Just when you thought that humans had enough reasons for anxiety what with terrorism and SARS, Jeremy goes and finds mention of yet another one: email. Yes. I refuse to even quote from it. No I don’t…
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A survey by Yahoo! Mail showed that people can become obsessed with “inbox expectations” — constantly checking their e-mail inbox to see if a message has been answered. Sixty-four percent of respondents in that survey reported problems concentrating at work if they were waiting for a reply to a specific e-mail, reinforcing the impression that e-mail is contributing to workplace “cyber-slacking.”
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Krikey! I’m all tense and uptight waiting for that next ubiquitous interest rate or penis enlargement spam.
April 21, 2003
• Posted in: Technology
