Archive for November, 2005

After the Fall

Sunday 27 November | Roger Whitehouse | 1 Comment

Gingko Central Park

Last week in Central Park, a gingko tree in full color. This week, the last leaves are falling.

Susie Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore

Sunday 13 November | Roger Whitehouse | 2 Comments

Update

We were presented with this dialog box while updating to Adobe CS2 this week. I was so disappointed that the OK button didn’t say UPDATE instead.

Productivity Tip: Write the Best Subject Lines Possible

Friday 4 November | Ben Whitehouse | 2 Comments

What was the last book you bought?

Whatever it was, I have a hunch that it had either a distinctive or descriptive title…

book covers

(Catch 22 and Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity are my last two and I would highly recommend both of them!)

In essence, every e-mail you send has a title too. it is called a subject line and should describe the contents of that e-mail as clearly and succinctly as possible. Yet often, subject lines end up being the most disregarded aspect of the communication. The Subject line is much like the spine of a book, describing the information it contains. I certainly would never pick up a book that had any of the following titles:

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