Community | August 29, 2007 | 22 comments

email Overload -- Guess How Many I will have and WIN!!

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Lately, I find the number of emails I get every day to be somewhat overwhelming, especially as I face the prospect of going on a vacation during which I have pledged not to check my email.

Spam is not the problem, either. I am as good a Rules writer as anyone, but I still find the stack daunting. Mostly I think this relates to the fact that I DO want to asborb the information contained within all the emails. There is no doubt that email multiplies my productivity by a huge amount, it's just that now I am starting to feel the downside in that I have a hard time responding quickly (due to the backlog)/fail to respond to important items (if I only rush to kill the most recent ones)

Anyway, hoping that a week off will provide me with time to meditate on the issue, and while I am at it, start a lively thread here on current.com:

HERE IS THE CONTEST:
Guess how many unread emails will be waiting for me in my Inbox on Monday, September 10th. Closest guest will receive one box of chocolate covered macadamia nuts. IT admins who can cheat are not eligible.

Here are some facts to help you in your guess:

* Over the past 5 workdays, I have received 263, 286, 202, 261, and 217 emails.
* I tend to get 10 or so emails on weekends
* I will not be checking mail from 6 PM this Friday through 9 AM on the 10th
* Remember that post has a night shift, so I get a fair # of emails after business hours

Please post your guess (and your thoughts on the information onslaught delivered to your inbox) as a comment to this item.
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