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The general distractions of the web/news/life. One thing I recently realized is the secondary effect of gmail being open in a browser tab. I like to be aware
by codq 6y ago
The general distractions of the web/news/life.
One thing I recently realized is the secondary effect of gmail being open in a browser tab.
I like to be aware of my email in real-time so I can respond to pressing situations, therefore I keep gmail open in my browser's first tab. However, the secondary effect is that my browser is always open, and the distractions of the internet are just one new tab away.
I recently started using TwoBird as my gmail client, which now keeps my email and my web browser separated. Yes, everyone who's been using a stand-alone email application has known this for years, but it's new to me.
I'm happy that I can now live/work/breathe without having a web browser open at all times.
- ipnon 6y agoTry checking email 2 times a day, when you begin work and when you end work. If the message requires an urgent response, the sender won't wait on an email anyway.
- itake 6y ago+1. At my job, any high priority alerts are communicated via phone calls or Slack messages. Emails secondary, but it is annoying if someone sends you a last min event invite that you miss :-/
- andriosr 6y agoI also check e-mail once a day. I keep Apple Calendar open and hope any invites appear on it. It happened once or twice not to, as it has a couple minutes delay from receiving the invite in the e-mail.
- Klinky 6y agoYou can appify sites using Chrome's create shortcut feature. This has always allowed me to run GMail in its own window.
- GregarianChild 6y agoI split my email addresses into 5 (private, university teaching, research, commercial work, side business), and use different computers (though fewer than 5) for different jobs. In part that was forced by my commercial employer's trade secrets etc. I find the friction to rapid swiching that this division of communication channels and tools introduces quite helpful for focus.