Let E-mail Serve You Redesigning E-mail to Give Users a Feeling of Control and Emotional Satisfaction d. compress 2013 |Kamakshi, Luke, and Roxana 

FitForYou An app that categorizes e-mail by type/functionality (scheduling, consumption, requiring lengthy reply, etc.) and presents it in a way that is suitable for that type. 1 2 3 4 1. Email that is meant just for consumption is presented in a Flipboard-type manner. 2. When tapped, the "for-consumption" email can be read. 3. For emails requiring replies, the barrier is decreased by allowing reply from inbox directly 4. Scheduling is made easier through connection with calendar 

The secret box of happy/good what: a place to store, cherish, and rediscover the happy things that come through your inbox potential triggers: heart rate sensors, integration w/ wearable tech glows when you're stressed, opens when prompted 

FruitKabobs: a game for finishing email tasks and visualizing your accomplishments each email is automatically assigned a fruit (based on task difficulty, emotional valence, etc.) When you process an email it gets tossed onto the kabob Or you can send it to the next- time or later baskets When a kabob is full you can incinerate it! It then gets added to the history of all previously accomplished tasks (the done list) "plop!" "squish!" "whoosh!"