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USA TODAY:
Death by email is not a pleasant experience.
Now I am not here to say email is evil or even bad. It’s great. Really, it is, I swear. I mean that! Well, mostly, I guess.
But I recall the time when I was about 10 years old and taking a walk with my sweet grandfather. He […]
The New York Times:
E-mail has become one of the dominant forms of workplace communication, but new research suggests it also may be the most deceptive.
Researchers at Rutgers and DePaul Universities studied how e-mail influenced communication among 48 graduate students. In the study, they told students they had $89. Each student could then divide the money […]
Springwise:
In a world populated by gadgets with increasingly varied and complex capabilities, there stand out a lone few that do just one thing really well. The iPod is one classic example, and earlier this month another was released that may even have the potential to attain as devoted a consumer following, if the early blogs […]
Rhonda Abrams At USA Today:
Want to get my business tips regularly? Sign up for my monthly e-mail newsletter. Want ideas on safeguarding your pet? Get your vet’s e-mail newsletter. Don’t want to miss a cooking class from your favorite local gourmet store? They’ve probably got an e-mail newsletter, too.
It’s gotten easier — and cheaper […]
Newstimes:
In an era of e-mail, voice mail and text messages, such personal notes are rare. Ella Curren cherishes the handwritten notes and letters her now 86-year-old grandmother wrote to her over the years for birthdays, holidays and special occasions.In tribute to her grandmother — Elizabeth Curren, the society page editor at The New Haven Register […]
Newsvine:
Think twice before you copy someone on an e-mail or hit “reply all.” Such practices have made today’s workers less productive, a research firm concludes.
After years of naming a product or person of the year, Basex Inc. decided to forecast “information overload” as problem of the year for 2008.
“It’s too much information. It’s too many […]
downloadsquad:
Not everyone can afford (or justify) a personal assistant. That’s why the folks behind Stikkit, have invented Sandy, your very own personal email assistant.
I Want Sandy helps you stay organized and productive by working with emails to yourself and turning them into to-do’s, address book updates and calendar appointments.
It all works by sending an […]
Philadelphia Inquirer:
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the infamous sideways smiley emoticon, invented by Scott E. Fahlman, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Reporter Lara Fritzsche discovered why Fahlman is >:( about the newfangled knockoffs that his creation inspired.
Q: You’re the inventor of “smiley faces,” which are used all over the world […]
The following is a guest post by Nicole Taylor of Home Business Online Opportunities. […]
SurePayroll:
A recent survey by online payroll service SurePayroll reveals that more than 80 percent of small business owners believe e-mail is a key element in the success of their business.
The survey also discovered that 62 percent of small business owners believe e-mail is equally effective as or more effective than in-person or phone communication.
One small […]
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