Posts filed under “email”
My thoughts on Shortmail and email clutter
Cross-posted from my weekly CBC Tech column. Podcast MP3 download here. My intention this week is to write about Shortmail, a new email service. But to set the stage, I need to share three examples of Personal Email Policies I Greatly Admire. Example 1: When danah boyd needs a break from digital communication, she goes on [...]
What do you do with misdirected email?
For a few months now, I’ve been getting email addressed to my dmisener@gmail.com account from a guy named Keith. The emails haven’t been for me, but rather for someone named Diane Misener. Apparently we have very similar email addresses. For months, I simply deleted Keith’s email. I know I shouldn’t have, but I deleted the [...]