The Personal Productivity Wiki

Email

Getting Things Done (GTD) by David Allen

• "It's possible for a person to have an overwhelming number of things to do and still function productively with a clear head and a positive sense of relaxed control."
• Advanced Common Sense

David Allen Company Podcast (iTunes Link)

Close email program or reduce the number of times it automatically retrieves email to once an hour.

Process Email: The 4 Ds

• Delete
• Do
• Delegate
• Defer

Inbox Zero - Information from 43Folders.com

Use descriptive email subjects so they are easily identifiable

• "Hi" vs. "Friday Attire"
• "Question" vs. "Projector Fixed?"
• "Re: This Week's Tech Newsletter" vs "Scheduling Next Week's Podcast"
• "Fwd: Re: Fwd: Paper Shortage" vs. "Fwd: Paper Shortage" 

Clearly indenify any attachments in your email

• "Attached are two Word documents and a PDF."

Set Up Rules for Bacn

• Outlook
• GroupWise
• Apple Mail

Things you don't have time to process now you can right click and "Mark as Unread"