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0Boxer Makes Gmail a Game

by Terrence O'Brien on September 23, 2010 at 07:20 AM

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Everything is a game these days. Foursquare hands you rewards for eating out, Xbox Live turns playing games into a game, and Epic Win turned to-do lists into experiential point-earning quests. 0Boxer extends the same idea, in a somewhat more basic form, to your e-mail inbox. Using it is simple; sign up at 0Boxer.com, install the add-on, then start using Gmail as usual. You'll then be awarded points for replying and archiving e-mails, and maintaining that allusive holy grail known as "inbox zero." A bar at the top of your inbox will track your points and badges, and you can visit your 0Boxer profile to see a full range of stats and to see how you stack up against others on the leader board.

0Boxer is only available for Chrome and Safari at the moment, but a Firefox extension is in the works.

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