43 Folders is a blog about "personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life better." The following excerpt, called "more good ideas," is part of a larger entry on emailing that should be required reading for anyone with an index finger and a "send" button. (Read the full entry here) This post appeared 9-19-05.

More good ideas

• Make it easy to quote -- Power email users will quote and respond to specific sections or sentences of your message. You can facilitate this by keeping your paragraphs short, making them easy to slice and dice.



• Don't chuck the ball -- Emails to a thread are like comments at a meeting; think of both like your time possessing the basketball. Don't just chuck at the net every chance you get. Hang back and watch for how you can be most useful. Minimize noise.


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