Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office & Home

Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:29PM
To: All
From: Mike
Subject: Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home (Knopf)

USA Today has a great article about David Shipley and Will Schwalbe, authors of the new book Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home (Knopf.)

The two longtime friends, both professional editors, came up with the "survival guide for the digital age," after comparing notes on email and how it's used and abused. They make a good point that we all use email, and sometimes live and die by it too. So a practical guide for it's use is just a natural thing.

"Never forward anything without permission, and assume everything you write will be forwarded," and "Never forget a Cc has the power to publicly shame someone, whether that's your intention or not."

They say one thing everyone wants, but no one has invented, is a "panic button," a short delay after hitting send, like the kind TV networks use to bleep obscenities.

"Think before you send," says Shipley. Send email you would like to receive," says Schwalbe.

They've also set up a website to collect "bad emails," at Thinkbeforeyousend.com.

Source: www.usatoday.com