Comments on: Monday Master Class: How to Use a Monotypic Inbox to Kick the Compulsive E-mail Checking Habit http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/ Decoding Patterns of Success Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:27:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Colin Beveridge http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-26569 Colin Beveridge Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:43:57 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-26569 Ooyah! I bookmarked this to read <em>years</em> ago and never got around to it. It would have saved me months. Dr Newport, you are a genius of the highest order. I'm looking forward to a less interrupted life now. Ooyah! I bookmarked this to read years ago and never got around to it. It would have saved me months. Dr Newport, you are a genius of the highest order. I’m looking forward to a less interrupted life now.

]]> By: Hack Experiments « Thoughts of a Caffeine Junkie http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-25398 Hack Experiments « Thoughts of a Caffeine Junkie Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:58:13 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-25398 [...] shall be given where credit is due and I need to thank Cal Newport for this [...]

[...] shall be given where credit is due and I need to thank Cal Newport for this [...]

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]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Is Allowing Your Child to Study While on Facebook Morally Equivalent to Drinking While Pregnant? http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-14465 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Is Allowing Your Child to Study While on Facebook Morally Equivalent to Drinking While Pregnant? Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:35:23 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-14465 [...] subsisting on a small number of feeds, mainly the blogs of friends. Long ago, I configured Gmail to automatically mark every message as read when it arrives in my inbox, frustrating my attempts to perform distracting quick scans for new messages during the [...]

[...] subsisting on a small number of feeds, mainly the blogs of friends. Long ago, I configured Gmail to automatically mark every message as read when it arrives in my inbox, frustrating my attempts to perform distracting quick scans for new messages during the [...]

]]> By: Advanced email tactic! « Duke of Earle http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-13039 Advanced email tactic! « Duke of Earle Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:24:46 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-13039 [...] 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments As an Inbox Zero fan, I am thrilled to have stumbled across the Monotypic Inbox, an email processing tactic from Study [...]

[...] 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments As an Inbox Zero fan, I am thrilled to have stumbled across the Monotypic Inbox, an email processing tactic from Study [...]

]]> By: Sue http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-9586 Sue Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:24:33 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-9586 oh my goodness, if only i had found this post years before... TY! new fan of your site and also ordered the red book! oh my goodness, if only i had found this post years before… TY! new fan of your site and also ordered the red book!

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » A Conversation with Ben Casnocha http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-6908 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » A Conversation with Ben Casnocha Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:12:45 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-6908 [...] a day. The big thing I’ve done with my e-mail was move from a single inbox to multiple “mono-typic pigeon [...]

[...] a day. The big thing I’ve done with my e-mail was move from a single inbox to multiple “mono-typic pigeon [...]

]]> By: john updike http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-6503 john updike Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:51:53 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-6503 thanks, that works perfectly thanks, that works perfectly

]]> By: Study Hacks http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-6499 Study Hacks Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:46:55 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-6499 <blockquote>hey, i tried to put -*- as a wildcard...</blockquote> Just use a single asterik as the wildcard...don't include the dashes. To test if you're doing it correctly, click "Test Search," which should return every message...

hey, i tried to put -*- as a wildcard…

Just use a single asterik as the wildcard…don’t include the dashes. To test if you’re doing it correctly, click “Test Search,” which should return every message…

]]> By: john updike http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-6498 john updike Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:11:59 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-master-class-how-to-use-a-monotypic-inbox-to-kick-the-compulsive-e-mail-checking-habit/#comment-6498 hey, i tried to put -*- as a wildcare in the "from" field but messages that arrive in my inbox are still marked as unread. do you have any idea what i might be doing wrong? hey, i tried to put -*- as a wildcare in the “from” field but messages that arrive in my inbox are still marked as unread. do you have any idea what i might be doing wrong?

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