About a happy man –Donald Knuth’s approach to email
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About a happy man –Donald Knuth’s approach to email
I have been a happy man ever since January 1, 1990, when I no longer had an email address. I'd used email since about 1975, and it seems to me that 15 years of email is plenty for one lifetime.
Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. What I do take... See more
Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. What I do take... See more
Donald E. Knuth • Email (let's drop the hyphen)
`I don't even have an e-mail address. I have reached an age where my main purpose is not to receive messages.' --- Umberto Eco, quoted in the New Yorker
Don Knuth • Email (let's drop the hyphen)
El gran científico de la computación Donald Knuth abandonó el correo electrónico en 1990 diciendo que, si bien es “maravilloso para aquellas personas cuya función en la vida es estar en la cima de las cosas... mi función en la vida es estar en la base de las cosas”, realizar investigación fundamental que requiere “largas horas de estudio y concentr
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I don't even have an e-mail address. I have reached an age where my main purpose is not to receive messages.
—Umberto Eco
Email is good for maintaining a direct relationship between readers and writers, but it kinda sucks as a place to read. When I’m checking my inbox I’m in a mode where I want to bat away everything as quickly as possible in order to get to inbox zero. I’m psychologically in a state where everything feels like a chore. Putting great writing there fro... See more