Comments on: 5 Sentence Emails

By: Email is unfair! :: The Laboratory

Email is unfair! :: The Laboratory — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:11:36 +0000

[...] across an interesting article earlier that I must share with you. Here is an extract. More than any other medium in the world, [...]

By: graham is here too » News » Email is unfair!

graham is here too » News » Email is unfair! — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:32:11 +0000

[...] across an interesting article earlier that I must share with you. Here is an extract. More than any other medium in the world, [...]

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:00:13 +0000

I got here after listening to a 43 folders talk that Merlin Mann gave on the concept of “inbox zero”. That + 5 Sentences = I may finally be able to wrangle the monster that my email has become. Now to join a verbosity support group…and Wango, may I suggest that you reconsider your position? I love words, and that is just what often prevents me from getting back to people via email in a timely manner. The perfectionist in me wants to compose a letter to each person I write to. This system just might be the ticket to actual communication. I am sick of feeling like a chump when it comes to email.

By: Meg

Meg — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:17:55 +0000

Since I receive insanely long e-mails, I like this idea, but shouldn’t it read “five sentences or fewer,” not “five sentences or less.”

By: Isaac

Isaac — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:43:13 +0000

Courtesy is a requirement always. However, courteous brevity is best.
“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter” – T.S Eliot

By: Wango

Wango — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:09:50 +0000

>>> Wango you are an idiot.

Another great communicator on this site!

Curtness, nastiness may be to the point, but there is no politeness in it.

Real communication requires courtesy above everything, including the number of sentences in your emails.

I think the flamer demonstrates this important point.

By: Wange is an idiot

Wange is an idiot — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:38:14 +0000

Wango you are an idiot

By: Weekend Wrapup 07/30/07 | So You Want To Teach?

Weekend Wrapup 07/30/07 | So You Want To Teach? — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:51:04 +0000

[...] points us to the concept of limiting our emails to 5 sentences or less. Great idea for most email [...]

By: Wango

Wango — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:37:48 +0000

This is a silly concept that needs to be ignored.

Shorter communication is not automatically better communication. In fact, the attidudes expressed in this post are more likely a barrier to communication than a bridge.

If the autohor is too damn important to communicate with people, then he ought to go live in a cave. We need more communicators, less communication snobs.

By: Email is unfair! | justgraham

Email is unfair! | justgraham — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:03:36 +0000

[...] across an interesting article earlier that I must share with you. Here is an extract. More than any other medium in the world, [...]