Communications Overload

I returned to the office this week after spending most of last week in Colorado for a conference and, much to my dismay, found myself essentially underwater on the communications front.  Despite the fact that I brought my trusty “crackberry” and also diligently dealt with my voicemail (thanks to SimulScribe), I returned to the office to 317 unanswered emails in my inbox, 89 emails in my Outlook Junk mail folder, 37 emails in my outsourced spam filter, and 18 voicemails.  The issue isn’t just these number per se; it’s the fact that these numbers will simply be added to their corresponding lists of emails/vmails to respond to and be dealt with chronologically, for the most part.  So you sent me an email or left me a vmail, please be patient — I will eventually get back to you.