Can you really manage time? I think all we can do is manage how we interact with it. 

Have you ever decided to sit down to answer an email, and then all of a sudden, you're reading a friend's Facebook update, which leads you to a recent post on Facebook which leads you to a YouTube video which leads you to...I don't even know where the whole morning went.

You need... a Timer! I don't mind if you use this online kind, or this low-tech kind or even this rather elegant kind... when you sit down to answer emails, set it for 15 or 30 minutes and when it goes off, get up and get back to your studio!

In future installments, we'll look at email settings and filters, apps, tools and strategies to help keep that inbox uncluttered.

I'm moving GeekTips over to my Artist Geek site starting Feb 3, 2012