Decide which messaging app to use for what
Assigns each messaging app you use one clear job so messages stop scattering, with a short note to tell people which channel to use.
Task:
Give each messaging app I use one clear job, so I know where each kind of message belongs.
Context:
I use [list of messaging apps] on my Mac and phone. People I talk to are [groups, such as family, clients and friends]. The problem is [problem, such as missing messages or checking five apps].
Rules:
- One kind of conversation gets one app, and no app gets more than two jobs.
- Count how many apps I can drop to, and name the cost of dropping each in one line.
- Say what to do with notifications per app: on, muted or off, with the reason.
- Where a choice depends on what the other people use, mark it as "depends on them" instead of deciding for them.
Result:
A table with the columns app, job, notifications and what to do with old chats. Then a message of at most 40 words that I can send to my contacts to announce the change.