Maybe you’ve become aware of the fact that you can’t seem to stop yourself from refreshing your Gmail inbox, your Facebook homepage, or your endless Twitter feed. Maybe you’re a … Continue reading Unplugging on Vacation: Guest Post by Emily Matthews
View this great online slideshow of 9 signs that you might be addicted to your Smartphone, composed by Dennis McCafferty of CIO Insight. Texting while drving a two ton killing … Continue reading IT Management Slideshow: 9 Telltale Signs of Smartphone Addiction
We have all groaned at the email sent to several people and the resultant exploding number of responding “reply all” emails. Trying to solve a problem via a community of … Continue reading The Two ‘Round Rule
This solution comes under the heading of working to manage yourself even better. Sometimes we understand what we need to change, yet we have a hard time making the change. … Continue reading Ask Marsha: My problem is that I am addicted. I check my e-mail 24/7. I know I should check my e-mail only periodically but I can’t seem to stick to it… What can I do?
Just for fun, we’ve come up with some thought provoking (ok, silly) ways to tell if you’re addicted to your email and inbox: •You email yourself if you haven’t received … Continue reading Email E-ddiction: You Know You’re Addicted When…
According to TechDirt.com, some psychiatrists have been pushing hard to have internet addiction officially classified in the psychiatrist’s bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The American … Continue reading Internet Addiction “might” get added as an official addiction!
Ostermann Research’s second annual “Mobile Messaging Study” polled employees at businesses to learn about their email habits and found that 95 percent of those surveyed check their business email outside … Continue reading Study: Email addiction causes employees to engage in inappropriate and risky behavior
Dixie disciplines and critiques by e-mail. E-mail is very easily misinterpreted. When you use email to discipline, reprimand, or criticize, chances are that the recipient won’t receive it in the … Continue reading Do you Know this Toxic Emailer? Disciplining Dixie
Are you one of those people who checks his or her inbox – ahem – incessantly? You know, every time you pause from a task. Or every time you hang … Continue reading Incessant Email Checking – Is that YOU? Take this Challenge…
Manny sends e-mails in the middle of the night. Regularly. Have you ever received an email sent at 3:30 am? What did you think of the emailer? Was it positive? … Continue reading Do you know this Toxic Emailer? Midnight Manny
When traditional etiquette books were written, email did not exist. The absence of guidelines or rules therefore allowed people to create their own ways of doing things, some of which … Continue reading Email Etiquette: The Best Question to Ask to Determine Whether Emily Post Would Approve
