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I’m so chalk full of email pointers that I thought that I’d share some more. Incidentally, not all of these are as relatable to the new forms of internet communication as my last list (e.g., the idea of “read receipts” doesn’t quite make sense in something like Facebook… though they might surprise me one day with another one of their privacy-challenged new features). And so, here’s another list of email DON’Ts: (more…)
On 04.01.10, In email, By Derek
On 03.19.10, In email, By Derek
My last few posts have been very instructional and aimed at a very specific audience, so let’s take a look at something from which we all could benefit. Being that it’s Friday and a beautiful day outside (hopefully your weather is gorgeous, too), let’s all roll up our sleeves, unbutton that top button, and enjoy a topic that’s both obvious and often overlooked at the same time. It’s time… to talk about email etiquette. (more…)
On 02.11.10, In web design, By Derek
Rounded corners tend to get a lot of hype in the web design world. Some don’t consider a site design complete until all its pointed corners are erased from existence. Regardless of your stance on them, they do have a certain pleasantness to them; staring at them can induce calmness in a user. And heaven know, a calm user equals a happy IT support person.
But I digress. Today’s instructional anecdote came about after I got sick to death of looking at a poorly designed rounded corner implementation on an internal web application that I support at my company. First off, allow me to mention that our users are required to use Internet Explorer, something that is terribly common in Windows-based organizations. We have a lot of web applications from vendors who in turn require Internet Explorer, so we don’t give them another browser to use.
On 02.02.10, In misc, By Derek
One relatively low tech thing I’ve never understand is legal-sized paper. There are few things in life more annoying than it. It doesn’t fit into normal filing folders, and many (most?) file cabinets won’t take it either. I honestly don’t know what to do with it, so I usually just end up “filing” it away into a recycling or shredding bin.
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