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Comment on #pdftribute by modyvishal

modyvishal — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:03:37 +0000

I cheer for you and the countless others that are continuing Aaron’s cause. I am sure Aaron is looking down and smiling.

Comment on Hackademia by Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:38:36 +0000

I loved your talk at Ignite Seattle last night. Thank you!
-Kirsten

Comment on Recreating Email by Alek Tarkowski

Alek Tarkowski — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:59:29 +0000

Hello, the idea is very interesting as a thought experiment. In practice one serious difficulty concerns time zones – how would emailing between Warsaw and San Francisco work, if my work hours are at night (PST) and vice-versa? The systems could of course respect first one time zone and then the next, but it would further stretch waiting times.

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» Thoughts on Revamping Email in the Office Coffee Theory — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:28:22 +0000

[...] Does Email Tell Us About Our Values? According to Professor Beth Kollo in her blog post “Recreating Email“, Email values the always available. It values immediacy of online-ness. It values bulk [...]

Comment on Recreating Email by Abhishek

Abhishek — Thu, 05 May 2011 10:38:07 +0000

If people start walking to each other’s office how about a person who is trying to focus on work. I guess this will bring back active communication back which is good and bad. Good probably because it will be faster resolve conflict etc but then a person won’t have time for herself to accomplish things.

I don’t think email is broken especially after inventions like priority inbox from gmail.

You can chose to ignore, delete, spam and not to reply emails. It is the best form of passive communication. You are not expected to reply right away.

I would not like people coming to my place and asking me things now and then. I would certainly like them to email their issues which can certainly wait for some more time till I get a chance to reply.

Comment on Recreating Email by Greg Linster

Greg Linster — Thu, 05 May 2011 04:42:05 +0000

Great post! I think it’s a wonderful idea to limit email delivery times. I’ll add the following: what if email was only delivered twice a day on work email accounts? This could potentially give people longer periods of uninterrupted creative time in the office which is key to doing “real” work. If there was a pressing matter colleagues could always use the phone or walk over to someones desk. Paradoxically, I think people might actually get more work done with less email pressure in this scenario too.

I’m curious, what do you think smartphones tell us about our values? I find that cell phones create many of the same problems you describe about email. It’s harder and harder to take a “real” vacation anymore thanks to smartphones and emails.

Comment on Recreating Email by R

Wed, 04 May 2011 13:38:28 +0000

I was part of a small workgroup once where, as an experiment, email clients were set to check only on at the top and bottom of the hour, on the theory that this would decrease interruptions and chatter around issues that were best solved directly by voice contact. It worked, but people got annoyed when they found out since *they* would never waste time, special boys and princesses all.

Comment on Recreating Email by Alex Finkelstein

Alex Finkelstein — Wed, 04 May 2011 08:56:00 +0000

Dear Beth, I completely agree that the Email need to be “fixed” as it creates overload. What would you say that instead of rules that restrict the Send/Receive to working hours, the idea of the “desktop” will be transferred into the inbox – meaning that the email is still arriving in whatever time it is sent but it is accumulated on the “desktop” – which in turn has the regular working hours. So, as far as the sender is concerned, the Email was sent and has reached my “desk” but if I am not in the office, I can’t see it, right? (such as a paper memo that was placed in my in-tray, while I am away).
From the view point of the recipient (me) I have the same working privileges as I have in my current inbox (send receive, remote access, etc.), but I need to flag clearly if I have seen the particular item on my “desk” or not.
The way i see it, this will have the advantages of your idea about setting the boundaries, while not applying to many restrictions on the users and the corporate system.
However…the immediate issue is the question – what is considered as the office? If we are talking global corporations then there is the GMT issue to consider and also there is an issue of the “remote desktops” of various kind (working from home, seminar, etc).
Thank you for a great and thought provoking post!