Comments on: Reading email or Understanding email? http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/2010/06/reading-email-or-understanding-email/ Insight, debate and solutions for restoring productivity and work/life balance in this age of Infoglut Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:16:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nathan Zeldes http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/2010/06/reading-email-or-understanding-email/comment-page-1/#comment-2617 Nathan Zeldes Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:42:49 +0000 http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/?p=287#comment-2617 Yes, five.sentenc.es is a really neat idea, though not widely used. As to the effect on learning, it may be the same as the effect on thinking creatively - with an interruption every 3 minutes (as shown in the research of Prof. Gloria Mark) no one can get much thinking or learning done... Yes, five.sentenc.es is a really neat idea, though not widely used. As to the effect on learning, it may be the same as the effect on thinking creatively – with an interruption every 3 minutes (as shown in the research of Prof. Gloria Mark) no one can get much thinking or learning done…

]]> By: Shamel Addas http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/2010/06/reading-email-or-understanding-email/comment-page-1/#comment-2615 Shamel Addas Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:02:05 +0000 http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/?p=287#comment-2615 I agree, and I wonder what effects this has on learning. It seems to me that information overload (and particularly email overload) has led us to sacrifice depth of learning for breadth of information. We attend to many more information and action requests, but we are unable to reflect focus on any one action for longer periods. So is it a case of learning less and less of more and more? I agree, and I wonder what effects this has on learning. It seems to me that information overload (and particularly email overload) has led us to sacrifice depth of learning for breadth of information. We attend to many more information and action requests, but we are unable to reflect focus on any one action for longer periods. So is it a case of learning less and less of more and more?

]]> By: Graham http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/2010/06/reading-email-or-understanding-email/comment-page-1/#comment-2614 Graham Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:09:24 +0000 http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/?p=287#comment-2614 great post! we run in-house workshops on email etiquette as well as getting your inbox to zero. brevity is hugely underrated! shorter emails not only save time, but force better thinking and then reduce processing time for the person receiving the email too. check out www.five.sentenc.es for more info on this, and www.thinkproductive.co.uk for more info about our workshops. great post! we run in-house workshops on email etiquette as well as getting your inbox to zero. brevity is hugely underrated! shorter emails not only save time, but force better thinking and then reduce processing time for the person receiving the email too. check out http://www.five.sentenc.es for more info on this, and http://www.thinkproductive.co.uk for more info about our workshops.

]]> By: commutiny http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/2010/06/reading-email-or-understanding-email/comment-page-1/#comment-2611 commutiny Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:50:05 +0000 http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/?p=287#comment-2611 Good post - have you seen Five Sentences? Someone i know has a link in their email sig (probably to remind them to keep to it!) http://five.sentenc.es/ Good post – have you seen Five Sentences? Someone i know has a link in their email sig (probably to remind them to keep to it!)

http://five.sentenc.es/

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