I’ve already ranted at length on why I think Inbox Zero is a giant waste of life. But, how would I make things better? That's easy! If I were queen for a day, these would be my rules for email: 1. Never reply saying, “sorry it’s taken me so long to reply.” Unless it’s been a year, or two … [Read more...]
Inbox Zero is a senseless waste of life. My way is far better
In a modern Hades, inbox zero would be a replace trying to fill a bottomless well with a sieve as a pointless task designed to drive you crackers. What a waste of human endeavour. The internet is awash with advice on how we can go through life with an inbox as immaculate as Gwyneth Paltrow's … [Read more...]
50 Shades of Grey – The five worst tech sins Anastasia and Christian commit
If you have recently suffered the trauma of reading all the books in the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy back-to-back, you may need -- as I did -- to work off some of the self-loathing with a cathartic read of the 50 Shades of Suck blog from start to finish (I cried more than Ana after a session in the … [Read more...]
Web addresses and emails are stealing my life
The news that URLs and emails will soon no longer be governed by the laws of western keyboards is exciting indeed. But who knows what kinds of meltdown it's going to cause in the brains of the country's normals. Normals, for those of you who haven't subscribed to "Katie's modern dictionary of … [Read more...]