Comments on: Time for email to go? http://www.leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/ innovative communication for innovative communicators Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: dean http://www.leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1997 dean Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:30:27 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/#comment-1997 Lee, I am trying to contact you, but I live in Madrid, so not only would calling you cost a small fortune, the line quality would be awful. Do you have any IM details I can contact you at? Dean Lee,

I am trying to contact you, but I live in Madrid, so not only would calling you cost a small fortune, the line quality would be awful.

Do you have any IM details I can contact you at?

Dean

]]> By: Better Communication Results http://www.leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1998 Better Communication Results Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:55:04 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/#comment-1998 [...] an earlier rant I proclaimed my desire to free myself from the clutches of my spammed-out inboxes, warning [...] [...] an earlier rant I proclaimed my desire to free myself from the clutches of my spammed-out inboxes, warning [...]

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1999 Lee Hopkins Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:50:29 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/#comment-1999 Ike - why not just post about it yourself and I'll link to it? I really am serious about shutting down my email, to which an in-progress post will shortly attest... Of course, if you prefer not to post it on your site, I'm happy to post it on mine, with full attribution. You can still email Lee@LeeHopkins.net for a while yet... Ike – why not just post about it yourself and I’ll link to it? I really am serious about shutting down my email, to which an in-progress post will shortly attest…

Of course, if you prefer not to post it on your site, I’m happy to post it on mine, with full attribution. You can still email Lee@LeeHopkins.net for a while yet…

]]> By: Ike http://www.leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2000 Ike Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:55:29 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/#comment-2000 Lee - I'll be happy to write some stuff down, but it's really not a one-size-fits-all solution. I spent an hour on the phone with Heidi because I needed to know more about how she wanted to use e-mail: what machine(s), what synchronization, what frequency, need for accounts, automated backup, filtering, and the like. It's not easy. Shoot me an e-mail at the address I listed, as I don't have Skype. E-mail is still cheaper than calling halfway around the world! Lee – I’ll be happy to write some stuff down, but it’s really not a one-size-fits-all solution.

I spent an hour on the phone with Heidi because I needed to know more about how she wanted to use e-mail: what machine(s), what synchronization, what frequency, need for accounts, automated backup, filtering, and the like.

It’s not easy.

Shoot me an e-mail at the address I listed, as I don’t have Skype. E-mail is still cheaper than calling halfway around the world!

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2002 Lee Hopkins Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:00:16 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/#comment-2002 Heidi: time for you to share Ike's tips, then, or for Ike to post about it! Heidi: time for you to share Ike’s tips, then, or for Ike to post about it!

]]> By: Heidi Miller http://www.leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2001 Heidi Miller Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:40:51 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/#comment-2001 Lee, this is very timely! I just spent an hour on Skype yesterday with Ike Pigott, who gave me tips on how to deal with piles and piles of email, very little of which is from actual customers. I think I'll spend the weekend implementing, but hopefully it will help! Lee, this is very timely! I just spent an hour on Skype yesterday with Ike Pigott, who gave me tips on how to deal with piles and piles of email, very little of which is from actual customers. I think I’ll spend the weekend implementing, but hopefully it will help!

]]> By: Better Communication Results http://www.leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2004 Better Communication Results Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:56:32 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/#comment-2004 [...] discussions have arisen from my rant about email, one of which discussed the next meeting of the IABC Adelaide non-chapter (all three of [...] [...] discussions have arisen from my rant about email, one of which discussed the next meeting of the IABC Adelaide non-chapter (all three of [...]

]]> By: Stuart http://www.leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2003 Stuart Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:08:43 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/#comment-2003 Lee, I like this description of the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/opinion/01ephron.html">Six Stages of Email</a>. As a highly evolved gentleman, it looks like you have progressed to the Sixth Stage: Death! I use email for data transfer but try to avoid it as much as possible for communication or planning because it’s so inefficient and ineffective. I also try to only ‘do email’ in several blocks through the day then minimise Outlook and get on with my actual job. I’m lucky that Santos has rockin’ spam filters as I only get one or two spams a day. Lee, I like this description of the Six Stages of Email. As a highly evolved gentleman, it looks like you have progressed to the Sixth Stage: Death!

I use email for data transfer but try to avoid it as much as possible for communication or planning because it’s so inefficient and ineffective. I also try to only ‘do email’ in several blocks through the day then minimise Outlook and get on with my actual job. I’m lucky that Santos has rockin’ spam filters as I only get one or two spams a day.

]]> By: Donna Papacosta http://www.leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2005 Donna Papacosta Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:56:23 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2007/07/03/time-for-email-to-go/#comment-2005 Lee, I do find email useful for much of the routine work I do with clients -- sending files back and forth, drawing up schedules for projects, even invoicing ;-)). Like you, however, I find that email is NOT the right tool when you're in a hurry or need to decide something that would otherwise require six messages back and forth. Just today someone sent me an email at 4:55 p.m., noting that he needed a reply by 5. HUH? Am I supposed to sit here all day and just watch emails stream in? CALL ME. I do answer my phone. Sheesh. Lee, I do find email useful for much of the routine work I do with clients — sending files back and forth, drawing up schedules for projects, even invoicing ;-) ).

Like you, however, I find that email is NOT the right tool when you’re in a hurry or need to decide something that would otherwise require six messages back and forth. Just today someone sent me an email at 4:55 p.m., noting that he needed a reply by 5. HUH? Am I supposed to sit here all day and just watch emails stream in? CALL ME. I do answer my phone. Sheesh.

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