Let the phone check email

Today’s productivity helper is to let the phone check email. I use Gmail for all accounts, so I have to stop what I’m doing to check email. This doesn’t sound like a big deal but it’s the tangeant factor that gets me. New email or not, chances are I’m going to stop thinking about work, and that’s a roadblock.

Now I just use the iPhone’s push capability to check Gmail each hour. I realize there are plenty of desktop email solutions, but that would take resources from my machine. This setup makes use of my data plan, as well as let me know exactly when email waiting for me.

Plus I really dig hearing the phone beep and vibrate every so often. In fact I love getting that notification at any time, not just during business hours. Just one more thing I can stop thinking about.

I just wonder how long until the iBurnout sets in.