easily walk over to my cube and talk to me.
 Just don't be a reactive Pavlovian dog of an employee and you won't have to worry about your productivity.
David
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I agree. It depends on what you do and how you and your customers (internal and external) use the tool. Personally, I've set the expectation that I check email a few times a day. Therefore, they know a response is not going to be immediate.
I deal with important emails by displaying a notification on a high priority message. I've also set that as an expectation and also that if you abuse the high priority flag it will no longer work for you. (I love Outlook rules.)
Personal emails is another story. I tend to jump on them. Well except messages from my ex.
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That will never fly where I work. The head office thinks we do nothing but stare at our Outlook screens. It is not uncommon to get a phone call asking about the e-mail they sent that is just arriving after you've said, "Hello."
Really.
I spend mornings dealing with e-mails and the afternoons coding.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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Yup worked for me!, tried it when the only person who can see my screen popped out for a smoke!  ,
Not going to open dodgy images when I can be seen!
Glenn
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Having read your message....I am still at a loss as to what you are rambling on about.
Are you having a bad day?
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Ah, I see.....
Is it free or does the $1200 (or however much) still apply?
I like free.
I like glass.
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If were Dave Or Nagy they would want a filling for the glass...
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$1500
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Collin Jasnoch wrote: something quite special to look forward to after work
Give her one for me.  I think in this case a gentleman doesn't ask for photographic evidence.
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I've money saved up for Glass but unfortunately I'm in the UK and can't afford to spend $1500 on them. Seriously wish I could get my hands on a pair though, I've got a lot of dreams and a lot of passionate for those Google Specs.... one day though... one day
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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He posted an invite to get Google Glass, and apparently got flamed for it. Seemed like a legit offer to his fellow geeks, not really sure why he got dinged.
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FYI: I didn't perceive your message as spam either. 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I thought it was a nice offer, not spam.
However, where's the CP button for, "Google wants how much for Glass???"
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Errrm. What did I miss? I've only been out for a couple of hours.
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See his reply to me for explanation....
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