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That is also the main advantage of email over IM. Email kind of forces some effect of the remoteness you described even when everyone is in the same office.

• mrslave 6y ago
  On the other hand, in a colocated workspace it is infuriating when a high effort, carefully crafted email is met by recipients interrupting you at your desk with, "Hey, about that email, can you just quickly run through it with me now please?"
  • ashtonkem 6y ago
    One of the rules I tried to enforce on a prior team was to minimize context conversation medium changes. Following a conversation as it freely moves from email to chat to in person is exhausting.
• nottorp 6y ago
  You're using IM wrong :) You don't have to read the message when it arrives just because it instantly arrived.
  • alach11 6y ago
    Sometimes it’s my colleagues that are using IM wrong. > Hey I have a question People are too lazy to type the rest of their request until they see a response from me indicating I’m listening.
    • nottorp 6y ago
      Ignore it until they ask the question. Eventually they'll learn.