My Communications Preference & Schematic

Posted by Darren on Jun 21, 2010 • (Comments)

I decided to do an audit of how I use different communications “devices” and their responsiveness/effectiveness for me.  This is a focus group of one and is purely subjective.

Below is the outline.  Net/net, short and rapid communications are what work for me as evidence by Text Message and Twitter DM’s.  What I also like about them is there is a “wall” around them – i.e. not everyone knows my cell and I can’t receive DM’s from everyone.

Email still ranks #1 for my preference because of the passive nature of it; I don’t respond to everything immediately so the buildup gets significant but with the addition of Sanebox, it should make my life easier.  I do claim “inbox zero” on a weekly basis however.

After reading below, are your preferences similar?  Leave a comment.

**Update** – after reading this over again, I noticed I didn’t include LinkedIn “In Mail” or Facebook messages.  I dislike both :)

Communications Schematic

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  • Emails may be slow but you can filter the messages you want to receive as well as you can send 1 email to a bulk of people.
  • Ah but what about introductions from your trusted connections on LinkedIn? Sorry, stored former employee memory... I like the post. At one point I had a website whereisrobert.com (which domain I sold to another robert at some point) that I would use to share where I was and how to reach me, but those were simpler times.... now there's so many communications channels it's just a shambles. I think there should be some additional options that have a predictable, enforced latency - e.g. the two day message that will only pop up in my inbox in 48 hours time; sometimes a delay is a good thing.
  • What's your fax number? I need to send you something urgent! If you could get back to me via SMS that would awesome!
  • Great visual...

    My problem is I get to "Inbox Zero" only to realize that I've put just about everything into the tasks list...

    Looking forward to using Sanebox soon and seeing how it differs from the other resources that are out there.
  • What about IM?
  • Good catch. I used to use IM but hate it now... but then again, didn't we talk earlier today on Gchat? :)

    I guess I hated AOL IM when too many people could IM me - and I couldn't keep up.
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