It's off topic, but I think it's funny that he equates email with immediacy. We choose to treat it as such, but some of us don't. One of the few habits I kept f

It's off topic, but I think it's funny that he equates email with immediacy. We choose to treat it as such, but some of us don't. One of the few habits I kept from GTD was disabling email alerts, and my life is significantly less stressful at work because of it. It took a little bit for my coworkers to grok, but they prefer I get stuff done, and respect the fact that I can't if I'm continually interrupted. I parse my at regular intervals during the day, but only when I'm completed with a period of focus. I may not take long hours of "studying and uninterruptible concentration," but being a developer does require periods of focus that email can disrupt. On topic - I haven't called it "e-mail" since the 90s, and usually just call it 'mail.'