Own your email dammit

So i’m launching this new service.

I’m calling it — Inbox Zero in an Hour (TM).

Here’s roughly how it works.

1. Spend the first 55 minutes explaining why your email system (or lack thereof) is terrible.
2. Spend the last 5 minutes archiving all your email.

2a. If you happen to not be on gmail, then this time is spent setting up forwarding and getting you a gmail account.

Let me know if you’re interested in being on the ground floor as a lead customer and helping me iterate on this concept.

Ok… well not quite. But kinda. I actually DO want to help my friends and people i love slay their email.

Managing email is a competency. No one should ever feel bad if their email is out of control, its horrendously imperfect. Email is a system that has undergone only a handful of revolutions in the past 20 years as far as i can tell. One thanks to gmail and its archive / search everything abilities. The second thanks to Mailbox (RIP thanks for nothing Dropbox) and its snoozing. I’m sure there are future revolutions to come… i for one would like to see one that essentially forced you to treat email like mail. You know, the kind you check ONCE a day (or less), pitch all the spam in the recycle bin, file a couple bills or important notes, and then dig in to that great new toy that arrived (ie a youtube video one of your best buds sent you).

Anyways, its probably gonna be around for a while still, so why not get good at it?

There are just too many victims of the churn, poor management, increased cognitive load, and it drives me crazy seeing a 30,535 badge on someone’s Mail icon. So maybe i’m really just doing this for me afterall. But how will i know if you don’t let me iterate on this concept!

That is all.