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Communication Guidelines

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+ These are some general recommendations that I believe make communicating with me, at least, easier and/or more effective, including communication conventions that make me happier :D. Please note that what I prefer may not be what others prefer and shall not be treated as a general guideline for communications. +

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  1. + 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. +
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  2. + 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. +
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  3. + Don't ask to ask. +
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  4. + Use plain text email. Both hard-wrapped and non-hard-wrapped emails are acceptable. +
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  5. + 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. +
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