Comments on: Open Thread: How do you Prefer to be Contacted? http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/ Fri, 25 May 2012 08:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jon http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61456 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:39:14 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/16/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61456 Hmmm… email or IM first and then vid chat – it’s great to see someone on the screen. I think this is going to, has started to, really change the way people work. Yes, people in the web industry have been doing this for a while now, well, years! But people in big corporates, certainly don’t.

]]> By: Ryan Stewart http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61455 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:36:00 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/16/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61455 Fair enough. As an evangelist I figure any kind of communication is okay depending on how important the information is. For low level info, Twitter is great. For high priority info, a phone call on my cell is just fine.

]]> By: Daily Links for 07/16/07 http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61454 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:45:49 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/16/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61454 [...] Web Worker Daily: How do you Prefer to be Contacted? « (tags: email productivity web2.0) [...]

]]> By: JT http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61453 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:42:16 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/16/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61453 I prefer the phone then email.

]]> By: Anne Zelenka http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61452 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:55:17 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/16/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61452 Ryan: I prefer IM to email from people who know me, but I don’t mind email, contrary to what some of my blog posts here might indicate (just playing with ideas!). I dislike phone calls intensely because I process information better reading than listening.

And you? You should share your own preferences as well :)

Sean: you’re right, email is horrible for having discussions. I’m glad the pendulum is swinging back to synchronous methods for stuff like that!

]]> By: Ryan Stewart http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61451 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:45:42 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/16/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61451 How do you prefer to be contacted Anne? That’s one of the big reasons I clicked through, I was hoping for some insight when I need to pitch you ;)

=Ryan

]]> By: links for 2007-07-16 http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61450 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:21:15 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/16/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61450 [...] Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Open Thread: How do you Prefer to be Contacted? « I comment on this post about giving people multiple ways to contact you, while also stating your preferred mode(s). (tags: commented) [...]

]]> By: Jeb http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61449 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:16:07 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/16/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61449 Email is my business preference then we can talk on the phone. Personally I like phone, email, and SMS.

]]> By: Sean Bonner http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61448 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:29:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/16/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61448 Thanks for helping to further this discussion! Earlier this year I wrote a piece on my own blog about all these people declaring e-mail bankruptcy and how simply saying you get too much e-mail, taking a break, and then jumping right back in the same pool doesn’t fix anything. This isn’t a discussion about what is the most universally accepted option, it’s about what is the most effective and useful. There was a time when horses were the most universally accepted option for traveling, that didn’t prevent people finding something better. Just because everyone has e-mail doesn’t mean it’s the best option for all time. And I fully agree about not giving out contacts you don’t want used. I don’t have email on my new business cards and don’t promote it – though a side effect of being active on the web for the last 15 years means it’s not hard to figure out any number of e-mail addresses that probably work for me.

I also understand this isn’t a problem for everyone. I know people who get 5 e-mails a day so they aren’t overwhelmed at all, so this isn’t really about them. I was getting over 1000 a day when I started this which is a very different situation. The truth is what is the best solution for one person isn’t for another and no one should assume everyone else will have the same preferred means of contact. This applies both ways of course.

]]> By: Logical Extremes http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61447 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:17:43 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/16/open-thread-how-do-you-prefer-to-be-contacted/#comment-61447 Call me if you want to talk now, otherwise send an email. Those are about the only two technologies that are universally compatible and accessible to everyone. IM is fine if we both happen to be on the same protocol, but don’t expect me to sign up for each new bubble app that comes out, I don’t want to spend my precious time managing a dozen different profiles and apps.

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