I was watching Inbox Zero the other day and it reminded me of so many things. When Merlin Mann talks about having his first e-mail address in 1993 - I laughed because when I went to college in 1995 I had only heard about e-mail I could not imagine why I would need it and I kept putting off doing the paperwork to get my school account. My father however, had email and he kept bugging me to get it, this bugging culminated in him sending me a letter in the mail that simply said "get a life, get email! Daddy". So I finally caved in and signed up for my e-mail address (accessed by two DOS prompt computers at the far end of my dorm hall). My father was so proud. Two years later I went off to Australia for six months armed with 14 email addresses that I used, as Mr. Mann stated, as a "international network of hugs". Today I can barely grasp what my life would be like without the Internet. How the times have changed. I also really liked what he said about having a system for dealing with emails b/c it is so easy to be overwhelmed by work email that you end up missing the important stuff mixed in with the dross. All I can say is I <3 u Merlin Mann, I really do.
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