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Imagine all the things us project managers could do with the time we spend in our email inboxes every day.
Why so much email? Why do we spend so much time dealing with email?
My guest this week, David Sparks, literally wrote the book on email. We will talk about his book, try to figure out why email is ruling the lives of many of us, and some strategies on managing email, email etiquette, and much more.
I was a bit star struck during the interview! I’ve been listening to David and the podcast he co-hosts with Katie Floyd, Mac Power Users, for years now. I’m a big fan of his work and his style.
To listen to my conversation with David Sparks, press the play button on top of this post.
David Sparks
David Sparks is a trial attorney in Orange County, California, where heʼs been eating other lawyersʼ lunch for years using Apple Technologies. David is also the editor of MacSparky.com and the co-host of the popular “Mac Power Users” podcast (macpowerusers.com).
David speaks and writes often about Apple technology. David is a past speaker at Macworld / iWorld and a regular faculty member for the American Bar Association’s TechShow. David also lectured to the Federal Judicial College. David published two books for Wiley Press, “Mac at Work” and “iPad at Work”. David also publishes the MacSparky Field Guides including the best selling iBooks Author books Email, Markdown, 60 Mac Tips, and Paperless, awarded a Best of 2012 award from Apple.
SaneBox
David and I dedicated a big chunk of the episode talking about SaneBox, a great application to help you manage email.
After my chat with him and finishing his book, I decided to take it for a spin – and it turns out I really like it.
SaneBox does a number of clever things to sort your messages before you see them, so the most important messages show up first, and less important messages get put away so you can deal with them later.
Besides this, SaneBox does many other things to help you manage email. Check it out by clicking here.
Stitcher Radio
Stitcher is a great app for finding new podcasts to listen to. PM for the Masses has been part of the Stitcher catalog from the beginning, but I was always hesitant to recommend the service.
The reason why I hesitated was that Stitcher recompresses the audio file for the podcasts in its catalog, and the result is very poor audio quality.
Following a tip from another podcaster, I requested Stitcher to NOT recompress PM for the Masses – and they agreed!
So I’d like to recommend this resource for you who listen to lots of podcasts. Stitcher has apps for all platforms and makes it really easy to find shows and subscribe. Check it out by clicking here.