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Re: Show HN: Plain Email – An app for one-touch email processing

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Post by michaelfavia »

shostack wrote: post #111
krrrh wrote: post #65

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In GTD parlance defer doesn't require a calendar appointment, it just means 'don't do right now'. Basically if a task takes more than 2 minutes to do but you intend to do it at some point, then it should not interrupt processing, but should be moved from an inbox to a 'trusted system' for organizing and tracking tasks. Snoozing works ok, but strict GTD tries to build a discipline of not having items re-appear in the…

Any suggestions for a Gmail user on how to best integrate "Snooze-like" functionality into my workflow?

Google offers Inbox which has built in snooze. I used it for 6 months or so and liked it. Lack of ICS support eventually soured me on the interface.

Re: Show HN: Plain Email – An app for one-touch email processing

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Post by robotresearcher »

orky56 wrote: post #106
robotresearcher wrote: post #67

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Defer only means to put off until later. There's no delegate meaning. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/defer

2nd definition further down has this: verb (used without object), deferred, deferring. 1. to yield respectfully in judgment or opinion (usually followed by to): We all defer to him in these matters.

OK I agree that's closer to delegate, while not the same. You couldn't substitute 'delegate' into that sentence, for example.

Re: Show HN: Plain Email – An app for one-touch email processing

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Post by seivan »

tomc1985 wrote: post #80
eric001 wrote: post #20

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Off topic, but who started this "Made with <3" thing?

I'm beginning to categorically distrust these "Made with Love" people. Obsessive, made-with-love types seem to be these hard-charging, work-at-all-hours nerds that need to get out more

Unnecessarily harsh. Some people love coding more. :)

Re: Show HN: Plain Email – An app for one-touch email processing

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Post by mikegioia »

vinceguidry wrote: post #76

I treat emails as open loops. I currently have four in my inbox representing three open loops. I consider "inbox zero" to be a counter-productive strategy focused on the wrong things. I still do GTD-style triage, but I'm more willing to let stuff sit in queues. Inevitably I get sick of looking at it and do something about it, moving it into a backlog or working out a way to just do it right now. But my life isn't one…

I completely agree with this. I manage my inbox the same way and stare at lists thinking that as well. Are you using any different email client right now?

Re: Show HN: Plain Email – An app for one-touch email processing

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Post by ignoramous »

abcampbell wrote: post #85
ignoramous wrote: post #74

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---- Empirically, the way to do really big things seems to be to start with deceptively small things. Want to dominate microcomputer software? Start by writing a Basic interpreter for a machine with a few thousand users. Want to make the universal web site? Start by building a site for Harvard undergrads to stalk one another. ... I think the way to use these big ideas is not to try to identify a precise point in the…

Do you think no one has fixed email because the problem is too hard, or because there is a lack of creative/ambitious founders?

Sorry, but I personally do not know the answer. I'd like to refer you to dmbaggett of Crash Bandi Coot and ITA Software fame who's currently working on fixing email:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10732512

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Post by terminalcommand »

overcast wrote: post #53
Toenex wrote: post #50

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I'll admit I spent a couple of minutes trying to establish a link between paired programming and the 'less than 3' before my teenage daughter helped dad out.

Awesome, "Made with <2" works for me.

Made with STDERR I got this one!

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Post by tomc1985 »

seivan wrote: post #123
tomc1985 wrote: post #80

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I'm beginning to categorically distrust these "Made with Love" people. Obsessive, made-with-love types seem to be these hard-charging, work-at-all-hours nerds that need to get out more

Unnecessarily harsh. Some people love coding more. :)

Which is great, until it results a implicit-but-really-mandatory 10+ hour workday for everyone (namely, we post-obsessive geeks)

Re: Show HN: Plain Email – An app for one-touch email processing

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Post by taneq »

abcampbell wrote: post #85
ignoramous wrote: post #74

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---- Empirically, the way to do really big things seems to be to start with deceptively small things. Want to dominate microcomputer software? Start by writing a Basic interpreter for a machine with a few thousand users. Want to make the universal web site? Start by building a site for Harvard undergrads to stalk one another. ... I think the way to use these big ideas is not to try to identify a precise point in the…

Do you think no one has fixed email because the problem is too hard, or because there is a lack of creative/ambitious founders?

No-one's "fixed" email because of the network effect. You think trying to break into the social networking space is bad? Consider that everyone who does use social networking has an email address, along with almost everyone who doesn't.
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