I struggle with the usability of being notified via e-mail.  I have been to many companies where people have an excessive amount of e-mails being delivered daily.  I often ask these people how they manage to do anything else but read and answer their e-mails.  The routine answers I get back are either a smile of false importance or (for those who are brutally honest) that they simply read perhaps 5% of the e-mails coming in. Read the rest of this entry »