Email productivity is something I'm always interested in enhancing and improving. This wonderful communication tool is so readily used that finding ways to maximize and incorporate efficiency are so important.
Instant messaging can be a very useful tool both for work and personal communications. I like the idea of not having to create a user profile and account, so the Google Chat built into gmail is a nice way of achieving an IM environment without all of the extra nonsense that can be part of a larger, open online environment.
Text messaging is something I'm adapt at, and use when needed. Sometimes a call just isn't possible or appropriate, but the need to get a quick piece of info to someone when a call isn't possible can be achieved easily this way. I will text my spouse who may be waiting on me while I'm in a meeting to alert him if it's clear the meeting is going to go over time. A nice, unobtrusive communication when used properly.
Webinar/Opal exercise I chose to visit an archived Opal offering, "A discussion of the book Moth, by James Sallis, conducted on January 30, 2008 in both OPAL and Second Life. This is part of the Mystery Manor book discussion series "Waiting for the Other Gumshoe to Drop" " This was interesting. I am a big fan of online technologies like webinars, online meetings and teleconferences (both live and archived). It surely opens a world of incoming information. I particularly like having the ability to view a session on my terms, on my laptop in bed or at the kitchen table with breakfast. It's a chance to keep current while incorporating work into my personal life in a way that feels "okay."
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Lynn Welmome back to 23 Things on a Stick. I hope you enjoy getting started again. Robin
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