Damp, soggy Saturday morn
Cuppa tea is almost gone
It’s install wireless network day
And that’s my Saturday!
Well, ok, cheesy, I know. But what did you expect for a Saturday morn anyway, William Wordsworth?
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Welcome Back to the fold Aaron!
Aaron, this is in response to “But does Maine have anything to say to Texas?“; I’m with Adri on using IM over email for quick, easy, efficient conversations. I can’t imagine life or work without my IM, and you should see my buddy list, I have to scroll up and down 
. It made me more accessible to my students last year, and yes, I did instruct them to first check my status to see if I was available or away. Oh, did I mention my status messages are a mile long too? And yes, I’m on Facebook, and I Twitter on a regular basis, and I still I do get serious work done.
I guess I’m a burst worker, but email can’t, just can’t, beat the efficacy of turning to a trusted colleague and friend, who is an expert in his or her area, for a quick rundown on a problem, or exchange of ideas, or even a quick hello to stay connected. For my students, the opportunity to quickly clarify something via IM as they worked on their assignments was a huge plus. OF course, they were instructed to check my status to ensure I was available first. What I got out of it was the opportunity to stay connected with them even after they had moved on to other classes and assignments.
Email has it’s place, and it’s a great way to disseminate information or communicate with a large group of people. But IM is real, one-to-one conversations, and often times, that is exactly what’s needed. As knowledge workers and information sifters, the challenge is to identify which communication tool best serves our need at the moment, and live in neither, not our email inboxes, nor our IM windows.
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