Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently • Hacker News Board

Re: Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently

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Post by nrs26 » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 4:14 AM UTC

This is fantastic. I have used the same system for the last 4 years and it is the single most useful productivity "hack" in my life. The only change I use is that my reference emails usually go into Evernote.

Kudos for such a useful and comprehensive post!

Re: Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently

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Post by brandon272 » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 4:22 AM UTC

How do you get the todo list on the right side of the screen?

Re: Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently

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Post by brandon272 » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 4:27 AM UTC

brandon272 wrote: post #12

How do you get the todo list on the right side of the screen?

Figured it out: enabled multiple inboxes in Labs.

Re: Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently

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Post by andreasklinger » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 4:27 AM UTC

brandon272 wrote: post #12

How do you get the todo list on the right side of the screen?

Settings > Multiple Inboxes > in the bottom

I added an additional note to the explanations. hope it helps

Re: Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently

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Post by andreasklinger » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 4:28 AM UTC

nrs26 wrote: post #11

This is fantastic. I have used the same system for the last 4 years and it is the single most useful productivity "hack" in my life. The only change I use is that my reference emails usually go into Evernote. Kudos for such a useful and comprehensive post!

Nice! I like the evernote idea.

What are reference email?

Re: Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 4:41 AM UTC

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Re: Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently

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Post by elango » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 4:42 AM UTC

Thanks, always wanted my email to be a todo list

Re: Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently

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Post by AlwaysBCoding » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 4:53 AM UTC

This is really great. Thanks for posting. Another necessary gmail tool is "Boomerang" http://www.boomeranggmail.com/ which allows you to control what time certain emails will go out. Great for 2am coding sessions where you want to send an email that will end up in someone's inbox at 8:30am but you know that you won't be awake to send it.

Re: Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently

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Post by ernestipark » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 5:29 AM UTC

This is actually almost exactly my email flow. Multiple inboxes with filters so email gets assigned and put in its place quickly. Instead of stars I use labels though. Anything in my inbox I need to handle right away or mark as todo. Very efficient and keeps the inbox at less than 10 emails most of the time.

Combined with Gmail shortcuts, you can handle emails very quickly in Gmail. These features combined are the main reason why I never give more than a cursory glance at all these slick new email apps since this workflow is so quick and easy for me.

Re: Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently

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Post by sjs1234 » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 5:33 AM UTC

I use the mailbox iPhone app. The killer feature for me is that I can snooze an email. It's close to ideal for me. This ability to show multiple inboxes on the desktop might be an interesting tool to add visibility to something on another list.