If I Don't Get Back To You, It's Not Personal : Kinky Solutions : A Student's Perspective by Ben Nadel

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Posted September 7, 2007 at 8:44 AM

Hey all, I just wanted to let you know that if I don't respond to one of your emails or Contact Ben forms, it's not personal; I try my best to get back to everyone (and I really do want to help), but I don't have the best Inbox management skills or the most amount of time, and things just get lost in the mix. Of course, when work gets hectic, forget about it! Here is a screen shot of my current Inbox:

Yikes! All of those white emails or starred emails are ones that I have not yet read or have marked as Unread so that I don't forget about them. Clearly, I need to just sit down and go through all of that stuff. Anyway, moral of the story is, if like 4 or 5 days go by and you don't get a response from me, just email me again - chances are your original email got lost in the mix and sorry to say, I tend to go top to bottom in my inbox.

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Reader Comments

Your inbox looks fuzzy. Maybe crisper monitor settings would make it easier to read (and respond) to emails?

;)

Posted by Sam Farmer on Sep 7, 2007 at 9:28 AM

I forgot what I wrote to you exactly...
I asked if you had ever tried to make a CFC of the eBay API!
Hopefully, you'll tackle this for us slackers. :)

Posted by Jonny on Sep 7, 2007 at 9:55 AM

Well, Ben got back to me in a timely manner, so neener neener.

Posted by Justin on Sep 7, 2007 at 10:11 AM

I concur with Mr. Farmer, a new monitor would help. ;)

Posted by Todd Rafferty on Sep 7, 2007 at 10:35 AM

Ha ha, it is blurred to protect the names and identity of the innocent :)

Posted by Ben Nadel on Sep 7, 2007 at 11:24 AM

There are innocents that lurk around here? o_O ;)

Posted by Todd Rafferty on Sep 7, 2007 at 11:26 AM

They're innocent before Mistress Svetlana gets her hands on them... but, I've said to much already!

Posted by Ben Nadel on Sep 7, 2007 at 11:34 AM

Quit making excuses and learn to process your email. :)

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Posted by Patrick McElhaney on Sep 12, 2007 at 2:36 PM

@Patrick,

This looks like a really good resource. Thanks. I really do need to come up with a good inbox strategy. Thanks.

Posted by Ben Nadel on Sep 13, 2007 at 7:32 AM

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