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Social Media and popularity contests

The internet gives us amazing new ways to communicate with each other: blogs, RSS, Facebook, Twitter, etc. What often ruins these cool tools is that people use them as ego trips — not really posting anything useful, just trying to get more followers, more ‘friends’, more subscribers. (more…)

Email is not for emergencies

People need to stop sending emails that say “did you get the email I sent you earlier today?”.

My solution (this goes in my email signature):

I reply to most emails within 24 hours; if you need a faster response, please call me.

That’s it: if your message can wait a day, email me. If not, call! Simple.