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diff --git a/note/comms.html b/note/comms.html index fc3bc6d..5055a86 100644 --- a/note/comms.html +++ b/note/comms.html @@ -14,10 +14,16 @@ </p> <ol> <li> - Write a descriptive subject for emails. Do not send emails with an empty subject or no subject header. Subjects help navigate emails. + Write a descriptive subject for emails. Do not send emails with an empty subject or no subject header. The subject should be give the receiver a brief idea of what the email is about. </li> <li> - Send complete information. When telling me something or requesting something, please provide complete background information, knowledge required, and similar things. As a general rule-of-thumb, the explanation should usually be longer than three sentences or a few paragraphs depending on the complexity of the task at hand. This prevents back-and-forth communication along the lines of ``and now I need to know ... but you didn't tell me that so can you please give that to me'', generally defragmenting conversations which increases efficiency and comfort. + Send complete information. When telling me something or requesting something, please provide complete background information, knowledge required, and other relevant context. This prevents back-and-forth communication along the lines of ``and now I need to know ... but you didn't tell me that so can you please give that to me''. Providing context defragments conversations which increases efficiency. + </li> + <li> + When using instant messaging such as IRC, do not split one sentence into multiple messages. Fragmentation reduces readability. + </li> + <li> + Do not use excessive emojis. </li> <li> Be direct. As the sender, do not use polite expressions like ``you did quite well in that presentation'' when in reality, the sender believes that the presentation is not ``quite well''. Direct critique and suggestions are very welcome here—politeness is acceptable if it does not interfere with honest conveying of information. @@ -26,7 +32,7 @@ <a href="./ask.html">Don't ask to ask.</a> </li> <li> - Use plain text email. Both hard-wrapped and non-hard-wrapped emails are acceptable. + Use plain text email. Both hard-wrapped and non-hard-wrapped emails are acceptable. If you do hard-wrap, please wrap at 72 characters for English. Do not hard-wrap Chinese. </li> <li> Interweave the original message with the response when replying to an email and remove irrelevant parts (i.e. greetings, closings, signatures, etc.) of the quoted original email. |