The E-Mail Age http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91617078&ft=1&f=91617078 E-mail. It was supposed to make communication easier, maybe even make life more manageable. The benefits are obvious — speed, global reach, mobility. But many people feel burdened rather than liberated. NPR looks at the e-mail assault and how to fight back. en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:00:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif The E-Mail Age http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91617078&ft=1&f=91617078 Connected Kids Talk to Many at Once Beyond e-mail, there are ever more ways to connect and communicate: text messages, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, IM and, for the old fashioned, phone calls. Help! How many connections can one person manage? Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91769862&ft=1&f=91617078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91769862&ft=1&f=91617078 Beyond e-mail, there are ever more ways to connect and communicate: text messages, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, IM and, for the old fashioned, phone calls. Help! How many connections can one person manage?

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]]> An E-Mail Vacation: Taking Fridays Off Can you go a day at the office without e-mail? Employees at U.S. Cellular try to do that every Friday. A policy implemented a few years ago gives workers a respite from the e-mail avalanche. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91724075&ft=1&f=91617078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91724075&ft=1&f=91617078 Can you go a day at the office without e-mail? Employees at U.S. Cellular try to do that every Friday. A policy implemented a few years ago gives workers a respite from the e-mail avalanche.

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]]> Does E-Mail Curb Productivity? Should employers re-examine the role of e-mail? One trend of thought is that overflowing e-mail can actually decrease workplace productivity. <em>New York Times</em> editor David Shipley, co-author of a book on e-mail, offers his insights. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91724078&ft=1&f=91617078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91724078&ft=1&f=91617078 Should employers re-examine the role of e-mail? One trend of thought is that overflowing e-mail can actually decrease workplace productivity. New York Times editor David Shipley, co-author of a book on e-mail, offers his insights.

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]]> E-Mail: To Encrypt or Not to Encrypt? Some people take extra precautions to protect their e-mail correspondence. Encryption software helps ensure that "for your eyes only" e-mail is seen only by the intended recipient. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:01:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91666556&ft=1&f=91617078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91666556&ft=1&f=91617078 Some people take extra precautions to protect their e-mail correspondence. Encryption software helps ensure that "for your eyes only" e-mail is seen only by the intended recipient.

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]]> E-Mail at Work: Tips to Keep You Out of Trouble Ever wonder whether your boss can see what you write in e-mails from work? Companies large and small are monitoring employee e-mail, looking for everything from proprietary data leaks to cyberslacking. Here are some suggestions on how to e-mail without worry. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:39:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91604666&ft=1&f=91617078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91604666&ft=1&f=91617078 Ever wonder whether your boss can see what you write in e-mails from work? Companies large and small are monitoring employee e-mail, looking for everything from proprietary data leaks to cyberslacking. Here are some suggestions on how to e-mail without worry.

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]]> E-Mail, the Workplace and the Electronic Paper Trail E-mail and other electronic communications have dramatically changed the contemporary legal landscape. Some estimate that more than 90 percent of a lawsuit's cost can come from sorting through e-mails and other electronic documents. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:09:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91363363&ft=1&f=91617078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91363363&ft=1&f=91617078 E-mail and other electronic communications have dramatically changed the contemporary legal landscape. Some estimate that more than 90 percent of a lawsuit's cost can come from sorting through e-mails and other electronic documents.

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]]> E-Mail Sins, Horror Stories and Strategies Host Steve Inskeep talks to Will Schwalbe, co-author of <em>Send: The Essential Guide to E-mail for Office and Home</em>, about e-mail overload. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91544386&ft=1&f=91617078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91544386&ft=1&f=91617078 Host Steve Inskeep talks to Will Schwalbe, co-author of Send: The Essential Guide to E-mail for Office and Home, about e-mail overload.

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]]> Make It Stop! Crushed by Too Many E-Mails Daily e-mail volume is now at 210 billion a day worldwide and increasing. The burden of managing all that e-mail has prompted a backlash. From declaring "e-mail bankruptcy" to e-mail-free days, many Americans are tuning out and turning off. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:52:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91366853&ft=1&f=91617078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91366853&ft=1&f=91617078 Daily e-mail volume is now at 210 billion a day worldwide and increasing. The burden of managing all that e-mail has prompted a backlash. From declaring "e-mail bankruptcy" to e-mail-free days, many Americans are tuning out and turning off.

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]]> Help! Family Spam Is Crushing My Inbox! Many of us are close to someone who sends lots of mass e-mail. Think e-mail forwards with PowerPoint presentations, jokes, chain mail and political propaganda. Canning family-generated spam can be tough: It's hard to confront an offender you also love. Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:08:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91402876&ft=1&f=91617078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91402876&ft=1&f=91617078 Many of us are close to someone who sends lots of mass e-mail. Think e-mail forwards with PowerPoint presentations, jokes, chain mail and political propaganda. Canning family-generated spam can be tough: It's hard to confront an offender you also love.

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]]> E-Mail Wedding Invites and Other Netiquette Nos Are electronic wedding invitations OK? May I forward a friend's personal e-mail without her permission? How big is too big when it comes to sending photos? Here, answers to the most modern communication problems. Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:11:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91485248&ft=1&f=91617078 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91485248&ft=1&f=91617078 Are electronic wedding invitations OK? May I forward a friend's personal e-mail without her permission? How big is too big when it comes to sending photos? Here, answers to the most modern communication problems.

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