At 01:18 AM 03/08/2001 +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
>Eugene Leitl <Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de> wrote:
>
> > Kock did a study in which he compared twenty groups performing complex
> > tasks--ten groups interacting by face-to-face, and the other ten via
> > e-mail. The study indicates that the amount of time cognitive effort
> > (measured as "time") required to convey a certain number of ideas via
> > email is between 5 and 15 times than required to convey the same ideas in
> > a face-to-face conversation.
>
>It depends on the task. It's not that infrequent that I see people
>agree to take a face-to-face discussion to e-mail. The thought of
>orating a diff is absurd.
>
>As usual, choose the right tool for the right task.
Very true.
There are definitely situations where I prefer to carry on discussions by
email. For example discussing with a client what changes they want in a
program or a virtual world that I am working on for them -- I always try to
encourage that it take place via email as my memory for face-to-face verbal
communication is terrible. Email gives me a list of points to refer to later.
Cheers,
- Miriam
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