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Dealing with the Inbox

Email is a gift and a curse as we all know by now.

Our inbox can control us if we aren’t careful.

But when we try to control our inbox we get punished later. I’ve tried different schemes like only check email at certain times a day which doesn’t work. Or I’ve tried staying aggressively on email but is an uphill climb at best.

Twitter is becoming my favorite way to deal with time sensitive messages. Direct and @reply messaging works great for me. But a lot of folks still dont’ use Twitter (yet). 

I’ve tried adding rules & filters to my mail client but those don’t carry over to my iphone or blackberry. SMS on the blacbkerry is a broken experience because they are just thrown in with email.  

On weekends i try to check email only twice a day. But many times I break this rule.

One thing that would help is if people used the subject line better. I’m trying to do that.

Other ideas or suggestions? 

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Hi, I'm Bijan and this is my personal blog. I live just outside of Boston. I grew up in NY and lived for nearly 10 years in the Bay area. I travel a ton.

I have 3 great kids and a wonderful wife, Lauren. And I am a partner at Spark Capital. Thanks for visiting!

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