Comments on: AwayFind Wants to Help Tame Email http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/15/awayfind-tame-email/ Rebooting the workforce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:33:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jared Goralnick http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/15/awayfind-tame-email/#comment-299306 Jared Goralnick Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:38:15 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=2771#comment-299306 Thanks so much for the write-up, Mike! We're working hard to get this out the door! With regard to the whole, "I fear some of my most persistent nuisances might learn quickly to just skip the email and go straight to AwayFind," that's a very real concern. We don't have thousands of users to report on definitively, but we've found people to be surprisingly respectful...with fewer than 5% of actionable messages turning into AF emergencies (And under 1% of all emails). Thanks again for the coverage and I'm happy to help your readers (jared AT setconsulting dot com) or discuss anytime! (Great tip about Gmail auto-complete of Contacts by the way, too. That will be very helpful) Thanks so much for the write-up, Mike! We’re working hard to get this out the door!

With regard to the whole, “I fear some of my most persistent nuisances might learn quickly to just skip the email and go straight to AwayFind,” that’s a very real concern. We don’t have thousands of users to report on definitively, but we’ve found people to be surprisingly respectful…with fewer than 5% of actionable messages turning into AF emergencies (And under 1% of all emails).

Thanks again for the coverage and I’m happy to help your readers (jared AT setconsulting dot com) or discuss anytime!

(Great tip about Gmail auto-complete of Contacts by the way, too. That will be very helpful)

]]> By: Chris http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/15/awayfind-tame-email/#comment-298982 Chris Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:21:55 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/?p=2771#comment-298982 I've been using AwayFind for a few months now and I actually link to it from the contact page on my website to give my clients the ability to get in touch in an urgent situation. It gives me an extra bit of control for those situations when electronic communication would be more efficient or convenient than a phone call, say if I'm meeting with another client or will not be able to check my email for a bit. The SMS gives me the extra nudge to let me know that there *is* an urgent message waiting for me to check. Overall, I think AwayFind is a great service and one which keeps improving as it progresses. Although, like you said, one concern would be if everyone decided to send their contact an urgent/SMS message every time. I can see the service eventually transitioning into a more exclusive communication method. Meaning that just as you wouldn't give out your personal cell phone number to everyone, you may decide to only give certain people access to your AwayFind page. I’ve been using AwayFind for a few months now and I actually link to it from the contact page on my website to give my clients the ability to get in touch in an urgent situation. It gives me an extra bit of control for those situations when electronic communication would be more efficient or convenient than a phone call, say if I’m meeting with another client or will not be able to check my email for a bit. The SMS gives me the extra nudge to let me know that there *is* an urgent message waiting for me to check.

Overall, I think AwayFind is a great service and one which keeps improving as it progresses. Although, like you said, one concern would be if everyone decided to send their contact an urgent/SMS message every time. I can see the service eventually transitioning into a more exclusive communication method. Meaning that just as you wouldn’t give out your personal cell phone number to everyone, you may decide to only give certain people access to your AwayFind page.

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