Be careful what you put in an email!
We all do it.We write from the heart, from the hip, from the head [in anger perhaps] and click the SEND button ... and we assume [perhaps incorrectly] that this email will be read only by the person we sent it to.Think again.There are tons of stories on the internet about all kinds of emails which have been forwarded [out of spite, glee, anger, love, sadness - every emotion] and which have ended up being front page news in the Technology section of the paper - how delightful. That nasty comment you made is now visible by THE ENTIRE WORLD. Professing undying love for your boss sounded like a good idea ... at the time. :-)What can we do to avoid this??? Some say the only way to prevent this from happening is to NEVER put anything in an email which you wouldn't want to read in the newspaper. Hmm easier said than done.Some people write to their best friends and use code words for people in their lives [home and work] whose names they would never want to see printed, if the email got into the wrong hands. This is at least one step in the right direction. :-)
"NEVER put anything in an email which you wouldn't want to read in the newspaper!"
Here's an article I read recently about one guy's advances on a woman he worked with - and the disastrous results:
Saucy email spreads like wildfire
Asher Moses
October 26, 2006 | Read the whole article "A salacious email inviting a female lawyer to no-strings sex has spread like wildfire to countless inboxes worldwide.
The email was penned by law clerk Craig Dale, and sent last week to female lawyer Azadeh Bashari.
They work for separate law firms in New Zealand and it is unclear how they met.
"At the end of the day we are both really busy and don't have time for anything else but a bit of good-hearted action," Dale wrote in the email.
"In terms of the 'relationship' I was never looking for anything long term, more like 'friends with benefits' ... Really I thought you were hot and was sure you'd be a rocket in the sack, which I think you would be."
Disgusted by Dale's advances, Bashari proceeded to forward the email to her "single friends", using the subject line "LOSER Alert"...
Click here to read the whole article
So remember, before you hit that SEND button, ask yourself: Would I want to read this in the newspaper tomorrow morning?Ciao ciaoTeena
Australians are addicted to technology!
I thought it
could be true,
might be true, and now my fears/suspicions have been confirmed ...
we in Australia are techie geeks and LOVE all new technology, taking to new technology faster than a duck to water [if you know what I mean :-)
Here's the proof [in the Sydney Morning Herald]:
A nation of technology addicts, survey finds
Julian Lee Marketing Reporter
October 2, 2006
"AUSTRALIA'S love affair with technology is fast becoming an addiction. Our reliance on gadgets and the internet is leading to an "always on" culture, with research showing the availability of email, mobile phones and portable music players are allowing us to squeeze almost 43 hours of activity out of 24.
Based on interviews with 4780 people researchers calculated that because of the high incidence of multi-tasking the average family spent a combined 16 hours a day with mobile phones, computer games, TV, reading and using the internet. This was on top of 6 hours spent with family or friends each day, and 20 hours working, commuting, doing chores - and sleeping.
The number of mobile phones, digital cameras, computers and TV sets in Australian homes is among the highest in the world, according to a global study into the use of technology by families commissioned by internet search company, Yahoo!7."
You can read the rest of this article by clicking here to go to the SMH.com.au website.
I've heard statements like this over the years, and I really believe it's true. Although the cost to Australians to own mobile phones and other techie gadgets is far greater than say the USA, it doesn't seem to stop us from
wanting new technology. I count myself in the crowd. :-)
What about you? Are you techno crazy? Love new gadgets? Read your email the minute you get out of bed, or even better, have your computer on a wheelie desk BESIDE your bed? I'd love to hear your thoughts - feel free to post a comment on any topic or article.
Ciao for now,
Teena!
War on anti-spam! $5.5 million fine!
Are you tired of the new influx of spam email? Clogging your inbox? Frazzling your brain? Is it sneakily side-stepping your email software filters, and infiltrating so much that you've almost given up hope? Well if that's the case you'll be pleased to hear this bit of news I just read on the Sydney Morning Herald:
Hefty fine for spammer who sent 75m emails
"A Perth-based company has been fined $A5.5 million for sending millions of unsolicited emails, with a judge labelling the spam annoying, costly to combat, and a threat to the internet.
It is the first time an Australian company has been fined under the the federal government's spam laws, introduced in April 2004.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) last year launched the Federal Court action against business seminar advertiser Clarity1 Pty Ltd and director Wayne Robert Mansfield.
It is believed Clarity1 clogged inboxes with as many as 75 million emails between April 2004 and April 2006."
Click here to read the whole article on the SMH.com.au site
Yes, there IS hope!!
Ciao for now,
Teena
The drop-down menu looks like other word processing menus, and the Menu bar across the top of the screens has all the WYSIWYG [what you see is what you get] editor tools we've come to expect [font color, bold etc, size, styles etc].
