> Personally, I care about responding promptly to certain things, like instant messages or emails, but I don't appreciate unwelcome distractions.
Sure, if I’m being paid to respond right away then I will. The “instant” in “instant message” describes the delivery time, not the required response time. Email, IM are things I all treat asynchronous communications. Anything urgent should be a phone call, ideally. If there’s a particular email address I consider important I’ll make a separate inbox for it.
Otherwise, I find sort of fun to see how big the number can get.
On my work email I just mark everything as read at the end of the day so the number starts over each day.
Sure, if I’m being paid to respond right away then I will. The “instant” in “instant message” describes the delivery time, not the required response time. Email, IM are things I all treat asynchronous communications. Anything urgent should be a phone call, ideally. If there’s a particular email address I consider important I’ll make a separate inbox for it.
Otherwise, I find sort of fun to see how big the number can get.
On my work email I just mark everything as read at the end of the day so the number starts over each day.