So many times, it happens to me that emails or “human requests” comes into my office while working on something. I call them “Injections”.
And of course, this new request has not to be missed or forget!
My solution to this “daily routine” is to create a task in Asana for the new request and then manage the priority when I finish the current task.
If it is an email I just copy the body text and give the title equals to the email subject.
You can actually go much faster by forwarding the email to the email address of the Asana project you are targeting (or x@mail.asana.com to get the task in My Tasks)
Trick unknown…
Or just install the Gmail Add-On [https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/asana_for_gmail/923474483785]
The same extension also exists for outlook - if necessary
Or if you work in a Microsoft Outlook enviroment use our powerful Add-in www.sendana.net. Between our application and the G-mail application, the old method of sending to x@mail.asana.com is very very limited and time consuming.
Thumb up for the Gmail add-on. Enables input of more detail like exact assignee and a due date, and also allows adding to any project via Search (whereas the email direct method requires that you set up an email address per project and have a way to retrieve it when you’re composing email).
Sendana, www.sendana.net does all of the features and more for Outlook desktop users.