Links: Library Ladders, Loosening Email’s Grip

• The Library Ladder – When You Can’t Reach the Top Shelf – NYTimes.com
  There’s so much to love about The Putnam Ladder Company! Great story, with an accompanying slide show that is fab.
  (tags: nyc history realestate business)
• Preoccupations – I Freed Myself From E-Mail’s Grip – NYTimes.com
  I just communicated in different and more productive ways. Instead of responding individually to messages that arrived in my in-box, I started to use more social networking tools, like instant messaging, blogs and wikis, among many others.
  (tags: email productivity communication)