{"id":231,"date":"2005-01-12T19:33:21","date_gmt":"2005-01-13T02:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boulter.com\/blog\/2005\/01\/12\/turning-off-email\/"},"modified":"2005-01-12T21:38:53","modified_gmt":"2005-01-13T04:38:53","slug":"turning-off-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/boulter.com\/blog\/2005\/01\/12\/turning-off-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning off email"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a self-admitted emailaholic<\/a>. But something strange has happened recently. I turned off my email. <\/p>\n

Thunderbird<\/a> doesn’t seem to like it when I switch from the wired network to the wireless network, so I end up having to quit and restart it. The thing is that sometimes I forget to start it back up again. This has turned out to be a boon for my productivity. <\/p>\n

I just can’t help going to see what’s new in my email if I see Thunderbird down there in my taskbar or the mail icon in my tray. I just have to see what’s new. I literally get thousands of emails per day, many of them from mailing lists and automated alerts, so I can easily be constantly alerted to new mail. But if Thunderbird isn’t running and I’m not getting any notifications, I forget. The result is that I get long periods of actual work done – amazing!<\/p>\n

What’s also nice is that when I do check it, I can power through a bunch of mail, shut if off again and go back to my work, interruption-free. <\/p>\n

It’s a brave new world. Maybe I’ll kill messenger next. Then I’ll move to a cave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m a self-admitted emailaholic. But something strange has happened recently. I turned off my email. Thunderbird doesn’t seem to like it when I switch from the wired network to the wireless network, so I end up having to quit and restart it. The thing is that sometimes I forget to start it back up again. …<\/p>\n

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