Organizing Your Digital Self, Episode 1: Inbox Zero & Creating Filters in Google Drive

Welcome to Organizing Your Digital Self Summer Series. Throughout the summer we will be posting tips for organizing your digital life to this CTLE blog. In this ongoing summer series, we will share some of our strategies for coping with information overload and the new digital era. Only this first episode will be sent out to the whole campus, so sign-up to continue to get these tips and receive the posts as emails – fill it out in Google Form.

In this first episode, I discuss an oldie but goodie: Inbox Zero. Many of you are probably familiar with this concept, but it always helps to get a reminder. So take a look as I explain the Inbox Zero concept and show you how to use filters in Gmail to eliminate some of the clutter in our inboxes. I’ve also included a few links for those of you who might need additional information.

• Book: “21 Days to Inbox Zero.”
• Inbox Zero Video
• Inbox Zero Tumblr Blog: Amusing posts about our struggle with organization and the digital era.
• Inbox Zero is BS – Hey, not everyone agrees with this concept.