DND is also good. I don't even hear it. lol! good luck.
S On Sep 27, 2010, at 11:37 AM, Emerald B wrote: > You could always go invisible or offline. I get peeps calling me even when > the status is set to away. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: chris hallsworth <[email protected] > To: screen access software with skype <[email protected] > Date sent: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:49:40 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] A notice to you all, I hope you don't mind > > Hi all. > I will try this status to away. > Thanks for the tip. > > > > From Chris H in Derbyshire > E-mail and Facebook: [email protected] > MSN: [email protected] > Skype: chrishallsworth7266 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40 > Please check out my blog at http://chrishallsworth.klangoblog.net. Many > thanks. > > On 27/09/2010 17:39, Doug Lee wrote: > I leave myself on status Away almost all the time because it avoids > confusion among multiple machines I log into the same account at once. > If I'm in Do Not Disturb, for me it doesn't mean don't call, it means > I don't want sound effects or loud noises and that I might not notice > the call until some other time. For what it's worth, I tend to prefer > typing for tech support communication unless the problem requires > conversation, so I can work on multiple things at once. When I stop > working, I come out into calls and socialize, and that's mostly what I > do in Skype calls. I don't mind technical questions now and then, but > I tend to address them in conferences so it's of use to more people at > once. I'm sure people have also notice that I tend to direct people > to this list for help so it doesn't all focus on me because of my > writing the scripts. :-) I've been repeatedly asked to use Twitter to > announce Skype script updates, but so far I have not seen fit to jump > into Twitter because of the time it seems to take people to keep up > with it. If I ever do that, I will probably make an announce-only > account, let people follow me but not follow people myself, and just > make announcements and answer occasional questions there, at which > time it is entirely possible that my participation on this list would > be somewhat curtailed, and I would start answering Skype tech > questions with a Twitter address.. > > Why do I digress and say all this now? Mostly to point out by example > that people are different in how they Skype, just as they are in how > they do almost everything else. I don't fit the mold sometimes I'm > sure, what with my funny status usage and self-restriction on number > of chat protocols to keep up with. Again, there is no > one-size-fits-all rule for these things. I suspect I'll be considered > rude by some if I go into Twitter but follow no one, but I'll have to > accept that; it's my way of managing time, to limit the number of > things I have to keep up with all the time. > > So Chris is ok telling us his preference, but we can't expect to agree > on one way to use Skype. Or Twitter, more's the pity. :-) > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 09:21:46AM -0700, Jim Grimsby JR. wrote: > It seems to me that if your status is set to on line then you are open for > calls. If you don't want calls at a given time then it is up to you to set > your status to indicate this. this is the function of the do not > disturbed status indication of skype. It also prevents your skype from > ringing or playing other distracting sounds. When I call someone on the > phone I don't ask if it is ok first. I call them up if they are not home or > don't want to talk to me then they don't answer and I leave a voice mail. > Why would skype be any different? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emerald B > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 8:16 AM > To: screen access software with skype > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] A notice to you all, I hope you don't mind > > That should be a general rule before calling ANYONE! > > Emerald > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: chris hallsworth<[email protected] > To: screen access software with skype<[email protected] Date sent: > Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:26:27 +0100 > Subject: [Skypeenglish] A notice to you all, I hope you don't mind > > Hello all. > As I appreciate some of you on my Skype list can't see my mood, can I ask > that you please ask me first before calling? You see, due to certain house > rules and the fact I treat Skype like an ordinary telephone I don't wish to > be called without concent. > Many thanks for reading. Mods, I hope you don't mind me posting this. > Take care. Happy Skyping! > -- > > From Chris H in Derbyshire > E-mail and Facebook: [email protected] > MSN: [email protected] > Skype: chrishallsworth7266 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40 Please check out my blog at > http://chrishallsworth.klangoblog.net. Many thanks. > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials > and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go > to this link. > http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this > link. > http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this > link. > http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this > link. > http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this > link. > http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
