tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post115534640152071250..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: Multitasking vs. Division of LaborUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1155397962474324442006-08-12T08:52:00.000-07:002006-08-12T08:52:00.000-07:00Gmail uses a paradigm that I think is much better ...Gmail uses a paradigm that I think is much better than folders: flags. Each message can have as many flags as you want, rather than being stuck in only one folder.<BR/><BR/>I never used the inbox as the "box of messages that need a reply". I think that's weird. If I have a task to do, I'll stick it in my to-do list with all my other tasks.<BR/><BR/>On a tangent re. the difference between multitasking in parallel and in serial: Ever notice how you can hear more than one note at once, but you can only think one at a time? Man I hate that.Jeff Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00708682858926029668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1155350489198135012006-08-11T19:41:00.000-07:002006-08-11T19:41:00.000-07:00Am I the only person who uses message filters?! S...Am I the only person who uses message filters?! Since becoming an administrator, my email volume is very high and I can't afford to miss any. I would be dead without message filtering. Stuff goes to the appropriate folder pretty much automatically for most important mail, and my inbox is never more than 30.<BR/><BR/>And I take an hour every 10 days or two weeks to go through my biggest folders and clean house.Steven Horwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00470758334242360804noreply@blogger.com