Communication
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:06 am
Prompted by some comments in the COVID-19 thread.
In response to comments about different ways of keeping in touch, I'm optimistic that this accellerated takeup of various technologies might also help accelerate the development of associated conventions and etiquette - although i do fear it will become worse before it gets better.
A problem I have, shared with many, is that with all these different means of communication I spend as much time trying to manage it as using it.
For example - I have several email accounts - a personal one, a business one, a "video business" one and several associated with diferent business/schools for whom I do work. Then there are various "chats" in Microsoft Teams associated with some of these accounts. Add to this many WhatsApp groups (some of which are different sub-sets of the Stannard extended family) and a couple of Facebook accounts (one for Staines Video Makers, one Personal) - and associated Facebook Messanger. SMS on my phone. If I don't respond to a message immediately, I know that I might spend an inordinate amount of time down the line, trying to find out on what platform and on what account I received the original. How often do I find myself in the position of "I know <whoever> told em the date/time of <whatever>" but can't find the relevant message.
As I say, hopefully we'll become better at dealing with all this, but I can understand why many people want little to do with it.
In response to comments about different ways of keeping in touch, I'm optimistic that this accellerated takeup of various technologies might also help accelerate the development of associated conventions and etiquette - although i do fear it will become worse before it gets better.
A problem I have, shared with many, is that with all these different means of communication I spend as much time trying to manage it as using it.
For example - I have several email accounts - a personal one, a business one, a "video business" one and several associated with diferent business/schools for whom I do work. Then there are various "chats" in Microsoft Teams associated with some of these accounts. Add to this many WhatsApp groups (some of which are different sub-sets of the Stannard extended family) and a couple of Facebook accounts (one for Staines Video Makers, one Personal) - and associated Facebook Messanger. SMS on my phone. If I don't respond to a message immediately, I know that I might spend an inordinate amount of time down the line, trying to find out on what platform and on what account I received the original. How often do I find myself in the position of "I know <whoever> told em the date/time of <whatever>" but can't find the relevant message.
As I say, hopefully we'll become better at dealing with all this, but I can understand why many people want little to do with it.