Category Archives: Manners

Emoticons are *gulp* useful

By Ammon | Published: April 30, 2009

Hard to admit because they’re so cheesey, but emoticons are useful.  Ever want to say something pithy in an email without sounding curt? Emoticon smiley to the rescue!
See, its really easy to mistake someone’s tone in an email, particularly a short one.  So save a couple of exclamations points
(I feel dirty for some [...]

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I don’t want to hear your music

By Ammon | Published: April 30, 2009

Dear modern people of the information age
I do not want to hear your music.  Not on your ringtone, not on your voicemail message, not on your website and especially not in place of your ringer when I call you.  It does not make me think you’re clever, I am not impressed buy your taste.  It [...]

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