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Oh, thank you. I was wondering about the email thing myself. I generally prefer to have complex discussions over email, because I find the medium much more conc
by troels 15y ago
Oh, thank you. I was wondering about the email thing myself. I generally prefer to have complex discussions over email, because I find the medium much more concise and with the added benefit of a written account of what was/was not agreed upon.
Face-to-face meetings are good for brain storming and being creative, but for decision making, I prefer email.
- dredmorbius 15y agoEmail can be a hazard when you're in the fast-and-furious discussion phase. Then it's useful to have a F2F meeting (or conference, or whatever), with someone designated to take notes and post a summary. If there are conclusions drawn in the meeting -- and the meeting should be specifically scoped to do: 1. Reach a conclusion, or 2. Identify what additional information is required to accomplish 1, or 3. Determine that the problem is intractable .. then those conclusions must be nailed down in writing immediately after. Bury your hatchets and grudges and get stuff done.