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That's why we have voicemail. If I'm not available leave me a message.
How does the caller know if you're the type to use voicemail? (I never check mine, if it's urgent you would have called back) How often will you check your voicemail, if at all? Hourly? Once a day? Maybe the call is semi urgent, it can wait an hour but not a day. Key point: knowing why you're not taking the call is valuable information to the caller.
I have no idea what this time line is trying to tell me and I have no idea what this app is about ... just me?
It's not just you. Their graphic designer is clueless. He can draw pretty pictures, but has no idea how to deliver the message effectively. All it needs is a bullet list of what the app does and maybe a screenshot.
Nothing wrong with being a bit creative, but they didn't nail that experience.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's why we have voicemail. If I'm not available leave me a message.
How does the caller know if you're the type to use voicemail? (I never check mine, if it's urgent you would have called back) How often will you check your voicemail, if at all? Hourly? Once a day? Maybe the call is semi urgent, it can wait an hour but not a day. Key point: knowing why you're not taking the call is valuable information to the caller.
If I'm trying to write a tricky piece of code and you keep calling me, a) I will be annoyed and b) my mobile will go off, my email client will go off and the land line will be unplugged from the wall.
What are you going to do now? Put on a gorilla suit and come jump up and down on my desk? Learn some class.
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That's why we have voicemail. If I'm not available leave me a message.
I could talk for hours about the times I've been legitimately unable to take a call and had people repeatedly call my desk/mobile phone and either (A) refuse to leave a voicemail, thinking calling back repeatedly for 20 minutes would work or (B) filled my voicemail to capacity with multiple messages throughout the day. Hours.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's why we have voicemail. If I'm not available leave me a message.
I could talk for hours about the times I've been legitimately unable to take a call and had people repeatedly call my desk/mobile phone and either (A) refuse to leave a voicemail, thinking calling back repeatedly for 20 minutes would work or (B) filled my voicemail to capacity with multiple messages throughout the day. Hours.
I find these 'sharing' apps (like FourSquare and this) fascinating because they are the complete opposite of what I want. I have no desire to tell people where I am or what I am doing. For example, I feel that a sharing app that let's people know "Ah. John's not answering the phone because he's in the middle of a meeting with Mr F Barbaz" is the wrong way to deal with others. There's no need for people to have that i…
As John says, no criticism of the app itself, rather a rant about the you-should-be-available-everywhere-and-anytime mentality!
I find these 'sharing' apps (like FourSquare and this) fascinating because they are the complete opposite of what I want. I have no desire to tell people where I am or what I am doing. For example, I feel that a sharing app that let's people know "Ah. John's not answering the phone because he's in the middle of a meeting with Mr F Barbaz" is the wrong way to deal with others. There's no need for people to have that i…
I've been putting extra effort lately into putting up lots of boundaries. I carry my cell phone a lot less. I'm slower to return calls. My email replies are brief and sporadic. It's really nice.
I see people spending a lot of time alternating between Facebook and email and texting on their phone, and ... I'm not sure if I've gone crazy, or everyone else has.
The idea behind this app, cool as it is technically, makes me a little bit sick to my stomach.