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Title: Email Free Fridays Post by: dystopia on October 05, 2007, 10:34:29 AM "Email bankruptcy". ;D Fridays go from casual to e-mail-free Movement aims to tame in-boxes Quote SAN FRANCISCO — Overwhelmed by e-mail? Some professionals are fighting back by declaring e-mail-free Fridays — or by deleting their entire in-box. Today about 150 engineers at chipmaker Intel will kick off "Zero E-mail Fridays." E-mail isn't forbidden, but everyone is encouraged to phone or meet face-to-face. The goal is more direct, free-flowing communication and better exchange of ideas, Intel principal engineer Nathan Zeldes says in a company blog post. E-mail-free Fridays already are the norm at cell carrier U.S. Cellular and at order-processing company PBD Worldwide Fulfillment Services in Alpharetta, Ga. Prominent techies are tackling the problem individually by declaring "e-mail bankruptcy" — deleting or archiving an entire in-box and starting over. Among them: prominent tech bloggers Jeff Nolan, Michael Arrington and Vanessa Fox, and venture capitalist Fred Wilson. more... Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: E-A-G-L-E! on October 05, 2007, 11:55:43 AM I like the idea of meeting in person (or at least talking over the phone) more often. Though, that could have potential to slow things down a bit, as it is easier to become sidetracked.
I wouldn't go so far as to delete every e-mail, though, archiving isn't a bad idea. Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: stroh on October 05, 2007, 11:56:53 AM I like the idea of meeting in person (or at least talking over the phone) more often. irony surrenders. Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: E-A-G-L-E! on October 05, 2007, 12:05:10 PM I like the idea of meeting in person (or at least talking over the phone) more often. irony surrenders. lol. Seems like there have been a few things that have surrendered to little me lately. Yeah, a forum is an ironic place to say that. Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: gleek on October 05, 2007, 12:08:04 PM I like the idea of meeting in person (or at least talking over the phone) more often. irony surrenders. lol. Seems like there have been a few things that have surrendered to little me lately. Yeah, a forum is an ironic place to say that. Did Aske finally resign from the chess match? Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: stroh on October 05, 2007, 12:11:47 PM I like the idea of meeting in person (or at least talking over the phone) more often. irony surrenders. lol. Seems like there have been a few things that have surrendered to little me lately. Yeah, a forum is an ironic place to say that. ;D It was more a statement to you and Kev sitting 6 feet apart, but communicating electronically. Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: E-A-G-L-E! on October 05, 2007, 12:11:53 PM I like the idea of meeting in person (or at least talking over the phone) more often. irony surrenders. lol. Seems like there have been a few things that have surrendered to little me lately. Yeah, a forum is an ironic place to say that. Did Aske finally resign from the chess match? No. That would mean I won by forfeit, and he doesn't want a loss on his record. Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: E-A-G-L-E! on October 05, 2007, 12:13:57 PM I like the idea of meeting in person (or at least talking over the phone) more often. irony surrenders. lol. Seems like there have been a few things that have surrendered to little me lately. Yeah, a forum is an ironic place to say that. ;D It was more a statement to you and Kev sitting 6 feet apart, but communicating electronically. That too. But we do talk while also dually talking electronically. Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: Uisce Beatha on October 05, 2007, 12:18:49 PM Doowop dooby doo doowop doowah doolang.
EZB-DUCrhVQ Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: Uisce Beatha on October 05, 2007, 12:23:55 PM Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: E-A-G-L-E! on October 05, 2007, 12:41:21 PM ? The dually talking duo? Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: Spanky on October 05, 2007, 07:17:11 PM That would cripple a couple people at my work. They sit in meetings all day and send e-mail or text messages to people they need to.
Most of the time my e-mail is important info for the whole group so it's not too bad at. LOL at stroh and the wonder twins though. Wife and I do it to. Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: stroh on October 06, 2007, 06:41:20 AM Most of the time my e-mail is important info for the whole group so it's not too bad at. Yeah, wouldn't work for us. The majority of our emails are informational. Schedule changes, protocol changes, etc. Things that have to read, and printed. That said, our email volume is negligible at best. Maybe 15 to 20 a week. Title: Re: Email Free Fridays Post by: Fuzzy on October 06, 2007, 06:53:41 AM Most of the time my e-mail is important info for the whole group so it's not too bad at. [sm_shock] Good for you. That's probably close to the number of emails I get that are actually best served by sending via email. I applaud any and all efforts to reduce the number of emails in the workplace. |