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This is spot on for the types of email that are actionable notifications and is absolutely an unmet need that a company like Superhuman c...

This is spot on for the types of email that are actionable notifications and is absolutely an unmet need that a company like Superhuman could fix if they choose to integrate with third party platforms. The unfortunate part is that there are many emails that fall into the non-actionable notification category. For example: - "your item has shipped" - "here is your receipt" - "this server is at 80% CPU utilization" These types of notifications still require leaving your email and loading an outside system to get the full view. I am beginning to think that email as central log of activity, communication, and actions needs to treated uniquely for each category. I think Superhuman + your idea covers 2/3 but the remaining category requires something new. I think supporting plugins/apps that can read and summarize these types of emails like how Google does emails regarding flights we could alleviate a lot of the overwhelming nature of triaging an ever-growing inbox.

Posted by matlin on Jan 17, 2020, 6:31 PM

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This is spot on for the types of email that are actionable notifications and is absolutely an unmet need that a company like Superhuman c...

matlinJan 17, 2020, 6:31 PM

This is spot on for the types of email that are actionable notifications and is absolutely an unmet need that a company like Superhuman could fix if they choose to integrate with third party platforms. The unfortunate part is that there are many emails that fall into the non-actionable notification category. For example: - "your item has shipped" - "here is your receipt" - "this server is at 80% CPU utilization" These types of notifications still require leaving your email and loading an outside system to get the full view. I am beginning to think that email as central log of activity, communication, and actions needs to treated uniquely for each category. I think Superhuman + your idea covers 2/3 but the remaining category requires something new. I think supporting plugins/apps that can read and summarize these types of emails like how Google does emails regarding flights we could alleviate a lot of the overwhelming nature of triaging an ever-growing inbox.

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