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A bit of a tangent, but am I the only one who finds texts unacceptable in professional situations? I never reply to a text from a client; if it's important, I'l
by nthj 13y ago
A bit of a tangent, but am I the only one who finds texts unacceptable in professional situations? I never reply to a text from a client; if it's important, I'll reply to the text FROM an email, but never as a text. If it happens more than once or twice I explain that I don't receive text message notifications on my phone (which is true; I can see them passively but they do not "ping" me), and that to ensure a timely response they should always email or call me.
This means (a) all expectations of me are in one place (my inbox) and (b) I don't have to filter work from my free time. And in the age of smartphones, there's really no reason not to just use email.
- blisterpeanuts 13y agotexts (actually, instant messages) are handy for asking simple yes/no types of questions. "What's the server?" "<pasted in server address>" "Thanks!" "np" faster than email, and there wasn't a need for a paper trail, more like a tap on the shoulder kind of conversation.
- nl 13y agoThis means (a) all expectations of me are in one place (my inbox) and (b) I don't have to filter work from my free time. Isn't this a tools problem (ie, at your end)? I certainly separate my work phone number from my personal one (but that's pretty easy to do these days). I've never found the SMS vs Email location thing to bother me, but if it does think there are plenty of phone apps that combine them. From memory HTC has one that isn't terrible, and Dias.im[1] looks nice. What do you do about other message sources though? IM, etc? I've always considered keeping my work organised something I'm responsible for, and I'd never try to make other work one way or another to fit my tools. (Disclaimer: I work remotely) [1] http://www.cultofandroid.com/42101/disa-im-unified-messaging-app-for-android-beautiful-ui/ http://www.cultofandroid.com/42101/disa-im-unified-messaging...