> How I Work: Bill Gates > FORTUNE Magazine > Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect, > Microsoft, U.S.A. > April 7, 2006: 5:17 PM EDT

> At Microsoft, e-mail is the medium of choice, more than > phone calls, documents, blogs, bulletin boards, or even > meetings (voicemails and faxes are actually integrated into > our e-mail in-boxes).

I wish my workplace was like this. Leaving me voice mail is a good way to get ignored.

> I’m not big on to-do lists. Instead, I use e-mail and > desktop folders and my online calendar.

Same here, though I’m actually looking to integrate e-mail and calendar with a to-do list instead of vice-versa.

> using SharePoint, a tool that creates websites for > collaboration on specific projects. These sites contain > plans, schedules, discussion boards, and other information

AKA Wiki, right? Again, something I wish my workplace would do.

> Another digital tool that has had a big effect on my > productivity is desktop search. It has transformed the way > I access information on my PC, on servers, and on the > Internet.

Damn right. I saved all my e-mail for later searching even before I had Google Desktop Search.

> If the entire week is very busy, it’s the weekend when I’ll > send the long, thoughtful pieces of e-mail.

I wish I was Bill Gates. Then people would actually read my long, thoughtful e-mails, instead of asking me stupid questions the next week.