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We need a notion of digital squalor. If bits were atoms, almost the entire digital world would be a massive, fetid slum, with all of us sitting around in our own filth. Normal disgust responses don't quite work on this. We are a lot more forgiving of digital squalor than physical
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And it used to be just objects/stocks. Like overflowing inboxes (trash cans), desktops littered with icons, etc. Now it's extending to flows. Filthy streams full of loose ends, floating garbage etc. etc.
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This is not a UX problem really. It's a sensitivity problem. Instead of providing kinda dumb AI-based clean-up algorithms and helpers, computers and browsers should emit a poopy smell if you let things get too dank
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We have to sensitize ourselves to sheer cost of this stuff. Biology evolved the disgust/nausea physical response, including throwing up at truly awful smells, for defensive purposes. We need to have an equally visceral response for digital squalor (and I'm not being metaphoric)
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Inbox zero seems like such a quaint notion now. These days it's hard to get to because so many threads are just so... messy and incoherent. You can't easily identify next actions and react properly. The computational complexity of implementing GTD has exploded.
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I’ve level-set to “Inboxes 100” now. Means I’m mostly on top of things across various facets of life. 😛 Dropbox is the only product that makes me feel confident in ability to manage current workflows.
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