This seems to be specifically about emailing colleagues. Does anyone even do that anymore?
How to Write an Email
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most orgs still rely heavily on email, and most emails should be more than two lines to be useful. If it's only two lines, Slack it.
Disagree. Way too many modes of communication, which is endlessly irritating. If you want to send me a message at work, email is the common denominator.
Always super interesting to see how "powerful people" communicate.
big tech CEOs and major politicians use email almost as if it's an instant messenger: short, informal, to the point.
I guess it kinda bites them in the ass because the way I know this is via email leaks or subpoenas...
But it does mean that people can use whatever clients they like, and they can be across multiple organisations without weirdly expensive plans and administrators bridging instances or what have you.
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#43Personal rule: Whatever you are asking (question or action), make it easy to spot. Place it either at the start or the end of its paragraph. Never ask >1 things in a paragraph, to make responding inline easier.
This is especially important in multi-recipient emails, where different people need to address different issues.
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#44This seems to be specifically about emailing colleagues. Does anyone even do that anymore?
Yes. How do you do it otherwise?
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Disagree. Way too many modes of communication, which is endlessly irritating. If you want to send me a message at work, email is the common denominator.
Always super interesting to see how "powerful people" communicate. big tech CEOs and major politicians use email almost as if it's an instant messenger: short, informal, to the point. I guess it kinda bites them in the ass because the way I know this is via email leaks or subpoenas... But it does mean that people can use whatever clients they like, and they can be across multiple organisations without weirdly expensi…
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#47Hard disagree. I still consider this an example of a very well written email https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23961036
Well it certainly depends on the recipient, but I will often take some time to make the email personal.
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#48All emails should be 2 lines only, is something I learned when I started working in an office. For example, WHAT YOU ARE SAYING WHAT YOU NEED FROM YOUR AUDIENCE (RESPONSE OR DECISION OR ACTION ETC) My boss taught me this. Because people just don't read long emails. Simple as. Do YOU (want to or have time to) read someone else's long emails? As time goes on, often I say (to myself) "forget that", and write all the det…
> My boss taught me this. And it shows. If you are not the boss, you can't just write something and expect the recipient to figure it out.
Right? Next tip for developers, always work in a private office, preferably a corner office, I learned this from my boss.
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#49Is there anyone making an agent skill for it?
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