overload

Using Gmail’s new “Priority Inbox” to overcome email overload

Michael Rose | Editor's Blog,Technology

74 unread emails! Since last night? Are you kidding! We all know what email overload feels like, especially if we’ve been away on holiday or if our American cousins don’t realise that Bank Holidays are sacred. It’s hard enough working out what work has priority but even worse when client email are hidden within an inbox cluttered with newsletters, calendar reminders and “special offers”.

If you use Gmail you might be interested to know that Google are working on the problem.

Gmail is great at filtering out spam but today the Google gmail team announced that they will use similar technology to automatically sort your emails by importance.

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23+ ways to overcome insomnia

Michael Rose | Lifestyle & Time out

Us freelancers are prone to work overload! I have phases when my mind is like the inside of a very full washing machine on at full tilt. Or I have a worry that won’t go away and I fret at it like a dog with a bone. Result? Insomnia! That maelstrom of tossing and turning, [...]

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