I like Allen's idea of only spending two minutes per email. It makes getting through the quick emails more organized, and makes you feel like there's not so much on your plate when you go back to respond to the filed, longer emails. I also like the idea of a "Waiting On" and "Read This" folder.
The "Inbox Zero" concept by Merlin Mann could be immensely useful even for graduate students working on a research project. Having a list of emails from group members with different articles to go through is something that should be sorted through at least once a day.
The data-driven journalism section is an interesting one, because I feel either news organizations are masters at having databases, or they are terrible at it. Going to a certain news website to find a database can be a maze sometimes. Public records databases are the most useful I've come across as a journalist so far.
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