Comments on: thinking about e-mail and colonic irrigation

By: Badgergravling

Badgergravling — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:33:13 +0000

I’ve been doing exactly that, and also converting everything to online storage, so I don’t need my own laptop to be able to work.

All my bookmarks are now on Del.icio.us, all my feeds are on feedeachother, and other files are google docs and remote mail.

It’s forced me to delete a lot of stuff that wasn’t really useful, look at stuff I’d previously filed for future reference, and generally just have a clear up…

By: Tim Walker

Tim Walker — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:53:44 +0000

The power of losing this kind of data — intentionally or accidentally — is that it helps you to focus on what’s REALLY important. If what you’re looking at is easily replicable, it’s probably NOT essential to your success.

Personal and commercial success is really built around what’s uniquely YOU. The un-copyable parts that live in your head, in your corporate systems, in your devoted customer base, etc.

By: JP

JP — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:30:41 +0000

For things like this, surely OCD is a bit like a PacMan game, you just have to wait till the right things are flashing…..

By: FND

FND — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:11:32 +0000

Oh, if only I had the guts to do that.
Unfortunately, OCD is wielding its veto…

By: Ian Delaney

Ian Delaney — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:57:48 +0000

Most of those people who work outside a corporation have experienced this some time in the last five years.

Your PC goes down and you realise – ‘ah, no backup’. Damn – my work life has disappeared! But you’re right, it makes not a blind bit of difference in the medium term. And a fresh start is *refreshing*. Like jumping into a frozen lake. Re-aligns your perspective.