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Email, ChatGPT & the myth of efficiency

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Ernesto Priego

Ernesto Priego is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design at City, University of London. This piece was written originally as a Bluesky thread and therefore reflects the constraints of such a medium. If you’ve followed me on the other platform [Twitter, now X] over the years you may (or not) know […]

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Email sign-offs

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Email Sign-offs Every once in a while there is a bit of a social media storm about how we sign our email messages. There are some humourous memes attributing passive-aggressive intent to various formal sign-offs. They are only funny if you don’t regularly worry about whether the way you […]

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Spotlight On: Email Overwhelm

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Spotlight On: Email Overwhelm. One issue that seems to affect your ability to find and protect time for writing is email. You may disagree on details. Not every suggestion will work for you. But I hope you find something in here that you can try to make your situation […]

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Email overwhelm as a collective problem

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Email Overwhelm as a Collective Problem. This post was prompted by the renowned classicist, Mary Beard, stoking up the embers of email stress recently over on Twitter. for all you guys (women and men) recommending 'delay delivery',. do you know what that means? It means that at 9.00 my […]

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Asynchronous teaching and setting boundaries

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

This post was originally written during a time when many universities and workplaces had shifted to remote work in response to the COVID pandemic. Although circumstances have now changed for many people, much of what I say in this post still applies. Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Asynchronous teaching and setting boundaries I’ve noticed […]

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Not contributing to other people’s email overwhelm

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Not contributing to other people’s email overwhelm As a companion piece to Managing email when you’ve rapidly switched to remote working, I thought I’d also share some tips to make email more effective as a means of communication. Modelling good email practices does create change. If other people find your […]

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Managing email when you’ve rapidly switched to remote working

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Jo VanEvery

This post was originally written during a time when many universities and workplaces had shifted to remote work in response to the COVID pandemic. Although circumstances have now changed for many people, much of what I say in this post still applies.  Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Managing email in the rapid switch […]

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The role of journal editors in long review times

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Jo VanEvery

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · The role of journal editors in long review times This is part of a short series addressing the frustration with how long peer review takes. Other posts in this series include The frustrations of peer review and How you, as a peer reviewer, can contribute to a better process. […]

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Attending to correspondence

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Jo VanEvery 1 Comment

I love serendipity. Shortly after I talked to a client about email in her relationship with research collaborators, this appeared in my TweetStream from a Romantic literature scholar I follow: “Attending to correspondence” sounds so much more pleasant than “answering e-mails,” so that’s what I’m gonna call it. #passthescones — tricia matthew (@triciamatthew) March 11, […]

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Is your mind always racing?

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

I heard an interesting interview on my local CBC Saturday morning show* recently. The interviewee was a news anchor who had decided not to be plugged in and available 24/7,  but rather to limit his smart phone and other device use to 16/6. Yes, he decided to not be connected to the internet, phone and […]

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Email is not urgent

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Jo VanEvery 2 Comments

Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Email is not urgent Do not start an email with this sentence or any variation on it: “Sorry for the delay in replying” You are busy. Your inbox gets full. Sometimes it takes a while to get back to people. Sometimes you miss something and notice it 2 weeks […]

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Dealing with email is NOT a task

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Jo VanEvery 1 Comment

 Jo VanEvery, Academic Career Guide · Email is not a task Are you treating dealing with your email as one task on your to-do list? Do you get frustrated at how many hours a day you spend on it? Is your measure of success dealing with all of it? Do you then chastise yourself […]

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