Thursday, July 19, 2012

» 'On the Virtue of Brevity in Email'

spiegelman:

Our use of the Internet not only reconfigures the wiring of our brains, as a new study shows almost every week now. It’s also changing our moral code, specifically as that code is reflected in etiquette, and more specifically the etiquette of personal communication. There are now rules of email….

I found this interesting since email is my primary communication method at work. I’m really curious—and excited quite frankly—to see when the next innovation will replace email.  (Too bad Google Wave didn’t even make a dent.)

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  1. leonkehoe reblogged this from spiegelman and added:
    People inferring a tone that isn’t there is a real problem.
  2. irespectyourtime reblogged this from spiegelman and added:
    inspired this site:
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  4. joemansour reblogged this from spiegelman and added:
    Why I always follow...communication: Keep...Simple (and...
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  6. gcfergus reblogged this from spiegelman and added:
    Interesting read. Written many...with added pleasantries to ensure that
  7. notabadbiscuit reblogged this from spiegelman
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  9. johnnyxhuynh reblogged this from spiegelman and added:
    I found this interesting since email is my primary communication method at work. I’m really curious—and excited quite...
  10. taqumi reblogged this from spiegelman
  11. halfpastfool reblogged this from spiegelman and added:
    In short: no. By essentially imposing a commoditization on...tone we use with
  12. mollydbuckley reblogged this from thisistheverge and added:
    For some reason, this quote hit a sweet spot for me. With only a few internships under my belt, I always have difficulty...
  13. geoffintransit reblogged this from thisistheverge and added:
    niceties still exist in communication, they’ve simply evolved to reflect our valuation of each other’s time and interest...
  14. omfgtech reblogged this from spiegelman and added:
    OR: It’ll turn us all into demanding, impatient bastards with little-to-no awareness
  15. rudramakesmovie reblogged this from spiegelman and added:
    email is like sending...f*&k along people. It’s business not
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