True cost of email: We only get 1h 12min/day of uninterrupted productive time

Re:True cost of email: We only get 1h 12min/day of uninterru... by bg4 on Thursday May 10, 2018 @11:56AM (#17040033)

If it's not my phone beeping, new slack notifications, it's outlook popping up with meeting reminders, it's the application focus being ripped away from me by something else, it's time to update some random software on my computer, phone is ringing, someone is at my desk, and LinkedIn letting me know someone I haven't talked to in 15 years got a new job. Also, email.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:True cost of email: We only get 1h 12min/day of uninterru... by overcast on Thursday May 10, 2018 @12:05PM (#17040129)

That's why disable / delete / close all that crap. Notifications are the death of productivity, and life.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:True cost of email: We only get 1h 12min/day of uninterru... by svnsets on Thursday May 10, 2018 @04:31PM (#17042688)

There are simple solutions for all of these things.

1) keep work email and personal email segregated by only using your work email for work related services. Also, don't prioritize personal email over doing actual work.

2) turn on do not disturb if you're heads down if you can't bring yourself to ignore notifications

3) let coworkers know when you're heads down so they don't call or stop by your desk so that they know why you aren't answering.

4) if possible, try to push back on meeting times that conflict with focus times

5) turn on automatic software updates or defer them

[ Parent | on HN ]