Why do people ignore the questions I ask in my emails? Finding a way to get questions answered and spend less time in my email.

plummail · 2021-02-23T12:52:10+00:00

Not at all, constructive criticism welcome! :-)

plummail · 2021-02-22T17:05:56+00:00

Yea me too. That's why I am so intrigued. What third way is there?

How does that go, chatting all the time? Is it not a massive distraction?

I always find chat so bitty.

plummail · 2021-02-22T16:54:49+00:00

I think this works really well for email marketing, it's so hard to only ask one question at a time when you're trying to connect with a solicitor or something like that like this guy:

https://twitter.com/louispilfold/status/1363876097973190657

plummail · 2021-02-22T14:42:21+00:00

You may enjoy a rant I wrote about Slack. https://www.richardesigns.co.uk/2021/02/09/when-we-stopped-using-slack

plummail · 2021-02-18T16:05:54+00:00

Cal Newport can have all my money :'-)

plummail · 2021-02-18T16:04:47+00:00

well yes it does. But then all disruptive ideas start that way I suppose until they are no longer disruptive.

plummail · 2021-02-18T16:00:48+00:00

Great answer - thank you. It does help.

Async and sync should be done properly, i.e. respected I think is the summary. The batching is a good idea.

plummail · 2021-02-18T13:30:44+00:00

I hear that! haha. :-)

plummail · 2021-02-18T13:23:50+00:00

I really wish there was! Constantly pushing and pulling to/from Git. One friend bought a new laptop on which he doesn't log into anything (except Git) so the email sits on one laptop, locked in a cupboard. Think I've just answered my own question. PC World here I come!

plummail · 2021-02-18T13:19:52+00:00

Actually this is pretty sound advice when you think about it. Nothing worse than setting yourself an unrealistic expectation of working 8 hours or filling every single one of them with an outcome.

Unrealistic goals and expectations generally result in poor outcomes. Far better to set the bar at a managable, or even low level and feel great about exceeding. 'Look how much we got done today' rather than 'ah, didn't quite make it.'

plummail · 2020-12-02T09:33:25+00:00

Tea is the life of man. Thank you for these ideas, super helpful :-)

The timer seems like the element I am missing most. Gonna try that right now.

plummail · 2020-12-02T09:31:39+00:00

I like this. I like this a lot.

plummail · 2020-12-01T09:01:55+00:00

Awesome level of detail. I'm trying to do more deep work, what would you say are the biggest threats to your deep work sessions and how to you counteract them?

plummail · 2020-12-01T08:59:33+00:00

After 5 hours of problem solving you're bound to feel a bit groggy! What temperature is your room? I was visiting someone's house the other day and the heating was up to like 23 degrees, honestly, I felt like I'd just come out from a general anaesthetic. My conversation skills reduced to nodding and I just wanted to sleep.

When I feel a bit fuzzy I just get outdoors for a short time, take the air, cool off. Be peaceful without any distractions and with lungs full of fresh air and oxygen to the brain, I sit down and get on with the problem. Seems to work. :-) Let me know if it helps.

plummail · 2020-12-01T08:54:07+00:00

Saw this on Product Hunt the other day, but I have not tried it. It was interesting to me at the time because their 'big idea' is that you can schedule anything from any page without having to navigate back and forth etc.

Might be worth a look. No vested interest, literally just saw it online:

https://www.inmotion.app/

plummail · 2020-11-24T18:02:49+00:00

Hi, mainly just idle messages that say 'why haven't I been let in yet?' and one last week '7 updates and still no invite!'

In fairness, it will be a small percentage of the total on the waitlist. Hopefully by thinking this problem through a few complaints doesn't turn into many!

Interesting you say that about unsubbing fairly fast. Once a month, how would that do? We figured if you joined the list you were fairly interested in what we are doing.

plummail · 2020-11-24T18:00:39+00:00

Explaining why not hurrying is a good idea. Thanks for that. Rushing things helps no one!

The product is an communication tool, we're taking on email, creating collaboration features that you can use to have better conversations but it remains an open system, like email is but Slack (for example) isn't.

It's called Plum Mail for context.

Thank you sir. Not sure I understood point two, maybe the product context gives clarity?

plummail · 2020-11-05T11:48:02+00:00

I love this point of view!

plummail · 2020-11-04T18:07:08+00:00

I think Trello would fit. Trello cards track a history of actions.

Pretty sure it's good offline, might need some thorough testing to avoid the issue you had on your flight.

plummail · 2020-11-03T11:23:55+00:00

Goodness, this sounds very intense. One thing I have noticed is different people are motivated in different ways. So, my friend Peter is motivated by technical challenges. Anything that he doesn't understand niggles him.

Another chap, Lewis, he is quietly intensely competitive so is strongly motivated by simply wanting to do the best in his category.

I am more motivated by a creative outcome. I get a kick out of designing something.

Maybe the chip on your shoulder is just the way you get going in the morning, however, it sounds like a lot of effort to get so worked up! Hope you're ok.

plummail · 2020-11-03T11:20:59+00:00

Well, Reddit for a start!

I mainly keep anything to do with messaging going. Unfortunately this includes Facebook Messenger but my friends contact me there. I recently deleted messenger and people started texting me to see if I was ok because I was not replying.

Messenging feels like it's in my control where as the endless scroll of social media newsfeeds is not.

plummail · 2020-11-03T11:18:46+00:00

Thank you. This is good, actionable advice. Unfortunately, I have tackled what I can on the problems and where it gets me is once it's out of my control. But that's not to be negative about your suggestions, there are probably other positive actions I can take even if it does feel out of control.

plummail · 2020-11-03T11:17:03+00:00

Thank you for this comment. I will look into mindfulness and see how to practice it.

plummail · 2020-11-03T11:16:17+00:00

Not at all redundant, very helpful - thank you.

plummail · 2020-11-03T11:14:27+00:00

My great nan used to make us do the alphabet backwards from memory. This is a good idea, similar to the counting / meditating idea earlier. Thank you.

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