My rule of thumb is if the email starts to get too complicated pick up the good old phone :-)
On 26 February 2010 08:25, David Connors <da...@codify.com> wrote: > It is funny you should say this. One of the guys i work with at a > partner company and I always say "include only one fact per email". :) > > I try to do that but when requirements get complicated it can get hard. > > -- > David Connors > Software Engineer > Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com > Phone: +61 (7) 32106269 | Facsimilie: +61 (7) 32106269 Mobile: +61 > 417189363 > Address Info: http://www.codify.com/AboutUs/ContactDetails > This message was sent from my phone. Please excuse the brevity. > > On 26/02/2010, at 7:41 AM, David Richards > <ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com> wrote: > > > Greetings all, > > > > Has anyone else noticed people often don't answer more than one > > question in an email? In fact, I'll generalise that and say people > > often don't read an entire email. I had this today (already) but this > > happens to me "all the time" (it's probably more like 25% of the time > > but I think the exaggeration is justified). > > > > This is particularly annoying when the main question isn't the first > > one (such as today's incident). eg, "Please tell me A and B but I > > really want to know about C" will usually just get me the answer to A. > > > > I don't want to have to "twitterize" my emails into single sentences > > of a few small words. > > > > I wonder how many people on this list didn't get past the first > > sentence :) > > > > David > > > > "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes > > will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" > > -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama >
