Link: http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/think-before-pressing-the-send-button/2007/11/25/1195962828236.html

Lia Timson - The Age

AUSTRALIANS are impulsive email users and oblivious to online etiquette, new research has found.

The study among a representative sample of full-time workers in all Australian states found the majority are trigger-happy emailers who often send communications to the wrong person or in the wrong tone because they don't stop to think.

Does this sound familiar?
Do you have your own stories to add?
How does email assist/hamper you?

And as Leon Gettler points out in The Email Tide... Check through your inbox today and ask yourself how many of the emails that have come in have been worthwhile? How many are just pointless exercises in corporate cheer-leading, arse-covering or conversations that have nothing to do with you? And that's not even talking about spammers and phishers.

However, from our point of view, email is a fabulous thing for the busy entrepreneurial mothers. aCE talentNET is run on email, and the phone, as it can be accessed and used at any time. However, as noted 15/11 in When The InBox is on the Outer, there are many ways to manage your usage, and manage it you must.