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Each week, I contribute dozens of articles on Gen Y and productivity to a variety of Web properties. Here are some of my favorite posts from this week. [Read more...]
Unroll.me Consolidates Mailing Lists for Inbox Zen
By 03/1/12
Unroll.me is a startup with a mission to declutter your inbox by consolidating mailing lists or newsletters you like into one daily digest, called a Rollup, and making it simple for you to unsubscribe from mailing lists you’d rather not be on. [Read more...]
Email Efficiency is Relationship-Sensitive [STUDY]
By 01/2/12
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A new study out of Northwestern University indicates that our email efficiency is relationship-sensitive — specifically, we reply sooner to emails from close friends than strangers. [Read more...]
Volkswagen Germany Axes After-Hours Email Access
By 12/23/11
Volkswagen Germany's email policies hope to protect work-life balance. (CC) D. Vincent Alongi/Flickr
Volkswagen is fighting the good fight in work-life balance by stopping its BlackBerry servers from delivering email to employees after regular work hours. [Read more...]
Email Spam Costs Businesses $20.5 Billion a Year [INFOGRAPHIC]
By 11/30/11
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Email spam costs businesses $20.5 billion a year — that’s about $1,934 per employee — in decreased productivity, according to this VisibleGains infographic. [Read more...]
5 Ways to Boost Email Efficiency
By 11/2/11
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Companies that ignore the need for email efficiency are setting themselves up for a colossal waste of resources. [Read more...]
