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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ for every e-mail in each inbox, after reading it:
   for example, your mother asks if you'll be visiting next weekend, and you've
   already made plans with your partner to go on holiday, so you can reply
   at once saying sorry, not this weekend
-* move it to a "need replying" folder, if the mail requires a reply, but
+* move it to a "needs replying" folder, if the mail requires a reply, but
   you don't have time to do that right now
 * forward it to someone else, perhaps with a cover letter, if it's their job,
   not yours, to deal with it; for example, it might be a question only your
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ for every e-mail in each inbox, after reading it:
 * move it to an archival folder, if you think you might need it later on
 
 (Compare the above list with "do, defer, delegate, delete, or file" from
-the [[quickie-overview]] chapter.)
+the [[Quickie overview|quickie-overview]] chapter.)
 
-When you have time, you look into the "need replying" folder, and reply
+When you have time, you look into the "needs replying" folder, and reply
 to one or more mails in there. After you've replied, you delete or archive
 the original mail.
 
 With this change, you have a better handle on your e-mail. You know that
 anything in the inbox is unknown and needs to be processed, and anything
-in the "need replying" folder needs some action, and that anything you
+in the "needs replying" folder needs some action, and that anything you
 might need later is in the archival folder. No other mails require any
 action, and any mails that do require action are easy to find.
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ to worry whether you've replied to everything that needs replying. A further
 benefit, also of great benefit, is that you're likely to reply to mail
 much faster than before.
 
-Inputs
+Other kinds of inputs
 ------
 
 The same processing principles work for all kinds of input, not just
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ action immediately, do it later, delegate it to someone else, or
 whether the item just needs to be filed.
 
 Hackers tend to mostly deal with digital inputs, but there's always
-some physical ones as well. If nothing else, TPS reports and their
+some physical ones as well. If nothing else, TPS reports and voicemails
+about their
 cover sheets. If you have more than a couple of inboxes, you may
 need to keep a checklist of them. For physical inboxes, it is often
 easiest to have as few as possible, but experiment with what works
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ notes you write on the phone, photos and videos you take, etc, are all
 inbox fodder.
 
 Some inboxes you should empty frequently, several times a day. Some
-can be done more rarely. For example, Lars usually processes his
+can be done more rarely. For example, I usually process my
 physical inbox once or twice a week, since any items that go into
 it tend not to be urgent.
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ tools later.
 Inboxes a la Lars
 -----------------
 
-Here are the inboxes Lars uses:
+Here are the inboxes I use:
 
 * physical inbox: letters and other mail, notes written on paper, etc
 * wallet: receipts, other bits and pieces that gets collected during the day
@@ -100,18 +101,20 @@ Here are the inboxes Lars uses:
 * phone text messages
 * phone call log
 * phone notebook: I use a note taking application on my smartphone as
-  a replacement for a notebook, when I can
-* e-mail: this can be several inboxes (personal vs work, for example)
+  a replacement for a notebook, when I can, because my handwriting font
+  is abysmally hard to read
+* e-mail: this two inboxes (personal vs work); I don't split mailing list
+  into separate folders anymore
 * feeds: blogs, news sites, etc
-* identi.ca: microblogging (some people prefer Twitter)
 * home directory for each computer I regularly use: tends to collect
-  random downloaded files, notes, etc; some people use the desktop as well
+  random downloaded files, notes, etc
 * web browser bookmarks: I move any bookmarks I want to keep to
-  a link page on my home pages, the actual bookmarks are just a quick
+  a link page on my website, the actual bookmarks are just a quick
   way to save something for later
 * all of my bug trackers: I develop software, each project has a bug
-  tracker, and those need to be reviewed (but this is a special case,
-  which should perhaps be discussed in more detail)
+  tracker, and those need to be reviewed; unfortunately, it is not always
+  possible to treat the bug tracker as a proper inbox as separate from an
+  archive
 * inbox.mdwn: a plain text file (actually using markdown syntax),
   an all-purpose digital inbox for ideas, notes, URLs, phone numbers, etc
 * all my ikiwiki instance's comment moderation queues