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Manage your email... or just wait for the world to change
TED host Chris Anderson has posted Help Create an Email Charter!. And Seth Godin reposted his Email checklist. Both make good suggestions, like "choose clear subject lines," and "save as draft" if you're writing while angry. Helpful, well-intentioned lists.
Now, with that said. Just in case the people who send you email don't abide by all those suggestions, you'll still have the same problems: too much incoming email, often irrelevant or poorly written, CC'ing too many people, distracting and slowing you down unnecessarily. (And the problem will continue to get worse.)
Your options at that point:
1. Continue to wait for the entire world to learn how to email you more effectively.
or
2. Learn how to manage your own email, no matter what the world sends you.
Whenever you're ready to try option 2, read my own post: Once again, how to manage your email. It takes less than 60 seconds and could change your life.
(And read Bit Literacy. Free in the iBookstore.)
You're a voice of reason in a sea of information overload. Thanks, Mark. Also, fun for Friday... here's an irreverent, fun look at how our communication styles are splintering (warning: foul language): http://youtu.be/oMIFBnYmMuU