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The Dark Truth of Email Tips
Jason B. Jones

Once again, xkcd has gotten pretty directly at the truth of those of us with email struggles:

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xkcd comic

Merlin Mann has always suggested that people focused on the wrong parts of his somewhere-between-legendary-and-notorious "Inbox Zero" talk–that it was always about the psychology of email triage as much as tips and tricks for getting through email faster.

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