RE: Electronic (mis)communication

["Tariel, Lauren R" <lt34 -at- saclink -dot- csus -dot- edu>]

I love the "mood" switch idea.  Email communication issues concerning tone (or mood) have been around almost as long as email, so I think that it's time for a switch, er, uh, an indicator of mood.  So what mood I am I projecting now?  
 

J

NY-

C

 
My guess is that my mood icons will get turned into little squares or spaces.  I meant to convey that I am happy, that I like the idea, and I gave a thumbs up.
 
Lauren

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From: techwr-l-bounces+lt34=csus -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com on behalf of Jan Cohen
Sent: Tue 10/9/2007 11:57 AM
To: arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Electronic (mis)communication



I personally like the article: its theme is something I've been aware of for a very long time.

To offset the risk of establishing the wrong "emotional atmosphere" when communicating via email, perhaps it wouldn't be a bad idea to add an optional "mood" field to the headers generated by email software.  It might be easier to distinguish between constructive criticism and flat-out insult that way.

Of course, with some folks, it's fairly easy to tell which of the two they're striving for.  8^)

jan c.

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Subject: Electronic (mis)communication

Here's an article from the New York Times about what's left out of electronic communication that causes so much grief:

http://tinyurl.com/35j4hh




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