June 2009 Entries

Apply SRP to your emails….please

I recently got an email that had no fewer than eight significant topics in it. Yes, it was a long email. As a result of this email I was unable to remember and act on all the different topics.  Sound like a big messy class/method to you?  Sure it does.  I propose that people now send emails as they would write code: singly responsible. I don’t care if I get eight emails instead of one, it didn’t cost me anything. I can, however flag for follow up, organize or delete each as I see fit.  Like a good...