Thanks for all the comments.

I think that the real issue is how to create a world in which we help the people getting our email understand us better -- including if and when we need an answer.

Email is currently sorted by time, and this is not representing correctly when people should stop their work and attend to it -- shortwhale is trying to solve this.

I also don't think that shortwhale is just for busy people, since distractions are bad for all of us.

Now, I getting back to work

Dan