'Underneath'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
IM's a good place to have fast conversations, and to nail someone down to answering you right away. Except the person I most need to talk to this morning has her "do not disturb" blinds up. Figures.
It's the same sort of "stopping immediately to address things" as the phone, except I get to keep a text record of it on my computer, and it's free.
Which has just reminded me, I just thought of another person who's ignored my most recent emails and I should try and IM stalk before calling.
And doesn't clog up your inbox.
Comcast guy just drilled two holes in the kitchen wall. I never really thought about what it would take to get the cable inside. Not pretty. Ugh.
I don't IM. It always freaks me out when a chat window opens in GMail or FaceBook.
Yeah, I'm a ruthless deleter. I clean out my inbox at a minimum of once a day and the only thing in there is about a dozen emails that serve as reminders of things outstanding.
If I didn't keep emails I would have been nailed on several things due to what people say they were never told about or never responded to.
I save everything, which is why the new policy of auto-deleting messages after 120 days—unless they are moved into Managed Folders archives—makes me twitchy.
I like to keep all e-mails that aren't total chaff. Having a record of conversations is very useful.
I keep essential emails. When I say I empty out my inbox every day, I delete or use folders.
For anyone interested, the Get-It-Done-Guy podcasts have some great tips for managing your inbox (and other ways to become more efficient).
I like to have a record of stuff, but I also hate to have my inbox filled with crap. I should set up a system to manage that stuff, and I suppose I will once i get my work computer set up properly. Still, I like IM for stuff that I don't need a record of.