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Very insightful post, I definitely agree with you: the Inbox should be a pile of stuff (I kind of use it this way: things I quick input into it are not actions or projects, just things which need to be refactored before being first class citizens).

What I'm missing is something I've seen in some Midnight Inbox screencast: a way to process the inbox items one by one, choosing to create projects for them or actions, due dates, and so on. I'm often distracted by the number of things in my inbox, and I have trouble concentrating on the first one only (I can't help but scan if there are other easy things on the visible list).