Comments on: WorkTamer Conference in Vancouver January 2010 http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/worktamer-conference-in-vancouver-january-2010/ Your technology pain-relief experts. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brent Ozar http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/worktamer-conference-in-vancouver-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-14923 Brent Ozar Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:43:23 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=5719#comment-14923 Well, you can always declare Email Bankruptcy: http://valleywag.gawker.com/254608/declaring-e+mail-bankruptcy One of my former managers did that, and the hilarious part was that nobody noticed. Nobody ever asked him for anything out of his old emails. Well, you can always declare Email Bankruptcy:

http://valleywag.gawker.com/254608/declaring-e+mail-bankruptcy

One of my former managers did that, and the hilarious part was that nobody noticed. Nobody ever asked him for anything out of his old emails.

]]> By: David Stein http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/worktamer-conference-in-vancouver-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-14922 David Stein Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:38:57 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=5719#comment-14922 Inbox Zero suddenly sounds like a much more daunting task. Wow. I may just cut loose an old account rather than try to sort it all out. Inbox Zero suddenly sounds like a much more daunting task. Wow. I may just cut loose an old account rather than try to sort it all out.

]]> By: Chuck Boyce http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/worktamer-conference-in-vancouver-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-14838 Chuck Boyce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:11:44 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=5719#comment-14838 ...and the TimBits! …and the TimBits!

]]> By: Brent Ozar http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/11/worktamer-conference-in-vancouver-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-14833 Brent Ozar Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:46:53 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=5719#comment-14833 David - it means nothing in the inbox. If you need to save emails for reference purposes, you file those into folders. Tasks, however, are never tracked using emails. If you get an email telling you to do something, you create a task for it in your task management system and then file or delete the email. Personally, I delete mine. I used to save everything to cover my rear, but it's tougher these days with corporate email deletion policies. Every now and then I use the search in Gmail though - that's really handy to find deleted emails with phone numbers or addresses. David – it means nothing in the inbox. If you need to save emails for reference purposes, you file those into folders. Tasks, however, are never tracked using emails. If you get an email telling you to do something, you create a task for it in your task management system and then file or delete the email. Personally, I delete mine. I used to save everything to cover my rear, but it’s tougher these days with corporate email deletion policies. Every now and then I use the search in Gmail though – that’s really handy to find deleted emails with phone numbers or addresses.

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