weed out

メール対応の時間を効率的にする方法が紹介されております。気になった表現は箇条書きにされている”weed out”という単語です。『Wisdom英和辞典（第三版）』（三省堂）で調べると「（有害な，無用なものを）取り除く」という意味がありました。”weed”は名詞で「雑草」という意味ですので，雑草を引っこ抜く（無駄なものを取り除く）というニュアンスになると考えました。記事の内容は本当かはわかりませんが平均的な人は1日30%もの時間をメール処理に費やすそうです。(Ume)

Email Just Got A Whole Lot Better
Did you know an average person spends nearly 30% of their time reading and responding to email?
There’s no way around it, I’m a heavy email user and I wouldn’t be half surprised if I spend nearly 45% of my time processing email. I’ve accepted that email is a huge part of my life and a vital form of communication.

What I cannot accept is the insane amount of unimportant, useless email I receive. Get a spam filter you say? It’s not spam, it’s email I’d like to see eventually, but it shouldn’t be interrupting my day and distracting me.

On a quest to find a solution, I quickly accumulated a notepad full of failed attempts, including Gmail Tabs.

I knew I would need a solution that did several things:

Prioritize my email based on importance
Work seamlessly with my existing workflow
Weed out unimportant email without removing it entirely
Was compatible with my phone and tablet