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I feel exactly the opposite. All my life I've felt clumsy with spoken words. I much prefer to write. Writing gives me time to think and to edit and to find the

I feel exactly the opposite. All my life I've felt clumsy with spoken words. I much prefer to write. Writing gives me time to think and to edit and to find the odd word that eludes me. I do realise that not everybody feels this way. Many of my friends hate writing and will basically ignore important emails as if they had never existed. I guess our brains are wired differently.

themodelplumber 12y ago
Perhaps you're too hard on yourself with regard to spoken words. Keep in mind that these are technologies. The phone is a form of technology that you can use to communicate. It will have pros/cons compared to email. And using it effectively is a skill that can be learned. I often hire subcontractors and I cannot tell you how much I wish they would just call me when they fall behind, rather than emailing or texting about everything. It turns a bad situation into an even worse situation, where on at least one side of the conversation, there is an extra question mark or exclamation point behind every piece of punctuation. In contrast, some of the most effective people I know will call whenever there is any kind of a speed bump, because they recognize the potential advantages of a voice conversation. It's there for anybody to use, and it doesn't really care if we use it or not, but the phone has its advantages.
lazylizard 12y ago
do you also prefer turn based(or pause-able real-time) games to real time games? continueing the calls vs messages thing..face to face is even worse..i always want to say something like 'can you email all that you said just now' or i'll email something like 'as discussed in the meeting..'..i mean..can they put it all down or writing so that i can refer to and think about it? i mean, often in meetings, you just need to digress..then ask 'where were we?' and half the people can't recall..if its like that, why meet? yea, i know some people that say tl:dr about long emails too..
mgkimsal 12y ago
"Writing gives me time to think and to edit and to find the odd word that eludes me." That's great and all, but you're now just talking about you and your thoughts - the core of a publication, not the 'us' that's the basis of conversation. You're talking about your needs and your comfort level. What about the needs and comfort of the recipient/reader?

themodelplumber 12y ago

Perhaps you're too hard on yourself with regard to spoken words. Keep in mind that these are technologies. The phone is a form of technology that you can use to communicate. It will have pros/cons compared to email. And using it effectively is a skill that can be learned. I often hire subcontractors and I cannot tell you how much I wish they would just call me when they fall behind, rather than emailing or texting about everything. It turns a bad situation into an even worse situation, where on at least one side of the conversation, there is an extra question mark or exclamation point behind every piece of punctuation. In contrast, some of the most effective people I know will call whenever there is any kind of a speed bump, because they recognize the potential advantages of a voice conversation. It's there for anybody to use, and it doesn't really care if we use it or not, but the phone has its advantages.

lazylizard 12y ago

do you also prefer turn based(or pause-able real-time) games to real time games? continueing the calls vs messages thing..face to face is even worse..i always want to say something like 'can you email all that you said just now' or i'll email something like 'as discussed in the meeting..'..i mean..can they put it all down or writing so that i can refer to and think about it? i mean, often in meetings, you just need to digress..then ask 'where were we?' and half the people can't recall..if its like that, why meet? yea, i know some people that say tl:dr about long emails too..

mgkimsal 12y ago

"Writing gives me time to think and to edit and to find the odd word that eludes me." That's great and all, but you're now just talking about you and your thoughts - the core of a publication, not the 'us' that's the basis of conversation. You're talking about your needs and your comfort level. What about the needs and comfort of the recipient/reader?