Awesome book, great gift, read it and get back on track

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	• Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload Mark Hurst Good Experience Press, 2007 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 94 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Changed the way I work

This book was on my must-read list for many many months and I'm very happy I finally got around to it. I was also someone that kept thousands of emails in my inbox - and was overwhelmed. I'm now down to zero for the second week in a row - and it's great! This approach, combined with the to do list tool (gootodo.com), has helped me be more productive, responsive, and effective in managing all communications. I've read tons of "productivity" books and this is hands-down the most useful and actionable and has made the biggest positive impact on how I work.

Stop complaining about the Information Deluge. Buy

Mark Hurst [Disclaimer: I think he's a genius] is the best writer I know of who is dealing with the problems PC users, meaning everyone, face every day. "Bit Literacy" contains advice that I use many times a day. While it is a bit of a Jeremiad, he can't be blamed since most people complain bitterly about email, especially spam, and to-do lists and don't ever do anything about it. Mark Hurst shows that the solution lies in prioritization and habit, more than in reliance on technology. Your daily stress level will approach the vanishing point if you merely follow his advice concerning the order in which you should process your email. His goal is nothing less than freeing all of us from tedious nonsense so that we can concentrate on productive, fulfilling work.

I also highly recommend his newsletter [...]written from the perspective of a highly experienced "every-user". Here's a sample:

"Amazon.com, which I generally like, recently lost the ninety-or-so customer reviews of my book 'Bit Literacy.'... As the vast majority of the reviews were very positive, their departure has certainly affected sales."

Mark Hurst does not point out the absurdities and inconsistencies of technologies and companies to appear clever or ahead of the curve. His point is always that "This could happen to you too." He is a true populist and is therefore the ideal guide to point out the ways to make our online existence more satisfying and less vexing.

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Awesome book, great gift, read it and get back on track

I love this book! I have given half a dozen or so as gifts to friends and clients. While there are good practices taught in all chapters of the book the e-mail chapter is the one that has made a revolutionary impact on my life. And today was a good example of the practices preached put to work.

Following Mark's advice, each message received and sent is filed as a text file in the correspondence folder in the project folder. E-mail is, after all, correspondence. And when I need to do some decision trail reconstruction, as I did today, I could use my trusty BBEdit text editor to search the text files and find exactly what I needed. It was all in the one place where it should be: in the project folder, and not in an e-mail program.

The media diet chapter has also been very helpful. I've eliminated A LOT of stuff because I don't really need it. Why clog my life with so many bits.

Other chapter subjects, such as to dos, are still a work in progress. But having read this book I feel as though I'm armed with knowledge to take a fresh look at all my digital practices and I'm better for it.

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Some interesting points

Some interesting and helpful pointers on managing your information and your time. Too much time spent on explaining shareware that most of us in the corporate networked world cannot access.

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Bit Literacy is essential reading for anyone who has experienced "digital overload": the daily flood of e-mail, multiple todo lists, a cluttered desktop, documents in various file formats, and the constant distraction of cell phones and other devices. More than a quick fix or another "how-to" guide, this book offers an entirely new way of attaining productivity that users at any level of expertise can put into action right away. This is "bit literacy," a method for working more productively in the digital age, with less stress. Mark Hurst - who has reached hundreds of thousands of readers through his Good Experience e-mail newsletter, Uncle Mark technology guides, thisisbroken.com, and other websites - has revealed the way to survive, and thrive, in the digital age: "Let the bits go."

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