How should you manage your email?

Email apps, inbox habits, how often and how fully to reply.

Axis: answer everything fast … add friction and reply to less

Answers by date: 2 records in 2 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. shift and revise mean the advice changed; tension — speakers disagree.

date	who	answer	source
2021-03-28	Ali	shift: Ali checks his email in Superhuman across all his devices: he has used it since June 2019, finds it a bit expensive, essentially paying to check Gmail, but really likes it and has found no reason to switch.	My Favourite iPhone Apps 00:13:57
2021-03-04	Ali	Ali likes gmail.com over a dedicated email app because of its friction: it takes a few seconds to load, so he replies to fewer emails; some people may be annoyed at his slow replies, but he gets a lot more done.	My Favourite Mac Apps - What's on my Macbook Pro 00:02:31