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By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 23 May 2010 01:57:39 +0000

I’ve had comments (and DM’s via Twitter) before from people telling me that they’ve emailed and would like a response ASAP. In a way, it really makes me want to just trash the email without even reading it. But at the same time, it’s usually from someone that I don’t talk to often, so I just consider it to be someone who doesn’t know me well and doesn’t know that I check my email fairly frequently and that they do know I check Twitter quite often, so probably though that a friendly reminder would be a good idea to ensure at timely response.

By: Sheena

Sheena — Sat, 22 May 2010 09:47:35 +0000

When you make yourself look readily available, it happens. When I have work that’s due, I usually hide from Twitter because I don’t want clients to think I’m chattin’ it up on Twitter and neglecting my work. I’m always like, “Damn I can’t tweet because I not done with XYZ.” Blah.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:54:34 +0000

@Lisa: Actually, it isn’t about my co-workers at all. They know how to reach me if it’s really urgent, and it isn’t via Twitter or my blog.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:46:59 +0000

Obviously, your coworkers will see this and know you’re talking about them. Why don’t you just send them a friendly email stating your hours of availability and how you prefer to be contacted? This is a bit unprofessional and passive aggressive.