February 14, 2012

Slaves to email

Slaves to email

Sharon MacNevin from Email Management Solutions issued a statement today after speaking at a conference in Perth. In summary: MacNevin said the rapid growth of email means that many organisations and individuals have forgotten the business guidelines for written communication, sending, receiving and filing of mail. “People feel compelled to reply to emails even with [...]

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The stapler

stapler

The stapler can be a weapon of mass destruction if applied with malicious intent. It should not be allowed on aeroplanes. The stapler is controlled by a malevolent spirit, possibly the same demon responsible for socks and pens. The curse of the insidious stapler is that it fails to serve its purpose in times of [...]

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Newspaper novels: The truth will make you fret

There aren’t many novels about newspapers. Stories involving print journalists are far fewer than those about lawyers, soldiers and police for example. That’s a little surprising when you consider that journalists are writers. But when you think about it, we are craftsmen while novelists are artists. We ply a trade while they follow their creative [...]

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iPod etiquette

I don’t know if there’s such a thing as a code of conduct for iPod users, but there ought to be. One of my staff has taken to getting around much of the day with an iPod glued to his ear. You can make a perfectly audible comment across the office and he just doesn’t [...]

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Zoho virtual office

I’m typing this in ZohoWriter, a web-based word processor. It’s similar to Writely, but offers a complete suite with online equivalents of desktop programs for spreadhseets and presentations. Funnily enough, I’m writing this on the day that Google formally integrated its online spreadsheet application with Writely to create Google Docs. I like the look and [...]

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