Shrinking inboxes? Less clutter?

Inbox Control

Read an intriguing post from Mashable about a guy who is trying to change how we use email. Interestingly enough, he is trying to do it by using social media instead.

For all of you who are tired of your overflowing inboxes, could social media actually be the answer instead of part of the problem?  I'm very, very curious, and thus, have subscribed to Luis Suarez's blog, Thinking Outside the Inbox. I haven't gotten much of a chance to read his theories, but Tip #3 in the Mashable post got me thinking:

"So the next week, sort out the Q&A. The way to deal with that is to set up a blog offering the answers. The blog will be indexed by Google, and your answers will be available to everyone out there. This means you are no longer part of the bottle neck, and you are helping people to feed themselves with the information that they need."

I have to wonder: would people within my organization bother to seek out my blog? Our website (on which we've toyed with creating an FAQ page but have never made it) is a mess that no one ever goes to see. It has some incredibly useful information - that no one ever uses. If I could regularly blog (with some screencasts!) how to do some things on the online calendar, I might be able to eliminate a few questions from my inbox.

Clutter Control
The inbox issue is just one part of an ongoing struggle to control clutter in all of its forms, from junk mail, to bills, to knickknacks, to my daughters toys in every room and the free t-shirts I get and never wear.  So I've also subscribed to Unclutterer.com. We'll see if it helps me accomplish my goals or will just be more information I don't use.