In the case of e-mail, writing succinct but specific subject lines, highlighting expected action items within messages and sending messages only to the most appropriate people do a great deal to reduce interruptions.
They'll be back Pride of the South Reprints Related items A message from the past for BaghdadFeb 22nd 2001 In search of an Iraqi policyFeb 22nd 2001This time, the regional balance seems favourable to a policy shift.
Popular features are listed along the left side of the home page: "Kids Eat Out," a guide to family-friendly restaurants; "Garage Sale," where to find used strollers and other items; and "Message Boards," free-flowing chat about preschool waiting lists and other urban concerns.
Respond to one or two items per message, but try to leave some of his questions hanging.
Segments are announced in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean; they include some international news items and messages to individual abductees, often read by friends and relatives.
Once all 33 were found alive more than two weeks later, NASA specialists and a team of nutritionists, doctors and psychologists kept them supplied with water, food, medicine, other items and messages through several ducts drilled through the rock.
Second, companies market items and messages to young girls that were previously considered inappropriate - from clothing companies that sell thong underwear to seven-year-old girls, to toy companies that sell fashion dolls wearing leather miniskirts and thigh-high boots.
With the latter, you can add someone's name in the body of an email conversation to indicate they need to respond to a particular item in the message.
People use it to send voice-to-text emails and sms messages, send Twitter messages, add calendar items, etc. Voice messages are transcribed into text via software with humans to clean things up.
Two items dominated the message boards this week, the pre-budget report and the demise of two major retail chains, Woolworths and MFI, now clearly beyond the help of any fiscal stimulus packages.
