I find it annoying when I receive a message from a recruiter that starts off with "Boy, today is your lucky day, are you going to thankful when I tell you about* this*!" and ends with, "If you happen to know someone who'd be good for this position, please send 'em our way." Why, yes, yes I'll do that! Right away, sir! ...and you are...?
I often receive messages which are nothing more than a collection of copied & pasted sections, easy to spot because of the differences in formatting. For example, you get three lines of italicized text followed by 4 bullet points of text in a different font which repeat what's said in the first three lines. It's gotten to the point where being able to separate worthwhile messages from the dreck has become an art form; I've gotten to where scanning a message for this type of thing takes a fraction of a second. I'm pretty sure it goes both ways, though. Heartlessly sending scores of messages into the abyss for such seemingly minor infractions as crappy formatting has produced at least one positive side effect: it's heightened my own awareness of what I put out there. When designing interfaces, I'm much more sensitive to the presence of marketing vomit, and when sending out my resume, I take care to ensure my cover letter has been run through the spell-checker! ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
