This is a continuation of my previous previous blog posting, where I explained the two first steps in my new "information diet".

Before I start, I have to say that the effect of the previous steps are more positive than I imagined. Dispite the fact that I only check mail two times a day now, there's been no incidents, where a quicker mail response would have been needed. This only proves my assumption that the necessity of being always-on always-available mail is actually quite artificial and really doesn't give us anything but a more fragmented work day.

Step 3 - Making my private inbox more light
I use gmail as my preferred e-mail application. From now on, everything that comes into my mailbox is directed directly to the Archive - except when the mail is from very very important persons. That way, the e-mail works for me, and the Gmail notifier notifies me only when these people write to me. This is a bit contrary to my business mail where I have no notification, but I choose to have it like this for now - mostly because I don't get that many mails from these people.

Step 4 - No news (at all)
I haven't seen or read any news for close to a week now. Not in the TV, not on the web. Nothing! Nada! The idea of this experiment basically to shut down all news input just to find out if too much time is spent on reading news with no real relevance. (Is this post relevant for you to read?) I'll continue the experiement for a whole week. After the initial week, I'll decide what news channels I'll pick up again.

Have you done something like this "information diet"? Leave me a comment and tell me about it!

Cheers!