How Bill Gates Gets Work Done

Interesting article here from Fortune Magazine called "How I Work: Bill Gates."

The essence?

• Go paperless
• Use email as the first communication medium
• Use email filtering to drop down the number of incoming emails to an acceptable level
• Email as the central universe of workflow
• No to-do list. Use email, folders and online calendar
• Use email notification icon, but have the discipline of ignoring it
• Use desktop search for files, other than navigating through folders.
• Use whiteboard to brainstorm